Exercise Cambrian Patrol
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Exercise CAMBRIAN PATROL is an annual patrolling competition that takes place throughout the Cambrian Mountains of mid-Wales. An internationally recognized military exercise, previous participants have included numerous European states, in addition to Canada and the United States.
Cambrian Patrol was first set up more than 40 years ago, by a group of Welsh Territorial Army soldiers who designed the training event to feature long distance marching over the Cambrian Mountains and which culminated in a shooting match on the Sennybridge training area. Since then, the exercise has been rigorously updated to meet the challenges faced by modern soldiers.
In 2006 the event which ran from 27 October to 5 November 2006, attracted 95 teams from the British Army (regular) and Territorial Army and Royal Air Force. Foreign army teams from Canada, Lithuania, Latvia, Denmark, India, France and the Czech Republic also took part. A total of 64 teams completed the exercise.
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[edit] Military Skills
The Exercise is a test of Military skills which include;
- Firing of personal weapons
- Obstacle crossing
- First Aid and Casualty Evacuation (casavac) procedures
- Recognition of aircraft, vehicles and equipment
- Artillery target indication
- Patrol Techniques
- Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare (NBC)
- Helicopter drills
- Media handling
- Conduct after capture
- Communications skills
[edit] Slogan
It's arduous, it's physically and mentally demanding, it's viewed internationally as one of the toughest patrolling tests facing the modern soldier, it's the Cambrian Patrol...
[edit] Competing Teams
4th Battalion (V), The Parachute Regiment
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