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The Desert Rats - 7th Light Mechanised Brigade

@7thRats

5 years

Our COS and DCOS stood guard here at Kendrew Barracks today so the soldiers on duty could have Christmas lunch - and got a surprise inspection from our Deputy Commander! @UrchTyrone @BritishArmy @neilsexton659 @field_army @ArmyCadetsUK

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This is Army fit - Corporal Zac Herdman is 21.5 hours through his challenge to tab 100-miles in 24-hrs to raise money for the NHS & RSPCA. Watch his update 👇Fantastic effort. 👏👏 @33ENGINEER @ArmySportsLTRY @CorpsSM

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The #DesertRats led Very High Readiness Joint Task Force delivering the spearhead for the @NATO Response Force #NRF #SteadfastDefender24 is testing our ability to deploy and improving how we work together. 🇦🇱 🇵🇱 🇪🇸 🇹🇷 🇬🇧 #StrongerTogether

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1 year

#OTD 20 years ago Op TELIC began and coalition forces crossed the border into Iraq #DesertRats

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4 years

Challenge complete - Well done to Corporal Zac Herdman of @33ENGINEER who tabbed 76-miles in 24-hours to raise money for the NHS & RSPCA. Enjoy your well deserved rest. 👏👏👏 @ArmySportsLTRY @ArmySportASCB @carverbarracks

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3 years

They’ve done it: the 1st Battalion ⁦ @RAnglians ⁩ swim team have conquered the English Channel and a sea of jellyfish! Next part of the challenge is the cycle ride from Calais to Marathon in southern Greece. Well done all. 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️

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4 years

The #Desertrats send their congratulations to Corporal Hemmings of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment for his well deserved MBE. He was part of a four-man team that designed & delivered Coronavirus testing training for the military. 👏

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3 years

Good luck to the 1st Battalion @RAnglians team who are swimming across the English Channel tonight. It’s the second leg of a charity relay challenge that sees the soldiers run, swim, cycle & row to their new home in Cyprus. 👏🏊‍♀️💪

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2 years

Congratulations to one of our own - Lt Col Keith Spiers has been awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours in recognition of his passion and drive to help young people better understand the Army and to bust persistent negative myths.👋

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4 years

Calling the #DesertRats family; past present and future! Regardless of faith or belief take time today to listen to the #inspirational words of Padre Paschal this Easter time. #InThisTogether @BritishArmy @reallorraine @UrchTyrone @neilsexton659

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5 years

The 1st Battalion @RAnglians received a warm welcome from the people of Haverhill today when they exercised the Regiment’s Freedom of the town. Thank you for your support. @HaverhillToCo @PoliceHaverhill @haverhill @robhammond14 @agbdrilling @DeepSuffolk

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3 years

A big well done to the 1st Battalion ⁦ @RAnglians ⁩ swimmers who entered the water in Dover late last night and will reach Calais later today. It’s the second leg of a charity challenge that sees them run, swim, cycle & row from Woolwich to Cyprus ⁦

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5 years

Diary date! VIKINGS on the BBC! Look East, 1830 Mon 18, Tue 19 & Wed 20: reports on 1 Royal Anglian on Op TORAL🇦🇫 Don’t miss it! @BritishArmy @1_Royal_Anglian @EDP24 @neilsexton659 @SEAC_Defence @RAnglians @steelbacks3rd @The_Poachers_ @QueensDivision @ArmyCadetsUK @DefenceOps

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1 year

Great to have @scots_guards joining the #DesertRats today as part the @BritishArmy 's Light Mechanised Brigade #AllOfOneCompany

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2 years

Wishing all serving and former #DesertRats a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year

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3 years

Wishing all serving and former #DesertRats a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year #OutInFront #AllOfOneCompany

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2 years

Today the #DesertRats get a new name. Still 7th and still light but now mechanised and with all the integrated supporting arms to deliver the Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team #AllOfOneCompany

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6 months

The #DesertRats wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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3 years

The Desert Rats Light Brigade - An agile & fighting force prepared for any battle and always ready. #outinfront

