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Sandhurst Competition 2019
OCdt Goble
At the end of their Intermediate term, whilst the rest of CC183 perfected their Sover- eign’s Parade drill, a group of 22 Officer Cadets headed to the United States Military Academy, West Point to compete in the Sand- hurst Competition, an international Patrols com- petition hosted by the US Academy, with 49 teams taking part.
After a term of early morning PT sessions, week- end rehearsal exercises and extra range sessions using US weapons systems, the trip began with several days of training on site at West Point. Both Sandhurst teams undertook ranges, medi- cal stands and an intimidating ‘ranger’ obstacle course and gleaned some vital first-hand knowl- edge of what would lie ahead in the competition, that would pay off later on.
OCdt Bamford briefing the Blue team at the Call For Fire stand
M4 and Pistol Ranges to a Group NAVEX to a Medevac assessment, all scored to make up the
For the competition, the Sand- hurst group broke down into two teams, RMAS RED and BLUE and set out on a series of ‘Tab to Task’ events. These varied from
After a damp
night, both teams patrolled off to their final few events.
overall team score.
By the end of the first day at an enforced rest stop, the RED team stood in 4th place with the Blue team in 10th. After a damp night, both teams patrolled off to their final few events. Some excel-
The Red team on the start line
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