Joint Exercises: Kuwait

Angus Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any British military personnel took part in United States Lt. General David McKiernan’s evaluation exercise Lucky Warrior, conducted in Kuwait in November 2002; whether any outcome of this exercise was passed to British military commanders; and if he will make a statement.

Des Browne
Records indicate that consideration was given to limited British military involvement in exercise Lucky Warrior, conducted in Kuwait in November 2002, but do not show whether this actually happened. There are no records of any subsequent communication about it to British military commanders. However, 201 Signal Squadron took part in the next Lucky Warrior exercise, in early 2003.