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Mediterranean, under the direction of the Commander-in-Chief
Southern Region, to test all aspects of maritime warfare including
an amphibious assault. The second exercise, NORTHERN MERGER, took
place in the Eastern Atlantic and the North Sea during September 1974,
under the direction of the Commander-in-Chief Channel.
NORTHERN
MERGER was a large-scale exercise to which all available naval and
air forces were committed. Like DAWN PATROL it included an
amphibious assault.
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The Army and the Royal Air Force took part in the NATO exercise,
BOLD GUARD, in Schleswig-Holstein in which the United Kingdom Joint
Airborne Task Force and a brigade group of the United Kingdom Mobile
Force, together with a Jaguar squadron, were deployed in support of
Allied Command Europe. Army units have supported NATO exercises in
Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Norway and the United
States. The United Kingdom contributed both land and air elements to the
Allied Command Europe Mobile Force, which exercised twice in 1974,
once in Norway and once in Belgium. In 1975, it is planned to
exercise three times, in the Baltic Approaches, in the United
Kingdom for weapon firing, and in the Southern Region.
57.
Exercise COLD FIRE, in June 1974, exercised the Tactical Air
Forces and the air support organisation of the Central Region, and
involved wide-scale participation by RAF Germany and BAOR.
Other Exercises
58.
The Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force have also continued to
support a variety of other NATO exercises, including those concerned
with mine countermeasures and defence against fast patrol boats.
Royal Navy submarines have contributed fully to NATO exercises of
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