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4 years

Our formidable enemy for #WessexStorm came from our Army Reserve units: the 3rd Battalion @RAnglians @4PWRRTigers and @3pwrr . As a 400 strong force they proved a challenge. Job well done! @DCFAFieldArmy @1UKDivision @WeirCrjw @Field_Trg_Unit

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2 years

A warm welcome to the Desert Rats today for 1st Bn, The Yorkshire Regiment #AllOfOneCompany #People

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3 years

Soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment & 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards who are currently deployed in Mali marked Armistice Day with a special parade. @RAnglians @CO_QDG @TheWelshCavalry @WillJMeddings

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1 year

#OTD Op DESERT SABRE, the ground element of Op GRANBY and the liberation of Kuwait began

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4 years

With all the troops and equipment back home our #WessexStorm is over. The #DesertRats full HQ deployed to help units feel they were in a full Light Brigade and maximise training outcomes. Bigger is better. Bring on the next one @field_army @1UKDivision @WeirCrjw @Field_Trg_Unit

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3 years

1st Bn, the Royal Irish Regiment provide the Light Mech Infantry backbone of the Light Brigade. Before starting their training on Ex WESSEX STORM they were practising their battle-winning skills, like their Assault Pioneer bridge-laying. #WessexStorm #Basics #OutInFront

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9 months

Joining the rest of the #PWRR Battle Group in Kosovo to #DeterAndDefend #WeAreNATO #DesertRats

Rt Hon Grant Shapps

@grantshapps

9 months

The first of the @BritishArmy ’s reinforcements have deployed to keep the peace in Kosovo - rapidly arriving just days after @NATO asked the UK for help. As the best of the best, I know they will do the UK proud 🇬🇧🇽🇰

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6 years

Troops from @1_Royal_Anglian who are deployed on Op TORAL in Kabul, Afghanistan have taken time out to enjoy their Christmas lunch. The soldiers are contributing to the NATO @ResoluteSupport mission, training, advising & assisting Afghan National Security Forces.

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8 months

A brief pause for those #DesertRats deployed on Operations in Kosovo and the Middle East to remember those who gave their tomorrow for our today #WeWillRememberThem

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6 months

Individual training✅ All Units validated ✅ Combat readiness Evaluation ✅ Interoperability with NATO Allies ✅ Today the #DesertRats assume very high readiness as the #VJTF24 as part of the #NRF24 #WeAreReady #WeAreNATO

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@7thRats

3 years

#OTD in 1941 near an airfield at Sidi Rezegh the #DesertRats won 2 posthumous Victoria Crosses - 2Lt Gunn MC @3RHA and Rfn Beeley 1KRRC (now @RiflesRegiment ) for conspicuous gallantry. Brig Jock Campbell, commander of the Div Support Group began his actions that would win a third

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2 years

Soldiers from @TheWelshCavalry have formed up in front of Cardiff City Hall ahead of their Freedom Parade to mark their return from their UN peacekeeping mission in Mali. #OpNewcombe @cardiffcouncil

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3 years

The road trip through Europe to Greece continues for the 4 🚴‍♀️ from 1st Battalion @RAnglians . It’s part of a 4 stage relay from Woolwich to their new home in Cyprus. A further 145km cycled yesterday with a stop en route at Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy. @ArmySportASCB

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2 years

Today the #DesertRats welcomed the GOC Regional Command, @Comd_Cadets and his successor, Maj Gen Jon Swift OBE, to update on our UK focused activities including @Army_Engagement @ArmyCadetsUK and plans to improve the #livedexperience

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4 years

#RemembranceSunday - A special day to honour the sacrifice of those who protect us.

