Ex GOTHIC PHOENIXEarly 2020 saw us deploy at 0300hrs via coach to Sennelager, Germany. Our task was to be part of Ex GOTHIC PHOENIX for fleet repair and...
Exercise GOTHIC DRAGONFebruary 2020 saw the entire Battalion move out to Paderborn for the largest Battalion activity of the 1 R WELSH calendar year. The...
Working together apart: The new normal for B (Rorke's Drift) Company“22A, fire all remaining rounds at the hard target to your front and go green on both natures". Mid-way through a Warrior shoot in...
Exercise DRAGON’S CHALLENGE: A Section Commander’s perspectiveThe Alpha Company pre-training for Ex DRAGON’S CHALLENGE was conducted as a company to achieve maximum training value. We deployed to...
Dispersed WorkingFew people could have predicted the impact that Covid-19 would have on people at all levels of the Armed Forces and how it would change...
Exercise DRAGON STRIKEEx DRAGON STRIKE saw the Battalion deploy onto Salisbury Plain throughout the rather chilly month of November 2019. The deployment was...
Nordic Skiing – Ex NORDIC SWORDThe Nordic Skiing season started in mid-November 2019 for the 1 R Welsh team. A team of 8 deployed to Idre-Fjall in Sweden for the...
Service with the Joint Service Parachute Wing, NetheravonIn summer 2019, I was lucky to be offered a black economy posting to the Joint Service Parachute Wing Netheravon (JSPWN). The duration of...
My experience as AMA to Commander Joint Military Command Wales (160X) – Op RESCRIPTUpon the nationwide lockdown, triggered by the exponential growth of COVID-19, the 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh made a swift exit from...
Reflecting on my first few months in postAs many of you know, I took on the role of Chief of Defence People (CDP) just as the Covid-19 pandemic was beginning to grip the world in...