Colchester Gazette on MSN

Colchester soldiers join British and Japanese exercise

Colchester-based soldiers have played a key role in deepening the UK’s military partnership with Japan during a major joint training exercise. Troops from A Company, 2nd Battalion The Parachute ...
The Echo

Eastwood paratrooper trains in Japan as part of exercise

An Eastwood-born paratrooper is flying the flag for south Essex in Japan as part of a major international military training exercise. Corporal Tyler Moore, 26, from Eastwood, is currently training ...
Colchester Gazette on MSN

Colchester's 16 Air Assault Brigade test equipment in jungle

COLCHESTER soldiers tested cutting-edge communications equipment in the jungle for the British Army. Through Project Cain, 16 Air Assault Brigade is trialling a next-generation tactical communications ...
Shields Gazette on MSN

I’m strengthening my paratrooper training alongside Japan’s Self Defence Forces

Lance Corporal Liam O’Brien, a paratrooper from Hebburn, is training alongside the Japanese Ground Self Defence Forces (JGSDF ...
Yahoo

Police blunder put paratroopers on alert for ‘Lee Rigby-style’ threat

Military staff at an Army base were mistakenly put on alert over a “Lee Rigby-style” threat to behead a paratrooper. Security was tightened at the Colchester garrison, where Parachute Regiment ...
The Echo on MSN

Eastwood paratrooper trains in Japan as part of major military training exercise

An Eastwood-born paratrooper is flying the flag for south Essex in Japan as part of a major international military training ...