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Collective experience gained from eight years in Afghanistan
solidifies 16 Air Assault Brigade's resolve for third tour
of Helmand |
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Cool
reflection: Brig James Chiswell MC
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Having
been there, done that and got the tee-shirt four times in
Afghanistan, 16 Air Assault Brigade should be well prepared
for a third visit to Helmand in October.
Speaking
from Salisbury Plain, Brig James Chiswell, who will deploy
as 16 Air Assault Brigade Commander, told MoDOracle
the collective experience had been "really telling"
in the pre-deployment training.
"We’ve had to prepare before, we’ve got a
sense of how we should do that and just by having a sprinkling
of old hands in this business has just raised the game we
have found in terms of our preparations."
But there have been many changes to the battlefield since
the fierce fighting of 2006 and the increasing threat of IEDs
in 2008. Although Brig Chiswell was clear that the deaths
of three British soldiers at the hands of a rogue Afghan National
Army soldier this week would not daunt the troops resolve
to support the ANA, they nevertheless face a huge task of
building confidence in an embattled Afghan people.
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