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On Exercise With The Royal Yeomanry
The Royal Yeomanry have been sharpening their military capabilities on a training exercise, practicising their infantry skills and living in the field.
The reservist soldiers descended onto Stanford (STANTA) Training area in Norfolk at the start of the two-day exercise.
On operations the Royal Yeomanry will deploy in front of other friendly forces to gather intelligence on the enemy and the environment - and this exercise saw the soldiers testing their ability to do just that.
Trooper Daniel Bunce, 21, was one of 120 soldiers that took part in the exercise. He works as a barman in his day job but as a soldier in Dudley-based B Squadron he is a gunner. His dad, Mark, also serves in the Regiment. Daniel said:
“I really enjoy coming out on exercise spending time with the guys and my dad.
"It does sound clichéd but we do have a strong bond of friendship in the squadron and the regiment. We train together, but we also socialise outside of training nights. Most weekends if we aren’t training, we will all go out together socially.”
The weekend training saw the Army reservists use the agile Land Rover R-WMIKs (Revised Weapon Installation Kit) which are equipped with a General Purpose Machine Gun and the Browning .50 Heavy Machine gun.
It also has the latest digital battlefield communications systems and surveillance optics, including thermal imaging, to see at night.
The Royal Yeomanry Regiment Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Simon McMenemy, said:
“The training... has been an opportunity for the soldiers to practice their infantry and reconnaissance skills, both on foot and mounted in R-WMIKS.
"It is a role some of our Reservists would have been doing for real in Afghanistan.”
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