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Second 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 […]

Hundreds 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 […]

Reservists 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 […]

Private Alan Bulman, 30, Bulwell, has enjoyed travel, camaraderie and a sense of adventure since joining the British Army Reserves in 2019. Exercises and operations at home and abroad have left him eager for more, while the development opportunities have boosted his confidence and employability. Pte Bulman, who works for ACAS as a Conciliation Officer, […]

In April, he was on the field in Corfu Town for the Army Development Team with some 1,000 spectators watching as his side thrashed the Greek national team on the way to becoming the champions of a festival marking the 200th anniversary of cricket on the island. And in May, Pte Benson was rewarded with […]

Visitors were welcomed into the Bloodhound Camp and surrounding area between 19-21 May to meet Reserves and watch them in action as part of Exercise Kronos Hunter – an exercise involving simulated platoon attacks in challenging Mediterranean terrain. Amongst Reservists on deployment were those from 162 Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps, which has headquarters in Nottingham. […]

Thousands of Armed Forces personnel will be at the fore of this historic occasion, with East Midlands Reserves from the three services amongst them. From 162 Regiment of the Royal Logistics Corps (RLC), which is headquartered in Nottingham, Lance Corporal (LCpl) Billy Taylor has been chosen as one of the unit’s representatives in the ceremonial […]

In Kirchdorf, Austria, high winds and heavy snow forced the Reservists to put all they had learned about winter hazards, ski safety, and alpine skiing into practice on their Ski Foundation Level 1 course. In total, 20 personnel from the British Army unit travelled to the Austrian ski resort. While based in Redditch, two of […]

Nine personnel from 4 Mercian safely and successfully completed Marathon’s Marathon the Original, which is notorious for not only its challenging nature with over half the race being uphill with an average temperature of 19°. The modern Maraton’s Marathon traces back to the inception of marathon racing at the Battle of Marathon when a messenger […]

4 Mercian worked with personnel from 156 RLC to hone their fundamental infanteering skills over the course of the exercise. Working with the diverse backgrounds and professions (from Logistics Specialists to Drivers and Chefs etc). 4 Mercian personnel worked up from the core skills, which were then developed on. Within three days of the initial […]