UK
ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES
HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)
HMS Ocean (helicopter carrier)
HMS Liverpool (Type 42 destroyer)
HMS Edinburgh (Type 42 destroyer)
HMS York (Type 42 destroyer)
HMS Marlborough (Type 23 frigate)
HMS Richmond (Type 23 frigate)
HMS Grimsby (minehunter)
HMS Ledbury (minehunter)
HMS Brocklesby (minehunter)
HMS Blyth (minehunter)
HMS Chatham (Type 22 frigate)
HMS Splendid (Swiftsure class submarine)
HMS Turbulent (Trafalgar class submarine)
RFA Argus
RFA (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Sir Tristram
RFA Sir Galahad
RFA Sir Percivale
RFA Fort Victoria
RFA Fort Rosalie
RFA Fort Austin
RFA Orangeleaf
The amphibious force
Numbered some 4,000 and included:
HQ 3 Commando Brigade
40 Commando Royal Marines
42 Commando Royal Marines
29 Regt, Royal Artillery (105mm Light Gun)
539 Assault Sqn, RM 59 Commando Sqn, RE
Helicopter air groups aboard Ark Royal and Ocean included: 845, 846, 847, 849 Sqns
ARMY
1 (UK) Armoured Division:
Headquarters and 1 Armoured Division Signal Regt
30 Signal Regt (strategic communications)
The Queen’s Dragoon Guards (reconnaissance)
1st Bn The Duke of Wellington’s Regt (additional infantry capability)
28 Engineer Regt
1 General Support Regt, Royal Logistic Corps
2 Close Support Regt, Royal Logistic Corps
2nd Bn, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
1 Close Support Medical Regt
5 General Support Medical Regt
1 Regt, Royal Military Police
plus elements from various units including:
33 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regt
30 Signal Regt
32 Regt Royal Artillery
(Phoenix UAVs)
7th Armoured Brigade
Headquarters and Signal Sqn
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Challenger 2 tanks)
2nd Royal Tank Regt (Challenger 2 tanks)
1st Bn The Black Watch (Warrior infantry fighting vehicles)
1st Bn Royal Regt of Fusiliers (Warrior infantry fighting vehicles)
3rd Regt Royal Horse Artillery (AS90 self-propelled guns)
32 Armoured Engineer Regt
plus elements from various units including:
Queens Royal Lancers (Challenger 2 tanks)
1st Bn Irish Guards (Warrior infantry fighting vehicles)
1st Bn The Light Infantry (Warrior infantry fighting vehicles)
26 Regt Royal Artillery
38 Engineer Regt
16 Air Assault Brigade
Headquarters and Signal Sqn
1st Bn The Royal Irish Regt
1st Bn The Parachute Regt
3rd Bn The Parachute Regt
7 (Para) Regt Royal Horse Artillery (105mm Light Guns)
23 Engineer Regt
D Sqn, Household Cavalry Regt
3 Regt Army Air Corps (Lynx & Gazelle helicopters)
7 Air Assault Bn, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
13 Air Assault Support Regt, Royal Logistic Corps
16 Close Support Medical Regt
156 Provost Company RMP
102 Logistics Brigade
Headquarters 2 Signal Regt
36 Engineer Regt
33 and 34 Field Hospitals
202 Field Hospital (Volunteer)
4 General Support Medical Regt
3 Bn, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
6 Supply Regt, Royal Logistic Corps
7 Transport Regt, Royal Logistic Corps
17 Port & Maritime Regt, Royal Logistic Corps
23 Pioneer Regt, Royal Logistic Corps
24 Regt, Royal Logistic Corps
5 Regt, Royal Military Police
Specialist Royal Engineer teams
Airfield engineer support units from 12 Engineer Brigade
Elements from 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regt
Elements from additional Royal Logistic Corps Regts
ROYAL AIR FORCE
Composite sqns formed including elements from:
9, 13, 31, 39 (1 PRU) Sqns, RAF Marham
12, 14, 617 Sqns, RAF Lossiemouth
11, 25 Sqns, RAF Leeming
43, 111 Sqns, RAF Leuchars
