Military students learn valuable lessons on Salisbury Plain
Military students gathered on Salisbury Plain to learn how a British Army division is deployed during a display of the capabilities of a ‘Land formation’.
The annual "Land Combat Power" demonstration took place recently over three days, organised by troops from 3rd (United Kingdom) Division based in Bulford.
Senior military students from the Defence Academy, based in Shrivenham, took to the Plain, as well as officers attending the Captain’s Warfare Course in Warminster.
The display included a ‘Combined Arms Manoeuvre Demonstration’ with Challenger 2 tanks and Warrior armoured vehicles simulating an attack on an enemy position and a ‘Sustainment operations’ stand with staged combat logistic patrols.
There was also a fully-deployed Divisional Headquarters to showcase the range of capabilities a Land Commander would orchestrate in any future operations.
The Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Zac Stenning, said:
“It is important for us to understand about Land Combat Power as we come back from Afghanistan and return to contingency, because we haven’t really touched a lot of this we properly for the past six to eight years.
“So, reigniting the flame, understanding the complexity of moving by day and night with sophisticated kit and equipment, and working with a variety of people and different capabilities, is incredibly important.”
Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA) is maintained by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), which delivers the Training Service, enabling Defence training users to live, work, train and deploy at home and overseas.
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Hiskett, Principal Training Safety Officer, DIO Operations Training South West, said:
“DIO’s priority is to support our Armed Forces as they prepare for operations. Salisbury Plain is the ideal training ground to hold demonstrations of this type and size, and we are proud to be able to offer the facilities that enable our military personnel to learn valuable combat lessons.”
At over 38,000 hectares (94,000 acres), Salisbury Plain is the UK’s largest training area and offers first-class and diverse training facilities to enable the British Army to meet its training requirements to prepare for operations worldwide.
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Further information:
Press enquiries to Tony Moran, Communications Manager 0121 311 3879 or email tony.moran572@mod.uk
DIO website: www.gov.uk/dio
Notes to Editors
1. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is part of the MOD. We are responsible for managing and maintaining land and properties, as well as providing related support services, to meet the current and future needs of the MOD and personnel at home and abroad, and to support current operations.
2. Our work includes providing, supporting and improving: operational units; single living and service family accommodation; training areas and historic military sites. DIO actively manages these and supporting services, such as soft facilities management and guarding, to ensure the needs of Defence are met, value for money is achieved, heritage protected and environmental goals achieved.
3. Salisbury Plain Training Area is maintained by the DIO, which delivers the Training Service, enabling Defence training users to live, work, train and deploy at home and overseas.
4. At over 38,000 hectares (94,000 acres) Salisbury Plain is the UK’s largest training area and offers first-class and diverse training facilities to enable the British Army to meet its training requirements to prepare for operations worldwide.
5. Picture captions – please credit ‘Major Laurence Roche/@ArmyPost ’:
IMG_0893: Warrior armoured vehicle from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment during the 'Land Combat Power' demonstration on Salisbury Plain, organised by the British Army's 3rd (UK) Division based in Bulford, Wiltshire.
IMG_0954: On track - A Challenger 2 tank on Salisbury Plain for the British Army's annual 'Land Combat Power' demonstration, organised by 3rd (UK) Division based in Bulford, Wiltshire.
P1010361: A staged combat logistic patrol in Bulford during the ‘Sustainment’ display of the ‘Land Combat Power’ demonstration.
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