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4 years

Comd 7 Brigade visited 1 R Anglian yesterday during their field firing in preparation for deploying on Op TORAL 11 to Afghanistan. 1 R Anglian continue to demonstrate the utility of Light Forces across the world. #DesertRats #LightForces

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6 years

25 soldiers from @1_Royal_Anglian are concluding 4months working with @HQNigerianArmy . Along with @1_scots 3200 soldiers have been received partnered training to #DefeatBokoHaram . @UKinNigeria #UKCSSF #TrainAdviseAssist @USArmyAfrica

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5 years

Happy is the man whose job is his hobby - Metalsmith Sgt Paul Hunter has created a model Foxhound vehicle in his spare time whilst deployed in Kabul with @1_Rifles The Riflemen are using the Foxhound in their force protection role to #NATO advisors #Talent @ResoluteSupport

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2 years

Soldiers who formed the UK's Long Range Reconnaissance Group in Mali as part of the @UNPeacekeeping mission have received their UN medals. The Group led by @QDG was made up of specialists from across the Army including drone operators, @1MWD_Reg and a high-tech surgical team.

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4 years

#TheQuiz : GREAT #lockdownuk TV but 0/10 for tech advisor! The excellent @Matt_Macfadyen as Ingram (left) in AGC cap-badge/slide/belt; but real Ingram (right). How could that happen? Very unfair. @rhqagc owed apology? @LeftBankPics @AlastairBruce_ @field_army @ITV @neilsexton659

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7 months

#VJTF24 combines the #DesertRats Light Mechanised Infantry mass with the #leopard2 armoured 👊from 🇪🇸 #BrigadaGuzmanelbueno & 🇵🇱 #1bcz @1WBPanc Nine #NATO Allies are providing forces and capabilities to make up the #NATO spearhead #StrongerTogether #WeAreNATO #AllOfOneCompany

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6 months

Flag change yesterday as we formally took over the lead for the #NATO Response Force's #VJTF from the Bundeswehr's 37 Panzergrenadier Brigade #WeAreReady #WeAreNATO #NRF

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3 years

Yesterday our GOC, Maj Gen Charlie Collins, came to see the Light Brigade in action on #WessexStorm He got to to hear straight from our #People what they’ve been up to, and how they’ve been mastering the #Basics #OutInFront #DesertRats #LightBrigade

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4 years

#OTD in 1941 at Sidi Rezegh the #DesertRats won 2 postumous Victoria Crosses - 2Lt Ward Gunn MC @3RHA and Rfn Beeley KRRC (now @RiflesRegiment ) for conspicuos courage. Brig Jock Campbell, commander of the Support Group began the actions to win a third. Floreat Jerboa

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4 years

Up, Moving and Down - It's harder to hit a moving target, something the Desert Rats' HQ was practising this week on Salisbury Plain as part of our Light Brigade training #LightBrigade #DesertRats #AllOfOneCompany

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#OTD 75 years ago the North Atlantic Treaty was signed and @NATO was born The #DesertRats providing the lead for the #VJTF NATO spearhead demonstrates the UK's commitment to the collective defence of our common values #NATO75

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5 years

Proud soldiers from multiple cap badges including @Proud_Sappers @RLCCorpsSM & @ArmyMedServices passed off the parade square at ATR Grantham today with the necessary skills to succeed & deliver anything that is asked of them. Good luck to them all. @rforsyth47

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The Corps of Drums 2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment have performed at a reception that saw the #DesertRats , @RAnglians & 7Regt RLC meet the people of Rutland. @RSM7RegtRLC @RutlandLL @army_responders @RutlandPolice @RutlandPride @HbriggsR @rutlandcouncil

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4 years

Proud Army Reserves are marking the completion of their Phase One training with a Pass Off Parade at Army Training Regiment in Grantham. @HqItg

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4 years

The #ArmyReserve stepping up to deliver capability and capacity to support operations. @BritishArmy @7RIFLES_CO @CO5FUSILIERS

British Army 🇬🇧

@BritishArmy

4 years

Soldiers of 7 @RiflesRegiment and 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers have made history by mobilising to Cyprus for the British Army’s largest ever deployment of Army Reservists in a single, formed unit under its own command. Read the full story:

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5 years

A warm welcome to 1 RIFLES & its paired reserve Battalion 6 RIFLES who are now wearing the distinguished #DesertRats badge having recently transitioned across to become part of 7 Infantry Brigade & Headquarters East @1_Rifles @6RIFLES_CO @1UKDivision

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1 year

This week the #DesertRats were conducting recces in Poland with our partners from the #NRF as part of the planning and build up to Ex STEADFAST DEFENDER 24. #RuleOfPs #DeterAndDefend #WeAreNATO #NRF24

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3 years

Royal engineers @43HQSpSqnRE are hosting @PanthersIHC today to show them the parallels between professional sport and the military.

