Page 30 - QDG Year of 2020

28 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
Hear no evil Smell no evil
Training Wing
Speak no evil
The Training Wing was a place of great mystery and uncertainty in 2020. You could go in on a Monday and see one set of TrgO and TrgWOs, and then be back on Tuesday and see a completely different duo. Despite the fluctuating manning however, the team
carefully managed and coordinated to ensure a COVID secure training envi- ronment.
As the summer drew to a close the regiment saw one of its busiest periods. The March and Shoot, Mullens
has managed to convene and assign an impres- sive array of courses and training, despite all that Corona Virus threw at it.
The current TrgO, Capt Oakley,was particularly impressed with the heroic leadership of the handsome and adored
Cup and EVASION EAGLE SERE exercise (organised by the famed Field Marshall Charlie Byrd rtd), putting Troops through their paces and reminding them that despite lockdown – they were combat arms soldiers and offered a taste of the high intensity training awaiting them in the run up to Op NEWCOMBE in 2021.
TO
In recent years Ex
WESSEX STORM had
begun to feel like familiar
territory, with Tps and Sqns periodically rotating in and
out to support it or to play
enemy. But 2020 saw a
step up. In January the
QDG deployed as a battle-
group to Westdown Camp,
a chance for individuals and
tps to understand their roles
and challenge themselves
but also an opportunity
to gain validation ahead
of operations next year.
Under the guidance of Capt
George Jackson FTU, the Sqns tackled a number of Battle Exercises and CALFEX lanes. The current TrgO, Capt Oakley, was particularly impressed with the heroic leadership of the handsome and adored C Sqn 2IC throughout.
Evil
Upon return from Ex WESSEX STORM training looked as if it would pause due to COVID-19 and a nation- wide lockdown. This threat of a lull in training was met by an underground resistance, led by Cpls Canning and Gurung who made the most of everyone being restricted to camp and went about convening level BCS and driver training. This was of course all
C Sqn 2IC throughout