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spent on exercise and understanding our area of operations, a more attrac- tive prospect than being restricted to camp which was now the battlegroup commander’s direction in response to rising COVID-19 cases in Poland. The Plts made the most of this time, conducting a comprehensive route and area recce adding value to the battlegroup. It had become clear that there were significant knowledge gaps that the Tp could fill and indeed shape battlegroup activity to ensure the most was extracted from each training exercise. Cassino Tp is fortunate to have 10 Gurkhas from across the RLC, Royal Signals and Royal
Engineers and so we made sure we celebrated Dashain appropriately. The night was brilliant with the chefs led by Sgt Hodgson RLC producing incredible food and with numerous musical acts providing great entertainment, the talent within the troop was impressive not least with the Gurkha community while the Tp 2IC and Lt Ali Coombe, having trained hard, completed the Khukri dance.
The Tp progressed through first Plt then Tp level exercises all focused on understanding the new procedures and tactics of working in the Polish terrain and on our ability to communicate at reach and interoperate with the US. The end goal was the major multinational exercise, Ex TUMAK 20, that would take place in late November. Given our
Cassino Tp
is fortunate
to have 10 Gurkhas, so we made sure we celebrated Dashain appropriately
Lt Coombe ponders the merits of a trip to Turkey
Cpl Hugo not dropping an American Football