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10 months

#OTD in 1938 the Cairo cavalry brigade formed the Mobile Force, later to become the 7th Armoured Division. The light brigade from that force became the 7th Armoured Brigade. 85 yrs on we have gone full circle as the #BritishArmy 's light mech brigade. Floreat Jerboa #DesertRats

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2 years

With 5 Medical Regiment joining the #DesertRats our light mech brigade combat team line up is complete. #AllofOneCompany

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3 years

2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment and C Squadron, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards have arrived in Mali. They will act as the Long-Range Reconnaissnce Taskforce to the UN peacekeeping operation. Read more here: @RAnglians @TheWelshCavalry

Taking over command of the UK’s Long Range Reconnaissance Group in Mali

Lieutenant Colonel Meddings recently stepped foot in Mali to take command of the next rotation of British Peacekeepers in the region

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5 years

Rehearsals are going well for the soldiers of @66WorksGroup_RE who will march onto parade tomorrow to be awarded the Firmin Sword of Peace for their contribution to hurricane relief efforts in the Caribbean in 2017. Truly worthy recipients.

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2 years

Rehearsals over. The 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment exercise the Freedom of Lincoln at 1.30pm today to mark their return home from deployments around the world. @RAnglians

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3 years

Yesterday the Minister for the Armed Forces, James Heappey MP, came to visit the Light Brigade on Ex WESSEX STORM. He got a chance to meet with troops from across the Brigade, see some of the exercise and innovation being trialled. #People #OutInFront #WessexStorm

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4 years

The Poachers @RAnglians clearing buildings in the final attack of #WessexStorm #infantry ... @field_army @WeirCrjw @1UKDivision @Field_Trg_Unit

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5 years

Gogglebox star @SiddiquiEdu @baasitsiddiqui met the #DesertRats today - both are working to inspire young people and help them realise their potential. Our #photooftheday !

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4 years

The wheels are in motion for Exercise #WessexStorm - Soldiers from 2nd Battalion @RAnglians have started their road move to Salisbury Plain.

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4 years

Yesterday's conference for today's @7thRats operation - moving @TheWelshCavalry to the rear and handing the battle over the Poachers @RAnglians - Rearward Passage of Lines #complexity #WessexStorm @1UKDivision @WeirCrjw @ComdCTG @Field_Trg_Unit

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5 years

The Deputy Commander of the #DesertRats welcomed Lieutenant Colonel Marc Godfrey to the team today. Marc has been appointed Colonel Cadets (East Anglia) & brings with him over 30 years of cadet experience! @NorfolkACF @AcoySuffolkACF @SuffolkACF @ComdtEssexACF @ACFColCadets

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8 months

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We will remember them Floreat jerboa

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3 years

💥Fire! @SCOTS_DG practising their tank killing with the potent & precise javelin on Ex #WessexStorm #OutInFront #Basics

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10 months

Congratulations to Maj Seb Joyce, the #DesertRats Plans Officer, on being presented with the Long Service and Good Conduct (LS&GC) for 15 years exemplary service

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2 years

E Squadron, The Royal Yeomanry, prepare to parade the Guidon of the Leicestershire & Derbyshire (Prince Albert’s Own) for the final time this morning. @co_royalyeo

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2 years

Desert Rats & Armistice Day - A day when we come together as a nation to remember and honour the sacrifices of our Armed Forces community, past and present.

