Exercise 'Striking Tiger'

On 10 March, nineteen Fourth Year cadets and twelve Sixth Form NCOs completed a field day at the Hankley Common training area on the Surrey Hills.

The event comprised two activities for the cadets to practise battle drills and demonstrate their proficiency with the Cadet L98A2 rifle, using blank ammunition. The NCOs provided the enemy combatants. One section practised Pairs, Fire, Manoeuvre drills and then fought through a Close Quarter Battle Lane engaging fixed targets and a live enemy position. The other section patrolled out of the harbour area to a woodland briefing point to gain intelligence before laying and prosecuting a planned ambush on an armed enemy patrol. 3,000 rounds were spent, the cadets demonstrated their proficiency with the weapon and the enemy were suppressed (twice!).

Thank you to all the officers and adult volunteers involved and to the Cadet Training Team for facilitating an excellent day in the field.

Capt D Nighy