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Special Report Part 2: Receiving the Blue Beret

The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland are beginning a six-month tour of Cyprus on Operation Tosca. 
 
It's part of the UK's commitment to the UN peacekeeping force in the country, which has been policing the buffer-zone between Turkish and Greek Cypriot forces for over 50 years. 
 
Before they deployed they undertook their mission-specific training in the UK.
 
In the second of her special reports, Ali Gibson followed the troops to Nesscliff camp in Shropshire.
 
Click here if you'd like to see part one, when the troops undertook special riot training in preparation for their deployment.

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