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6 years

#DesertRats & Honour- A pleasure for us to watch Walter Partridge, a veteran of the D-Day landings, being awarded the Legion d'Honneur. Walter was an acting Sergeant Major in the #RoyalArtillery & took part in the Normandy Landings on Juno Beach with 3rd Canada Division @3CdnDiv

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Hugely proud to welcome @32EngrRegt @1CSBnREME @6RegtRLC to the Desert Rats - a huge step towards becoming the Army’s Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team #AllOfOneCompany #People

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4 years

A socially distanced parade marks the start of a new career for Army Reservists at Army Training Regiment, Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham this morning @ArmyDcfa @ArmyResComdSM @east_mids_rfca @ComdITG

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7 years

The #DesertRats - #WeWillRememberThem

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1 year

This week the Commander, COS and DCOS have been visiting the #Poachers from @RAnglians in Oman as the #DesertRats continue preparations to assume the #VJTFL role for #NATO #WeAreNATO @HQARRC

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3 years

If you go down in the woods today…. You may bump into @SCOTS_DG heading to the vehicle rehabilitation area where @2CS_Bn_REME are keeping our vehicles battle ready on Exercise #WessexStorm

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5 years

Troops from C Company @The_Poachers_ have been in action alongside Egypt's 112 Infantry Brigade on a joint UK-Egypt military training exercise. Exercise AHMOSE was the first bilateral exercise between the two countries in 30 years.

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6 years

#DesertRats & Professional Development - Some of the Army's mascots & handlers are at the Defence Animal Training Regiment attending the first Regimental Mascot Training Camp. Among them is @TheWelshCavalry mascot Welsh Mountain Pony Trooper Jones.

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GOC 1(UK) Div, @WeirCrjw , visiting @7thRats on #WessexStorm . @TheWelshCavalry showing off some of the innovative kit we are trying out to enhance the Light Cavalry and it's ability to support the Light Brigade. @field_army @1UKDivision @Field_Trg_Unit @InnovationArmy

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6 years

"I think because I've been trained in the Army Cadets I wasn't phased. I just knew I had to help." Well done Oliver, the #DesertRats are very proud of you. Read the full story below. @Comd_Cadets @ArmyCadetsUK

Army cadet, 15, saves elderly woman's life after she collapsed in her garden

Family of 94-year-old said she would have died without the army cadet's heroic actions

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3 years

A big well done to the JERBOA PEDAL team who yesterday finished their ride - after 8 days, 10 punctures and 4 low speed crashes, the team visited all 8 Desert Rat OPCOM units, covering 875km! #OutInFront #People

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5 years

Stem innovators in training - Army cadets from East Midlands & East Anglia are spending the weekend learning about the Army's engineering expertise ahead of International Women in Engineering Day #INWED19 @INWED1919 @EastAngliaRFCA @east_mids_rfca

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4 years

A warm welcome to the Desert Rats for @4RegtRA and @32EngrRegt - we've always done our best work with fire and mobility support from the Gunners and Sappers #LightBrigade #AllOfOneCompany @rhqra @BritishArmy @1UKDivision @Proud_Sappers @field_army @ArmySgtMajor @SEAC_Defence

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2 years

A colourful military parade filled with pomp and pageantry will fill the streets of Cardiff tomorrow when @TheWelshCavalry exercise the Freedom of the City, to mark the regiment's return home from Mali as part of Operation Newcombe. @cardiffcouncil @WeAreCardiff @RealSirTomJones

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5 years

The General Officer Commanding @1UKDivision has been briefed on our busy start to 2019. We have troops from @1_Royal_Anglian deployed in Afghanistan and South Sudan supported by soldiers from @3pwrr and @4PWRRTigers and the @TheWelshCavalry deployed in Poland on Op CABRIT.

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Immensely proud of all #DesertRats who took part in honouring our Commander in Chief - whether public facing, supporting behind the scenes or observing their own vigils.

