Lieutenant Richard Armstrong from 2 Troop of ‘Dog’ Squadron (1 Armoured Engineer Squadron), part of 21 Engineer Regiment (21 Eng Regt) blogs about plans to downsize a Check Point in readiness for handover to the ANA, and how things didn’t quite go according to plan…
Archive for the ‘21 Engr Regt’ Category
Cutting It Fine
Posted in 21 Engr Regt, tagged 21 Eng Regt, Afghanistan, Army, British, Engineer, Engineers, Royal on 25 June 2010 | 1 Comment »
Taking on the Taliban
Posted in 21 Engr Regt, tagged Afghanistan, Army, British, Engineer, Kajaki, soldier on 15 June 2010 |
Lance Corporal Preece of 21 Engineer Regiment (21 Engr Regt) is attached to 40 Commando, Royal Marines for Operation HERRICK 12. He is presently in Kajaki and writes here about Taliban activity in Kajaki’s Green Zone.
Out on the ground in Afghanistan
Posted in 21 Engr Regt, tagged Afghanistan, Army, British, Engineers, Media on 15 June 2010 |
Captain Leanne Christmas is the Media Officer for 21 Engineer Regiment, part of Task Force Helmand for Operation HERRICK 12. She writes about going patrol base hopping in southern Helmand.
Baptism of fire: The first trip out
Posted in 21 Engr Regt, tagged Afghanistan, Army, British, Engineers on 15 June 2010 |
Lance Corporal James Atkin is a member of 21 Engineer Regiment (21 Engr Regt) in Afghanistan for Operation HERRICK 12. He talks about his first ‘contact’.
Wadi wading in Kajaki
Posted in 21 Engr Regt, tagged Afghanistan, Army, British, Engineer, Kajaki, soldier on 1 June 2010 |
Corporal Preece is attached to 40 Commando, Royal Marines for OP HERRICK 12. He is presently in Kajaki and writes here about taking on the Taliban.
Building bridges with the ANA
Posted in 1 SCOTS, 21 Engr Regt, tagged Afghan, Afghanistan, Army, Bridge, British, Engineer, Engineering on 1 June 2010 |
Sergeant Stewart Plummer is an engineer with 21 Engineer Regiment. He is attached to 1 SCOTS for Operation HERRICK 12, running a Combat Engineer Course for Afghan National Army soldiers. Here he writes about teaching Afghans to build bridges.
Afghan soldiers get to grips with knots and razorwire
Posted in 1 SCOTS, 21 Engr Regt, tagged Afghan, Afghanistan, Army, British, Engineer, Engineering on 20 May 2010 |
Sergeant Stewart Plummer is an Engineer with 21 Engineer Regiment (21 Engr Regt). He is attached to 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS) for Operation HERRICK 12, running a Combat Engineer Course for Afghan National Army soldiers. He writes about his week.
Starting a Combat Engineer School for the Afghan National Army
Posted in 1 SCOTS, 21 Engr Regt, tagged Afghan, Afghanistan, Army, British, Engineering on 5 May 2010 |
Sergeant Stewart Plummer of 21 Engineer Regiment (21 Engr Regt) writes about the challenges of passing on all his engineer skills to Afghan National Army soldiers.
The busy, busy world of the media cell
Posted in 21 Engr Regt, tagged Afghanistan, Army, British, Engineers, Media on 1 May 2010 |
Captain Leanne Christmas of 21 Engineer Regiment (21 Engr Regt) writes about media operations for Task Force Helmand, Afghanistan.
Taking a bear on patrol in Afghanistan
Posted in 21 Engr Regt, tagged Afghanistan, Army, Bear, British, Patrol, Teddy on 1 May 2010 |
Lance Corporal Preece of 21 Engineer Regiment (21 Engr Regt) writes about introducing Afghans to teddy bears.
