Mansfield para heads off on exercise

Mansfield paratrooper Pte James Duncan has been on exercise with Polish troops to learn about their tactics and weaponry.
Image of Private James Richard William Duncan (22), from All Saints School, Mansfield.

Paratroopers from 16 Air Assault Brigade have built bridges to their Polish counterparts as they train together on a NATO exercise in Poland to practise capturing bridges.

Exercise Anakonda has seen A Company, 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (A Coy, 3 PARA) work with the Polish 16th Airborne Battalion. The troops have planned and carried out missions side by side, to improve their understanding of the similarities and differences between so that they are better prepared to operate together.

The fortnight-long training at Drawsko Pomorski in north-west Poland is part of a programme of joint exercises and immediate assurance measures designed to reassure NATO allies in Eastern Europe. The exercise culminated in a joint parachute assault, with troops jumping from an RAF Hercules and Polish aircraft to capture bridges on the training area.

Major Ben Harrop, Officer Commanding A Coy, said: â¬SThis type of mission is whaImage of Private James Richard William Duncan (22), from All Saints School, Mansfield.

Paratroopers from 16 Air Assault Brigade have built bridges to their Polish counterparts as they train together on a NATO exercise in Poland to practise capturing bridges.

Exercise Anakonda has seen A Company, 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (A Coy, 3 PARA) work with the Polish 16th Airborne Battalion. The troops have planned and carried out missions side by side, to improve their understanding of the similarities and differences between so that they are better prepared to operate together.

The fortnight-long training at Drawsko Pomorski in north-west Poland is part of a programme of joint exercises and immediate assurance measures designed to reassure NATO allies in Eastern Europe. The exercise culminated in a joint parachute assault, with troops jumping from an RAF Hercules and Polish aircraft to capture bridges on the training area.

Major Ben Harrop, Officer Commanding A Coy, said: â¬SThis type of mission is wha
Image of Private James Richard William Duncan (22), from All Saints School, Mansfield. Paratroopers from 16 Air Assault Brigade have built bridges to their Polish counterparts as they train together on a NATO exercise in Poland to practise capturing bridges. Exercise Anakonda has seen A Company, 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (A Coy, 3 PARA) work with the Polish 16th Airborne Battalion. The troops have planned and carried out missions side by side, to improve their understanding of the similarities and differences between so that they are better prepared to operate together. The fortnight-long training at Drawsko Pomorski in north-west Poland is part of a programme of joint exercises and immediate assurance measures designed to reassure NATO allies in Eastern Europe. The exercise culminated in a joint parachute assault, with troops jumping from an RAF Hercules and Polish aircraft to capture bridges on the training area. Major Ben Harrop, Officer Commanding A Coy, said: â¬SThis type of mission is wha

Pte Duncan, of the Parachute Regiment was on exercise with 6th Polish Airborne.

The training culminated in a joint parachute assault, with troops jumping from an RAF Hercules and Polish aircraft to capture bridges on the training area.

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