Reserve Riflemen feel the heat training for duties in Afghanistan 26 August 2010

6 RIFLES taking part in EXERCISE LION STAR 3 in Cyprus

Riflemen from 6 RIFLES have been braving the hottest temperatures in decades during EXERCISE LION STAR in Cyprus. The TA battalion are preparing for possible deployment to Afghanistan. (66.58kb)
Rifleman Coffin and his colleagues of 6 RIFLES have been braving the hottest temperatures in decades during EXERCISE LION STAR in Cyprus. The TA battalion are preparing for possible deployment to Afghanistan. (70.55kb)
Riflemen from 6 RIFLES have been braving the hottest temperatures in decades during EXERCISE LION STAR in Cyprus. The TA battalion are preparing for possible deployment to Afghanistan. (56.44kb)
Cpl David Jones of RAMC, attached to 6 RIFLES has been braving the hottest temperatures in decades during EXERCISE LION STAR in Cyprus. The TA battalion are preparing for possible deployment to Afghanistan. (57.55kb)
Riflemen from 6 RIFLES have been braving the hottest temperatures in decades during EXERCISE LION STAR in Cyprus. The TA battalion are preparing for possible deployment to Afghanistan. (59.19kb)
Rifleman Wall of 6 RIFLES and his colleagues have been braving the hottest temperatures in decades during EXERCISE LION STAR in Cyprus. The TA battalion are preparing for possible deployment to Afghanistan. (68.46kb)
Captain Peacock and Riflemen from 6 RIFLES have been braving the hottest temperatures in decades during EXERCISE LION STAR in Cyprus. The TA battalion are preparing for possible deployment to Afghanistan. (71.96kb)
Riflemen from 6 RIFLES have been braving the hottest temperatures in decades during EXERCISE LION STAR in Cyprus. The TA battalion are preparing for possible deployment to Afghanistan. (48.98kb)
A helicopter whips up dust as it assists in the training of 6 RIFLES during EXERCISE LION STAR in Cyprus. The TA battalion are preparing for possible deployment to Afghanistan. (46.12kb)
Riflemen from 6 RIFLES have been braving the hottest temperatures in decades during EXERCISE LION STAR in Cyprus. The TA battalion are preparing for possible deployment to Afghanistan. (41.84kb)

Rifleman Wall of 6 Rifles on Exercise Lion Star 3

More than a 100 Reserve Riflemen from 6 RIFLES – the South West’s TA Infantry battalion – braved temperatures in excess of 45 degrees and 80 per cent humidity in Cyprus during EXERCISE LION STAR 3.

The intensive two-week deployment has been designed to expose the Riflemen to the rigours of what an Afghan tour may ask of them, including helicopter-borne assaults, foot patrols with IED-detecting equipment, occupying and securing a FOB as well as countering insurgent attacks.

Several Rifleman on duty in Cyprus have recently returned from tours of Afghanistan. It's a conflict which has claimed the lives of three of their comrades – one just six months ago.

Hundreds of TA soldiers are mobilised for Afghanistan every year to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with their regular counterparts, facing the same very real dangers, before going back to their civvie jobs in banks, schools or on building sites.

Listen to our radio interview with the troops on exercise, in the right-hand media panel.

Reserve Riflemen feel the heat training for duties in Afghanistan 26 August 2010

6 RIFLES taking part in EXERCISE LION STAR 3 in Cyprus

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