EVENT REPORT
Warmed by coffee and bacon rolls and
kitted up as either green or black army, it
was outside for weapons handling drills
and target practice. For some this was
the first time they had held anything that
resembled a ‘real’ gun, but it didn’t take
them long under expert guidance to get
the hang of putting holes into humanshaped targets! Practice over, the green
army guys were taken off to Jungle
Lane, while the black army headed for
the classroom to learn the rudiments of
building entry and room clearance from a
man who used to do it for real.
The Jungle Lane had been laid out in a
small piece of woodland. Attendees were
taken through in pairs by an ex-RMC, who
first saw active service in Sierra Leone
“…the sound of MP5 chatter was
countered by the lower sound of
non-friendly fire, but it didn’t last
long and soon ‘dead’ insurgents
joined the clouds of smoke drifting
from the building”
and soon had the guys moving together
and taking out targets in short order.
Meanwhile, having seen it on a flip-chart,
the black army guys were transported to
another part of the area to practise what
they’d just learned.
Training continued through the morning
and I’ve got to say that, come lunchtime,
there were some pretty slick moves going
on. It would be interesting to see how it
would all come together in the afternoon,
when they would be assaulting a building
protected by a determined enemy that
shot back!
Returning to the training room we
discovered that lunch was ready, which
must have been torture for the green army
guys who had to sit through a tactical
briefing before joining the rest of us.
Judging by the amount of food put away
and the smiling faces that accompanied
it, lunch was both needed and very much
enjoyed! Warmed right through and
stomachs full, it was back outside to put it
all together.
The first stage was to move up to a
forward base, from where both green and
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