Page 52 - Bugle Issue 20 Autumn 2022

RTT
The feedback from the JNCOs on SCBC and PSBC has been very humbling and to see them out- perform their peers across the infantry means it is certainly working
As we embarked on a New Year, the Rifles Training Team (RTT) continued to do what it does best – develop and mentor service personnel from across The Rifles and wider Army. With the final restrictions being lifted post COVID-19, .there is a feeling that military training can function as it did prior to March 2020 when the world as we knew it changed. The RTT will always find a way to provide the training and development required for the future leaders of the Army.
The Rifleman’s Cadre has seen much change over each passing training year and with each new staff addition comes a fresh approach to build on what was already in place. We have continued to embrace The Rifles ethos of being forward-looking and innovative – Sir John Moore would be proud that Riflemen have continued to embrace
his vision. The Rifleman’s Cadre is key to ensuring the newest additions to the regiment successfully transition from training into
the field army. A tight two-week training programme covers fitness, military skills,
BRU and WIPs and now culminates in the Sir John Moore Competition to confirm the skills trainees have learnt in a competitive manner. The addition of the visit to The Rifles museum and RHQ in Winchester helps to cement the Five Pillars of the regiment and provides the newest Riflemen the knowledge of how the regiment cares for its people via effective support and welfare programmes for serving personnel, their families and our veterans.
CSjt Gloyn and Sjt John Plenty have been instrumental in developing the courses
that the RTT delivers and the Tac Nav and Rifleman’s Cadres are a particular highlight. The courses have now attracted people
52 RIFLES The Bugle
from across the Army Reserve community and wider Army, which has clarified the appropriateness of the standard of training delivered and the reputation of the coaching model applied. Riflemen from 6 RIFLES are now commonplace on each course and the addition of ETS officers on the Infantry Skills Course has been a welcome addition. The ISC has grown in its delivery, and it is providing the platform for junior commanders to either develop in role competencies or to prepare for a commander course. The feedback from the JNCOs on SCBC and PSBC has been very humbling and to see them outperform their peers across the infantry means it is certainly working.
The Rifles Training Team, as it always has to, will see much change over the next six months. With a new OC for the first time
in three years, Capt Lee Jones, who brings vast experience and the key network having worked at RHQ. New SNCO instructors will replace CSjt Gloyn who leaves on promotion to Company Serjeant Major and Sjt John Plenty, who returns to 2 RIFLES in the Recce Platoon.
Serjeant Major Rob Hamilton will also be with the team and his experience of the Infantry Battle School and the RTT will be key to the team continuing its move forward. Sjt John Cain will also join the team and is bringing with him an infectious enthusiasm and an outstanding work ethic. The Rifles Training Team has been an amazing experience over the last three years to keep an old warhorse young. I will sleep more easily at night knowing the team is in the right hands and is a safeguard for the future of this fantastic regiment. Swift and Bold.
Capt Terry Rafferty, OC RTT
RIFLES TRAINING TEAM