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3 years

Both GOC and DComd 1st UK Division, Maj Gen Charlie Collins and Brig Gen Jean Laurentin came to see the @TheWelshCavalry on the final day of their pre-deployment exercise, to see some of the realistic and challenging training they were undergoing. #Basics #OutInFront

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7 years

Good luck to #DesertRat Corporal Hannah Gibson who is riding Ebony at the Unaffiliated Show Jumping Competition at Arena UK, Grantham today

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3 years

Few more photos from the Air Assault this week - great training for the men and women of the DESERT RATS. Blank and live rehearsals complete, now ready for the main event! #WARFIGHTER #People #Operate #Basics @ArmySgtMajor @ArmyDcfa @1UKDivision @3rdUKDivision @1stArmoredDiv

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4 years

Testing the Light Brigade concept in challenging conditions. Challenge accepted. Concept proved. @TheWelshCavalry @co_royalyeo @RAnglians @4PWRRTigers @6RegtRLC with all our supporting attachments. #AllOfOneCompany @field_army @WeirCrjw @1UKDivision

Desert Rats in one of the biggest exercises of its kind in a decade | ITV News

More than two thousand soldiers from our region are currently taking part in one of the biggest training operations of its kind for a decade | ITV News Anglia

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7 years

Troops from 33 Engineer Regt (EOD) are in Nigeria delivering search awareness & bomb disposal training to the country's Armed Forces.

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2 years

Today the #DesertRats welcome back into our ORBAT the @SCOTS_DG - we were both a lot heavier and armoured when you were last with us. Now the light cavalry in the Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team fast to mobilise to meet today's threats. #AllOfOneCompany

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4 years

Cpl Zac Herdman from @33ENGINEER is making great strides for charity. He’s 40-miles into a 100-mile endurance tab to raise money for the NHS & RSPCA. He expects to complete the challenge in 24-hours. @ArmySportsLTRY @ArmySportASCB @CorpsSM

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6 years

#DesertRats & Cadets - It’s not just our Army Cadet Officers standing to attention on our Commissioning Parade our guests are too!

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3 years

The Desert Rats are regionally aligned to West Africa. Last week the Bde Comd hosted a delegation from the Ghanaian Army with @UK_DAAccra . Our relationship is growing, and we look forward to working together increasingly. #OutInFront #UKCSSF @1UKDivision @BPST_A @Official_GAFMil

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5 years

Spread the word - The 1st Battalion @RoyalAnglians will be in #Suffolk on Sunday exercising the Freedom of Haverhill. Led by the Royal Artillery Band they will step off from Haverhill Market Square at 1500hrs. Pass it on…. @PoliceHaverhill @haverhill @HaverhillToCo

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5 months

Alert exercise for the #DesertRats and the #Poachers @RAnglians Practicing the activation and deployment of @NATO 's #VJTF spearhead in preparation for deploying to #Poland on #SteadfastDefender24 #DeterAndDefend #NATO75

Forces News

@ForcesNews

5 months

Check out the impressive sights of vehicles from 2 Anglian as they gear up for Nato’s largest exercise since the Cold War 90,000 Nato troops will take part in Steadfast Defender, including 20,000 from the UK Armed Forces 📺 Watch here 👇

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6 years

#DesertRats & @170_Engineers . It’s #InternationalWomenInEngineeringDay Our female Army cadets are having fun whilst learning about the engineering career opportunities available in the Army.

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4 years

Well done you Desert Rats - all of one company 👍

Royal Anglian Regiment

@RAnglians

4 years

Royal Anglian soldiers are supporting the NHS as they work to open the NHS Nightingale hospital. Lieutenant Mike Andrews: "we’ve been assisting with the build, freeing up specialist trades where we can.” #InThisTogether #AlwaysReady @BritishArmy Story:

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It's #NationalDogsDay - Our military working dogs come in all shapes & sizes & all have a part to play keeping our soldiers & the nation safe. Our #RAVC soldiers learn to train and handle dogs to protect & detect. @CO1MWDRegt @BritishVets @ArmyMedServices @MWD_News

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Practicing the deployment of the #DesertRats lead elements as part of the @NATO #VJTF spearhead on #SteadfastDefender24 #DeterAndDefend #StrongerTogether

NATO

@NATO

3 months

NATO’s quick reaction force tests its readiness Allied forces were quickly deployed by air, land, and sea to Poland to test and train NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force as part of exercise #SteadfastDefender24

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