'Lessons to be learnt' from Army's role in world's most dangerous peacekeeping mission in Mali

The Lieutenant Colonel awarded an OBE for his role in Mali says there are many lessons that can be learnt from time spent there.

British troops have been pulled from the UN peacekeeping mission in the country due to political instability.

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Lt Col Will Meddings, former Commander, Long Range Reconnaissance Group, told Forces News: "Down at a tactical level, there were a whole load of lessons that we took away, and I don't just mean things about how to operate and live in those temperatures at such long distances and so far away from resupply.

"But I think about how we could disperse ourselves across a wide area, act as a reconnaissance force."

He added: "The integration of ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) and, I think, the operating over a dispersed area are the real tactical lessons that we'll be taking back."

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