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Hundreds of Royal Marines have been learning to survive in the harsh winter climate of northern Norway as part of an annual exercise called Cetus 14. The Marines from 3 Commando Brigade – along with their attached Royal Naval personnel – are being taught how to survive, move around on skis and also fight in the difficult conditions.

They must ski across the mountains while carrying weapons and 70lb bergens, construct makeshift shelters from brushwood, and build fires to keep warm and cook their dinner.Food is usually chicken, which they must kill themselves, and vegetables which they are taught how to prepare with only basic equipment.

Images by PO(Phot) Sean Clee




Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS) conducting live firing break contact drills on the Setermoen exercise areas, Norway.




Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS) conducting live firing break contact drills on the Setermoen exercise areas, Norway.




Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS) conducting live firing break contact drills on the Setermoen exercise areas, Norway.




42 Commando Royal Marines conducting ski training as part of the Cold Weather Warfare Course (CWWC).




42 Commando Royal Marines conducting ski training as part of the Cold Weather Warfare Course (CWWC).




42 Commando conducting ski training as part of the Cold Weather Warfare Course (CWWC).




Royal Marines and attached ranks from the Commando Logistics Regiment (CLR) conducting ice breaking drills as part of the survival phase of the Cold Weather Warfare Course (CWWC).




Leading Hand Kayley Smith, aged 27 (from Manchester) first time in Norway




Leading Hand Kayley Smith, aged 27 (from Manchester) first time in Norway




Royal Marines and attached ranks from the Commando Logistics Regiment (CLR) conducting ice breaking drills as part of the survival phase of the Cold Weather Warfare Course (CWWC).




Royal Marine from the Commando Logistics Regiment (CLR) conducting ice breaking drills as part of the survival phase of the Cold Weather Warfare Course (CWWC).




Royal Marines constructing shelters, preparing food and building fires as part of the survival phase of the Cold Weather Warfare Course (CWWC).




Royal Marines constructing shelters, preparing food and building fires as part of the survival phase of the Cold Weather Warfare Course (CWWC).


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Troops of 1 Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps, based in Hohne, Germany, have completed a ‘role validation’ exercise prior to deploying on Op HERRICK 20 as part of 20th Armoured Brigade.
From today, 1 Medical Regiment will be known as 1 Armoured Medical Regiment as the first step to its new role as part of future changes under Army 2020 restructuring.
The pre-deployment exercise tests the combat medics on all areas, from primary health care to serious trauma and care of casualties under fire. As well as preparing them for operations in the coming months, it also builds the foundations for their new role in the coming years, as part of the Reaction Force.
Commanding Officer Paulo Capanni, who visited daily to oversee his training team, explained that there was more to the validation than just assessing the medics.
He said: “On this exercise we are assessing one doctor, two nurses and 29 Combat Medical Technicians against the ‘capabilities of medical care’ to ensure that they are fit to deploy and look after our troops. This includes care under fire, medical evacuation and to manage casualties in the medical treatment facility. This is an invaluable template for Role 1 Validation for contingency operations, which is what our business is going to be in the very near future.”



Cpl Kabir Rai (32) transferred to 1 Medical Regiment from 2 Royal Gurkha Regiment in August 2013. Photographer Cpl Mark Webster; Crown copyright.



On the 1st April, 1 Medical Regiment became 1 Armoured Medical Regiment as the first step to its new role under the Army 2020 changes. Photographer Cpl Mark Webster; Crown copyright.



Amputees in Action and external actors added realism to the exercise. Photographer Cpl Mark Webster; Crown copyright.



1 Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps, based in Hohne, Northern Germany on exercise prior to deploying on Op HERRICK 20 as part of 20th Armoured Brigade. Photographer Cpl Mark Webster; Crown copyright.


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The British Army’s rapid reaction force has demonstrated the unique reach and agility that its specialist air manoeuvre capabilities provide to the military.

An aviation assault to capture the airfield at Kinloss Barracks marked 16 Air Assault Brigade’s arrival on Exercise Joint Warrior, the biggest annual military exercise in Europe.

Troops from the 3 PARA Battlegroup landed at Kinloss in Chinook, Merlin and Puma 2 support helicopters, protected by Apache attack helicopters, to assault the airfield. Once secured, more troops and heavier equipment were delivered throughout the day by C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.

Airfield capture is a key skill required for the brigade’s role as the Air Assault Task Force, which is ready to deploy anywhere in the world at short notice to conduct the full range of military operations from non-combatant evacuation operations to warfighting.

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Riflemen from Gloucestershire-based 1 RIFLES are home following a successful six-month mission in Mali, where they trained two full companies of the Malian Army - more than 300 soldiers in total.

The 21 riflemen, who volunteered for the European Union-led mission, were training the West African soldiers in combat and counter-insurgency operations as well as patrolling and reassuring the local population.

As one tranche of riflemen return from Mali, a new deployment of soldiers has arrived in the West African country and assumed responsibility for the mission.

The 1 RIFLES deployments with the EU Training Mission follow initial UK military support to the efforts of French and African Union troops who went in to Mali in January 2013 to help halt the advance of Islamist extremists and to stabilise the country.
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