THE eyes and ears of the British Army’s Global Response Force have shared their skills with their Kuwaiti counterparts during demanding training in the desert.
Troops from the 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team (BCT), based at the Merville Barracks in Colchester, were in Kuwait to provide specialist training to the Kuwaiti Land Force’s Fourth Reconnaissance Battalion on Exercise Desert Warrior.
Led by Pathfinders - 16 Air Assault BCT’s advance force - the troops deployed come from eight different units.
Corporal Titus Kimani, of 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, said: “The desert is a tough place to be a soldier.
“It’s hot, the ground is either rocky or sandy, which makes walking hard and it’s flat with little vegetation, so there isn’t much cover.
“What I’ve been most impressed by is the Kuwaitis’ bravery and how they always want to take the fight to the enemy.
“Courage is one of the British Army’s core values and, as paratroopers, not something we lack but I’m going to take back that desire to always push forward.”
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