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4TH BATTALION, THE RANGER REGIMENT – ANNUAL REPORT
Each year it remains my greatest privilege to write and update you on your Rangers. You will not be surprised to hear they continue to go from strength to strength. Whilst I cannot hope to capture the full breadth and depth of their out- puts here, I hope you will find the updates below on our operations, people, and the wider community insightful.
4th Battalion, The Ranger Regiment New Normandy Barracks ALDERSHOT
Hampshire
GU11 2LZ
19 November 2023
Her Majesty The Queen c/o The Equerry Clarence House
St James’s London SW1A 1BA
Your Majesty,
Rangers from 2, 3 and 4 RANGER, equipped with the newly fielded L403A1 Rifle, practice demolition & breaching techniques
This year we have deployed over 250 people across 25 different countries, predominantly in the Middle East and Asia. We continue to rotate a company of around 30-50 people through Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq every six months where our focus remains helping Britain’s allies counter terrorism, con- strain hostile state activity, and secure their borders. In the Levant one of the principal security concerns is the flow of illegal drugs across the region from Syria and in Jordan we are responding to a direct request from His Majesty King Abdullah II to help contain that problem. As ever, our Rangers have taken to the challenge. Our persistence
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