In #Portsmouth, the 2nd Battalion are participating in the British Army Warfighting Experiment, Urban Phase, looking at how we sustain and protect a force in the urban environment. The focus is on intelligent logistics, medical extraction and vehicle extraction, working in partnership with industry partners. #Futuresoldier #armyexperimentation Read More: https://www.army.mod.uk/our-future/awe/
Watch the latest footage from the 1st Battalion, Corunna Company, ‘Immortals’ as they continue their #Futuresoldier transition to Light Mechanised Infantry, integrating the Foxhound vehicle into their Urban Operations training by day and by night. The Desert Rats – 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team
Central to the British Army #FutureSoldier program, the 2nd Battalion are leading experimentation and trials of new equipment, shaping our future warfighting capability. Ministry of Defence Defence Equipment & Support
Corunna Company, 1st Battalion, is at the vanguard of the #Futuresoldier conversion to Light Mechanised Infantry. The ‘Immortals’ spent the last two weeks on exercise in Thetford conducting some challenging training and learning how to fight with Foxhound vehicles. Private Jagger introduces us to some of week one’s activities. #FortuneFavourstheBrave. The Desert Rats – 7th […]
The 2nd battalion Next Generation Combat Team are an integral part of Op CERBERUS. The UK 3 Div-led CERBERUS is validating Brigade HQs for warfighting operations, it’s also looking to the future. The Experimentation & Trials Group, headed by 2 YORKS @yorksregt, are deployed on the exercise to examine pioneering new capabilities to transform the […]
#1YORKS Corunna Company ‘Immortals’ deployed to an unusually ‘sunny’ Brecon Beacons National Park for Ex Immortal Dragon, a two-week exercise, aimed at transitioning the Company into its new, British Army #FutureSoldier Light role, operating in the Rural, Urban, Forested and Trench environments. In October, Ex Immortal Chariot, will introduce the #Yorkshire Infantry to Light-Mechanized operations […]
#2YORKS have returned to the UK and arrived at their new home at Dale Barracks, Chester after a busy 2-year tour in British Bases Cyprus. After summer leave, the battalion will assume their #futuresoldier role as the British Army Next Generation Combat Team. After conducting concurrent operations in four different countries and being some of […]
The #1YORKS #futuresoldier conversion from Armoured to Light Mechanised #Infantry is underway and the Corunna Company ‘Immortals’ took on the 73-mile challenge of Hadrian’s Wall. Exercise Immortal Wall was conducted to build the #Yorkshire infanteer’s Mental Resilience through arduous physical training. The Desert Rats – 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team #newcastle #gateshead #northumberland #walking […]