6, 41, 54 Sqns, RAF Coltishall
1, 3, IV Sqns, RAF Cottesmore
8, 23, 51 Sqns, RAF Waddington
33 Sqn, RAF Benson
10, 99, 101, 216 Sqns, RAF Brize Norton
24, 30, 47, 70 Sqns, RAF Lyneham
120, 201, 206 Sqns, RAF Kinloss
7, 18, 27 Sqns, RAF Odiham
RAF Regt
AUSTRALIA
NAVY
HMAS Kanimbla
HMAS Anzac
HMAS Darwin
AIR FORCE
One RAAF sqn F/A-18
Three RAAF C-130
Two P-3C Orion
ARMY
Special forces task group including SAS, and 4 Royal Australian Regt
POLAND
200 special forces
USA
Elements included
US ARMY
Special Operations Command
5th Special Forces Group
75th Ranger Regt
160th Special Ops Aviation Regt
3rd Infantry Division
1st Bn, 39th Fd Artillery Regt
11th Aviation Regt
1st Brigade
2nd, 3rd Bns, 7th Infantry Regt
3rd Bn, 69th Armor Regt
1st Bn, 41st Fd Artillery Regt
2nd Brigade
3rd Bn, 15th Infantry Regt
1st, 4th Bns, 64th Armor Regt
E Troop, 9th Cavalry Regt
1st Bn, 9th Fd Artillery Regt
3rd Brigade
1st Bn, 30th Infantry Regt
1st Bn, 15th Infantry Regt
2nd Bn, 69th Armor Regt
D Troop, 10th Cavalry Regt
1st Bn, 10th Fd Artillery Regt
Aviation Brigade
1st Bn, 3rd Aviation Regt
2nd Bn, 3rd Aviation Regt
3rd Sqn, 7th Cavalry Regt
82nd Airborne Division
2nd Brigade Combat Team
1st, 2nd, 3rd Bns, 325th Airborne Infantry
1st Bn, 82nd Aviation Regt
101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division
1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
1st, 2nd, 3rd Bns, 327th Infantry Regt
2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
1st, 2nd, 3rd Bns, 502nd Infantry Regt
3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
1st, 2nd, 3rd Bns, 187th Infantry Regt
101st Aviation Brigade
2nd Bn, 17th Cavalry Regt
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th Bns, 101st Aviation Regt
159th Aviation Brigade
4th, 5th, 7th, 9th Bns, 101st Aviation Regt
Divarty [Divisional Artillery]
1st, 2nd, 3rd Bns, 320th Fd Artillery Regt
173rd Airborne Brigade
1st, 2nd Bns, 508th Infantry
173rd Engineer Detachment
173rd Brigade Recon. Company
Battery D, 3rd Bn, 319th Airborne Fd Artillery
US MARINE CORPS
1 Marine Expeditionary Force
1st Marine Division
1st Marine Regt
3rd Bn, 1st Marines
1st Bn, 4th Marines
1st, 3rd Bns, Light Armored Recon.
5th Marine Regt
1st Bn, 5th Marines
2nd, 3rd Bns, 5th Marines
7th Marine Regt
1st, 3rd Bns, 7th Marines
3rd Bn, 4th Marines
1st Tank Bn
1st, 2nd, 3rd Bns, 11th Marines (artillery)
2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade
2nd Marine Division
1st, 3rd Bns, 2nd Marines
2nd Bn, 8th Marines
1st Bn, 10th Marines
2nd Amphibious Assault Bn
2nd Recon. Bn
2nd Light Armored Recon. Bn
2nd, 8th Tank Bns
15th Marine Expeditionary Unit
24th Marine Expeditionary Unit
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
US AIR FORCE
Special Ops
16th Special Ops Wing (AC-130)
20th Special Ops Sqn (MH-53M)
193rd Special Ops Wing (EC-130E)
Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait
386th Air Exped. Group
118th Fighter Sqn (A-10)
41st Electronic Combat Sqn (EC-130)
Al Jaber AB, Kuwait
332nd Air Exped. Group
52nd Fighter Wing
22nd, 23rd Fighter Sqns (F-16)
172nd Fighter Sqn (A-10)
332nd Exped. Air Support Ops Sqn
332nd Exped. Intelligence Flight
332nd Exped. Rescue Sqn (HH-60G)
552nd Air Control Wing (E-3 AWACS)
Masirah AB, Oman
355th Air Exped. Group
4th Special Ops Sqn (AC-130U)
8th Special Ops Sqn (MC-130E)
Thumrait AB, Oman
405th Air Exped. Wing
405th Exped. Bomb Sqn (B-1B)
28th, 34th, 37th Bomb Wings (B-1B)
55th Wing (RC-135)
Al Udeid AB, Qatar
379th Air Exped. Wing
49th Fighter Wing (F-117)
4th Ops Group (F-15)
336th Fighter Sqn (F-15)
