November 14th 2023
Ambush, camouflage and chemical drills: on exercise with Loughborough Transport Squadron in Germany.Week one on Exercise Halberd Rise was focussed on transport operations as Soldiers drove 15-tonne support vehicles between Monchengladbach and the Goldrund training area. With a realistic enemy force, they practiced HGV road moves; vehicle camouflage and concealment; vehicle anti-ambush manoeuvres; chemical, biological, and radiological drills; and operating rough terrain forklift vehicles in a tactical […]
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Welcome to the jungle: Leicester student recalls life-changing British Army deployment to Belize“How would you like to deploy to Belize for 8 months?” asked the Adjutant of 2 Company, Royal Anglian Regiment – Lt Blackman’s British Army Reserve unit in Leicester. The 24-year-old student took minutes to decide and weeks later in September 2022, he was on a plane to Central America. Now, with his boots back […]
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East Midlands University Officer Training Corps complete Exercise Dragon SummitExercise participants made their way to the accommodation in Capel Curig, followed by a meeting discussing ability, qualifications, aims, challenges/constraints and what climbing experience participants had. They also ensured all harnesses, helmets and shoes fitted correctly and refreshed everyone’s memory on both taking in and letting out of rope through a belay game. Finally, they […]
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Exercise Dolomite Eagle qets 12 service personnel Summer Mountain Foundation qualificationExercise Dolomite Eagle consisted of trekking, navigation and summiting the spectacular and imposing pale rock peaks of the Venetian Alps. The group were based in the very centre of the prestigious Ladin-speaking Dolomite Superski region, which is halfway between the fashionable, well-heeled resorts of Arabba and Corvara (approximately 180 kilometres north of Venice). To begin […]
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101 & 75 Engineer Regiment journey to Belize for adventure trainingExercise Dragon-Blackcat Belize provided members an opportunity to deploy to Saint George’s Caye in Belize, home to the 2nd largest barrier reef in the world, which provides scope to conduct British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) diver training. This expedition was supported by the Richmond Hill Trust Fund, East Midlands RFCA and the Greater London and the […]
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Major rebuild and refurbishment completed at Kingsway Army Reserve CentreA three-bay vehicle workshop, a state-of-the-art gymnasium with changing facilities and a new trade training area have now been handed over to the occupying unit, 148 Divisional Support Company, 103 Force Support Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME). Work on the £4.5 million capital project, which was funded by Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), began […]
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103rd Regiment Royal Artillery travel to Ypres on battlefield studyIn June, 28 members of 103rd Regiment Royal Artillery travelled to Ypres, Belgium, for Exercise Northern Asterix. Over the course of the two-day trip, Reservists from the North-West and Midlands – including Sgt Connolly, of C Troop, Bulwell – travelled around the Ypres Salient studying the events during and leading up to the Third Battle of […]
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Riding to new heights: 4Mercian mountain biker on tackling Snowdon and the National XC seriesSecond Lieutenant James Payne is a keen adventurer and cyclist who has embarked on adrenaline-filled trips on his bike in 2023. Through his service as a Reserve soldier with C Company, 4Mercian, the University of Nottingham student kick-started his season with a camp in the picturesque Welsh countryside. Organised by Army Cycling Union (ACU) between […]
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Hundreds gather for Armed Forces celebration in NorthamptonshireHundreds of people flooded into the town square to witness a military procession, which also saw Northamptonshire Town Council re-sign the Armed Forces Covenant. The Mayor of Northampton, Cllr Stephen Hibbert, and Major Iain McDavid MBE, Executive Officer for the Army Reserve unit 103 REME, co-signed the covenant. TS Laforey Northampton Sea Cadets, the TS […]
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HM Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire unites local businesses and soldiers in Reserves Day celebrationReservists from HMS Sherwood, 203 Squadron Royal Logistics Corps, the Royal Yeomanry and 3 Royal Anglian were in attendance alongside leaders from local businesses. Able Rating James Gough, a Royal Naval Reservist with HMS Sherwood, Chilwell, works for aviation services company Swissport out of East Midlands Airport. He joined the Reserves in 2019 and said […]
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