2 R ANGLIAN NOVEMBER REGIMENTAL NEWSLETTER

The Poachers have had an active and rewarding October, forming 2 R ANGLIAN Battle-group on Exercise GRAND PRIX in Kenya. To form a Battle-group the Poachers were bolstered by J Battery of 3 Royal Horse Artillery and 2 Squadron, 32 Engineer Regiment along with many other individual augmentees. In Kenya the Battalion was also joined by a 4th rifle company in the form of C Company, 7 Kenyan Rifles. The exercise marked a major development in the Battalions' preparation to be the Afghanistan Theatre Reserve Battalion.
The advance party deployed in late September to set the conditions for the deployment of the major sub-units in the first weeks of October. On deployment the Companies and attached arms moved straight to their first exercise locations and into the field. During the first 10 days of the Exercise the Battle-group was split into roughly direct fire and indirect fire groupings; the rifle companies deployed to Mpala Farm training area whilst the J Battery group (including the Mortar Platoon) moved to the warmer environs of Archers' Post to pepper the arid landscape with high explosive.

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