93rd Air Control Wing (E-8 JSTARS)
Al Dhafra AB, UAE
380th Air Exped. Wing
9th, 57th Recon. Wings (U-2)
11th, 12th, 15th Recon. Sqn (RQ-1A)
Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia
363rd Air Exped. Wing
14th, 22nd Fighter Sqns (F-16)
67th, 390th Fighter Sqns (F-15)
457th, 524th Fighter Sqns (F-16)
363 Exped. Airborne Air Control Sqn (E-3 AWACS)
38th Recon. Sqn (RC-135)
99th Recon. Sqn (U-2)
Diego Garcia
40th Air Exped. Wing
509th Bomb Wing
20th, 40th Bomb Sqns (B-2)
RAF Fairford, United Kingdom
457th Air Exped. Group
23rd Bomb Sqn (B-52)
509th Bomb Wing
9th Recon. Wing
US NAVY
Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Battle Group
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
Carrier Air Wing 8
USS Anzio (CG 68)
USS Cape St George (CG 71)
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)
USS Porter (DDG 78)
USS Winston Churchill (DDG 81)
USS Stump (DD 978)
USS Carr (FFG 52)
USS Arctic (AOE 8)
Harry S Truman Carrier Battle Group
USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75)
Carrier Air Wing 3
USS San Jacinto (CG 56)
USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79)
USS Mitscher (DDG 57)
USS Donald Cook (DDG 75)
USS Briscoe (DD 977)
USS Dey (DD 989)
USS Hawes (FFG 53)
USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196)
USNS Mount Baker (T-AE 34)
USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720)
USS Montpelier (SSN 765)
Kitty Hawk Carrier Battle Group
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
Carrier Air Wing 5
USS Chancellorsville (CG 62)
USS Cowpens (CG 63)
USS John S. McCain (DDG 56)
USS O’Brien (DD 975)
USS Cushing (DD 985)
USS Vandergrift (FFG 48)
USS Gary (FFG 51)
USS Bremerton (SSN 698)
Abraham Lincoln Carrier Battle Group
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
Carrier Air Wing 14
USS Mobile Bay (CG 53)
USS Shiloh (CG 67)
USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60)
USS Fletcher (DD 992)
USS Crommlein (FFG 37)
USS Reuben James (FFG 57)
USS Camden (AOE 2)
USS Honolulu (SSN 718)
USS Cheyenne (SSN 773)
Constellation Carrier Battle Group
USS Constellation (CV 64)
Carrier Air Wing 2
USS Valley Forge (CG 50)
USS Bunker Hill (CG 52)
USS Higgins (DDG 76)
USS Thach (FFG 43)
USS Ranier (AOE 7)
USS Columbia (SSN 771)
USS Milius (DDG 69)
Nimitz Carrier Battle Group
USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
Carrier Air Wing 11
USS Princeton (CG 59)
USS Chosin (CG 65)
USS Fitzgerald (DDG 2)
USS Benfold (DDG 65)
USS Oldendorf (DD 972)
USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60)
USS Pasadena (SSN 752)
USS Bridge (AOE 10)
Amphibious Task Force East
USS Saipan (LHA 2)
USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44)
USS Ponce (LPD 15)
USS Bataan (LHD 5)
USS Kearsarge (LHD 3)
USS Ashland (LSD 48)
USS Portland (LSD 37)
Marine Aircraft Group 29
Amphibious Task Force West
USS Boxer (LHD 4)
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6)
USS Cleveland (LPD 7)
USS Dubuque (LPD 8)
USS Anchorage (LSD 36)
USS Comstock (LSD 45)
USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52)
Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group
USS Tarawa (LHA 1)
USS Duluth (LPD 6)
USS Rushmore (LSD 47)
Nassau Amphibious Ready Group
USS Nassau (LHA 4)
USS Austin (LPD 4)
USS Tortuga (LSD 46)
Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group
USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)
USS Nashville (LPD 13)
USS Carter Hall (LSD 50)
Mine Countermeasures Div. 31
USS Ardent (MCM 12)
USS Dextrous (MCM 13)
USS Cardinal (MHC 60)
USS Raven (MHC 61)