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Reconnaissance specialists: at the leading edge.

Catterick, North Yorkshire
Joined December 2013

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  1. 🇩🇪 Call signs GHOST 👻 and FIST 👊 from 33 Tactical Air Wing were the first two fast air jets to use the Sennelager training area as a live range for over 40 years. Here the TACP and a soldier from call in 27mm fires.

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  2. In case you missed it. This is what our Joint Terminal Attack Controllers brought to the Ex SOMME LANCER party. Working with 31 and 33 Tactical Air Wing 🇩🇪 Lancer soldiers experienced what it would be like to have air cover when operating in the deep battle space

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  3. While HQ and D Squadrons are now back in the UK 🇬🇧 C Squadron are still in Germany 🇩🇪 on Ex IRON STORM and will be home later this week. A Squadron are currently in the air ✈️ en route to the jungles of Belize 🇧🇿 and B Squadron are supporting NATO operations in Kosovo 🇽🇰.

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  4. With Ex SOMME LANCER complete, the Regiment has recovered to the UK 🇬🇧. Watch how C Sqn got on on their operational shoot last week to ensure that we are ready to support and as the eyes and ears of the battlefield.

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    , the 👀 and 👂👂of the , have been conducting excellent training in NATO Forward Holding Base Sennelager (NFS) and across Germany. See more below ⬇️

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  7. That’s a wrap! With Ex SOMME LANCER complete and vehicles handed over to friends , the Battlegroup will recover to UK 🇬🇧 through Germany 🇩🇪, France 🇫🇷, Belgium 🇧🇪 and the Netherlands 🇳🇱. A Sqn are already back in the UK training to deploy to Belize 🇧🇿.

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  8. Congratulations to WO1 Pook who has been selected to commission into @TheRoyalLancer. We look forward to seeing him back at the Regiment in the future.

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  9. Cease firing; go to green. The ranges in Sennelager 🇩🇪 have gone quiet again. For the second time this year the Regiment has achieved a 100% first time pass of our Annual Crew Test. Thanks to and for supporting our Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise.

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  10. Retweeted
    Oct 2

    The Blesma Remembrance 11k will bring the military community together, wherever they are. 🎖️ We will run 11k on Remembrance day, to support our injured Veterans and remember the fallen. 🏃🏃‍♀️ Find out more -

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  11. Hold on to your hats!!

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  12. Meet Shorty - our German 🇩🇪 Joint Terminal Attack Controller. Yesterday he was controlling a German Luftwaffe Tornado ✈️ with a pilot - call sign Ghost - from USA 🇺🇸 partners have been key to Exercise SOMME LANCER.

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  13. This week soldiers from across the battlegroup are training for next week’s Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise💥 With support from and the 🇩🇪 Luftwaffe, we will conduct operational shoots not seen since the Regiment’s amalgamation.

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  14. We’re getting rounds down ranges in Sennelager. and are hitting their annual crew tests so that we can progress to operational shooting. This will assure readiness and prove we are capable for deploying as the recce battlegroup.

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    💥 and our HQ worked alongside our 🇺🇸 allies on Ex SABER JUNCTION 🤝 💥 are on Ex AJEYA WARRIOR, training with our 🇮🇳 partners 💪 💥 are on Ex SOMME LANCER, providing our 👀 & 👂 💥 bde brought the 🔥 on Ex ARIES STORM

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  16. More of our at work on Ex SOMME LANCER.

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  17. Arte et Marte Members of our Light Aid Detachment from supported by 6 CS Bn REME have been amazing keeping the battlegroup on the road during Ex SOMME LANCER. 🔵🟡🔴

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  18. Not everyone in could deploy on Ex SOMME LANCER. We needed to leave a reliable workforce in camp to ensure that daily business was taken care of. See what the Rear Operations Group have been up to.

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  20. Retweeted
    Oct 10

    Yesterday 7 Lancers attended the ‘Lancers in Derby’ Old Comrades Association Dinner night. It was great catching up with the veterans since over 18months and updating them on what the Regiment has been up to.

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