UK Joint Expeditionary Force

The UK Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) is a United Kingdom expeditionary force announced in December 2012 by the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir David Richards. It consists of personnel and equipment from the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, British Army and Royal Air Force and is designed to provide greater levels of integration than previously achieved especially when combined with other nations' armed forces.

Requirements
The Joint Expeditionary Force is designed with the following requirements in mind:
 * "a. act jointly and with allies, but able to act alone"
 * "b. be well equipped, but not tied to platforms"
 * "c. adapt as the environment changes"

Capabilities
Speaking before the Royal United Services Institute, Sir David Richards outlined the specific applications that the capabilities of the Joint Expeditionary Force will allow:

"With the capability to ‘punch’ hard and not be a logistical or tactical drag on a coalition, we will be especially welcomed by our friends and feared by our enemies."

"JEF will be capable of projecting power with global effect and influence. Nowhere is more important to us than our friends in the Middle East and Gulf and in line with clear political intent we would expect, with other initiatives, for JEF elements to spend more time reassuring and deterring in that region."