Anthony Appleton
Royal Anglian Regiment
Armed Forces & Veterans Day Parade at Romford. These heroes of the Royal Anglian Regiment ave just returned from Afghanistan
VIKINGS LATEST
The Battalion returned from a generous Christmas leave on 10 January to a New Year and new Commanding Officer. Lt Col Mick Aston MC has taken over the Battalion and immediately the Battalion has seen the appearance of 'tiger teams' and 'devil dogs'.
However, despite his declaration that he is 'Australian by birth and East Anglian by the grace of God', no one has been willing to mention the Ashes!
The Vikings had a busy February as final preparations were completed for the 6 week Exercise ASKARI THUNDER in Kenya. Concurrent to this activity, the majority of the Battalion took the February half-term leave, in addition to some pre-exercise leave, before deploying.
The Battalion successfully deployed over the period 23 - 28 February and will return in early April.
During Exercise ASKARI THUNDER, the soldiers have put into practice many of the lessons learned from the smaller exercises conducted on Sennybridge and Salisbury Plain training areas.
The Kenyan exercise area has provide a 'hot-and-high' environment that has resembled the challenging terrain in Afghanistan. Battlegroup HQ has also been exercised in the battle planning process and engaged with a number of attached arms in a real time environment.
This will allow the command to build on the highly successful attendance at the Command and Staff Trainer in Warminster earlier this year.
ASKARI THUNDER has been the first step in a series of mission-specific training and exercises planned for the Battalion. All the steps leading towards the fruition of another successful Vikings deployment in the future.
Looking forward to the late spring and early summer, the Battalion will further hone its skills across a staggered deployment on Exercise PRAIRIE THUNDER 1, 2 and 3 in Alberta, Canada.
The exercise, which will take place at the British Army Training Unit Suffield, will see the Unit acting as the 'enemy', whilst supporting the training of the Light Dragoons, Kings Royal Hussars, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards and 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Royal Anglian Regiment
Armed Forces & Veterans Day Parade at Romford. These heroes of the Royal Anglian Regiment ave just returned from Afghanistan
VIKINGS LATEST
The Battalion returned from a generous Christmas leave on 10 January to a New Year and new Commanding Officer. Lt Col Mick Aston MC has taken over the Battalion and immediately the Battalion has seen the appearance of 'tiger teams' and 'devil dogs'.
However, despite his declaration that he is 'Australian by birth and East Anglian by the grace of God', no one has been willing to mention the Ashes!
The Vikings had a busy February as final preparations were completed for the 6 week Exercise ASKARI THUNDER in Kenya. Concurrent to this activity, the majority of the Battalion took the February half-term leave, in addition to some pre-exercise leave, before deploying.
The Battalion successfully deployed over the period 23 - 28 February and will return in early April.
During Exercise ASKARI THUNDER, the soldiers have put into practice many of the lessons learned from the smaller exercises conducted on Sennybridge and Salisbury Plain training areas.
The Kenyan exercise area has provide a 'hot-and-high' environment that has resembled the challenging terrain in Afghanistan. Battlegroup HQ has also been exercised in the battle planning process and engaged with a number of attached arms in a real time environment.
This will allow the command to build on the highly successful attendance at the Command and Staff Trainer in Warminster earlier this year.
ASKARI THUNDER has been the first step in a series of mission-specific training and exercises planned for the Battalion. All the steps leading towards the fruition of another successful Vikings deployment in the future.
Looking forward to the late spring and early summer, the Battalion will further hone its skills across a staggered deployment on Exercise PRAIRIE THUNDER 1, 2 and 3 in Alberta, Canada.
The exercise, which will take place at the British Army Training Unit Suffield, will see the Unit acting as the 'enemy', whilst supporting the training of the Light Dragoons, Kings Royal Hussars, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards and 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.