Army Reservists Compete For First Falklands Deployment Of Its Kind | Forces TV
72A group of British Army Reservist Signallers are heading to the Falkland Islands in 2018 for the first time to take on a six month deployment. Beforehand, however 13 British Army Reservists from 2 Signal Group must go through the selection process, starting at Blandford Camp, Dorset. The hopefuls are asked to complete a fitness test, command tasks, interviews and competency screenings. It is a rare opportunity to try out for the deployment next summer, and the first time that a troop made up of mostly reserves will deploy to the Falklands on this kind of exercise.
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Interviewed in this report are Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Rowson, Captain Stuart Keenan, Lance Corporal Kadeshia Rose and Signallers James and Gary Duncasson.