Summary
This week, 43 TA soldiers from Exeter-based 6th Battalion The Rifles are flying out of RAF Brize Norton for a six-month tour of Afghanistan.
They will be deploying to the Nar-e-Saraj district in Helmand Province, north of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, and they will be fully integrated with their regular counterparts from 1 Rifles and the local Afghan National Security Forces.See the full content of this document
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They Head Out to Afghanistan
Their purpose is to protect the Afghan population, degrade the insurgency and prevent the return of any terrorist networks.
This deployment is nothing new - the Battalion has mobilised more than 350 soldiers for tou...See the full content of this document
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