Op HERRICK 11
The Regiment has been affiliated to 11 Light Brigade since June 2008. We have supported numerous Brigade level planning exercises and Battle Group exercises throughout the UK. The Regiment conducts special-to-role training at both Otterburn and Salisbury Plain training areas.

Each of the gun batteries deployed on three subsequent exercises in Kenya, Exercise GRAND PRIX. These Exercises were vital in aiding our integration with the Infantry Battle Groups and in developing our low-level soldiering skills.

Pre-deployment training for the Regiment started in April 2009 and has included many specialist courses ranging from team medic courses to deployments in Arizona working with the combat aircraft of our coalition partners.

Approx 360 members of the Regiment have deployed to Afghanistan with just over 100 soldiers remaining in Tidworth, ready to support the Regiment and continuing with the day to day life of a unit in a busy Garrison.

Training
It's not all work and no play in the RHA. In 2009 the Regiment's sporting activities included a Rugby Tour, Nordic Skiing in Norway, Snowboarding in Austria, a cricket tour to Cyprus and sailing the Royal Artillery's flagship the St Barbara V on its last leg of Exercise Atlantis Barbara from the Azores to Gosport.

Pre-deployment training featured overseas locations such as Kenya and Arizona, and of course, the social calendar is always busy with Christmas functions such as the Summer Balls in both the Officers' and the Sergeants' mess.