Archive - Army Reserve - PAGE 9

Private Lee Merrill who trains with the Army Reserve’s 203 Squadron, 158 Regiment the Royal Logistic Corps ran the marathon in April and raised the money for The Children’s Society. Running the marathon had been one of Lee’s greatest ambitions. He explained: “Taking on the London Marathon was always a challenge I have wanted to […]

Lance Corporal Hughie Levenie from the Army Reserve’s 222 Medical Squadron, 254 Medical Regiment, also worked with two of his colleagues from Leicester to construct three rest stop areas at different locations throughout the march. The Nijmegen Marches took place from 17 to 20 July with participants walking either 30KM, 40KM or 50KM around the […]

Hundreds of people lined the streets to show their support as the soldiers exercised their Freedom of the town to celebrate the milestone and cement the RAVC’s strong bond with the town and borough. Over 200 officers and soldiers including a mounted contingent and working dogs from  the 1st Military Working Dog Regiment based at St […]

203 (Loughborough) Transport Squadron, 158 Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps, have set up a temporary store in the Carillon Court Shopping Centre and are encouraging local people to come and see the variety of kit and equipment they have on display as well as speaking to experienced reservists about their part-time military careers. The pop up […]

Exercise Martello Stretch is an annual competition based on leadership and teamwork that sees six teams made up of representatives from different engineering and construction companies competing against each other to win the Martello Trophy. The national companies taking part in the event include RPS from their Newark office, AECOM with an office at Chetwynd Business […]

Simon was one of four guest judges at the Army’s annual flagship event that saw over 180 of the Army’s top Chefs compete in a wide variety of culinary classes that covered both operational and formal dining. The chefs, both regular and reservist, took part in ten categories, used over 900kg of potatoes, 1500 eggs […]

Cadet 18 took place at Chetwynd Barracks in Chilwell and saw young people from the RAF Air Cadets (RAFAC), Army Cadets (ACF) and Sea Cadet Corps (SCC) take part in events designed to test the skills they have learnt on their cadet journeys so far. Teenagers from 7th Infantry Brigade’s youth engagement activity, The Dessert Rat […]

Private Ruth Archer, aged 46, serves with 160 (Lincoln) Transport Squadron, 158 Regiment, and is currently self-employed in her civilian life. Being part of the Reserve Forces means different things to different people, but Ruth explained that she wanted to make a difference in her spare time and was encouraged to join up after hearing […]