Ex Project Convergence Capstone 5 🙌
2nd Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment, 5 Rifles and the Australian Army testing and experimenting with new technology while brushing up on FIBUA.
📍 Fort Irwin, California 🇺🇸
2nd Battalion of the @RYORKS_REGT on exercise in California 🇬🇧🇺🇸
They played enemy on exercise Project Convergence Capstone 5 and defended Razish Village, Fort Irwin training area 💥
A 2 R YORKS soldier watches a UAV lift a dummy casualty during Ex WESSEX STORM.
Captured during trials of new tech and tactics by the Army’s Next Generation Combat Team — showing how our Future Soldiers are taking shape.
#2YORKS#UAV#Quadcopter#FutureSoldier#BritishArmy
2nd Bn @RYORKS_REGT, the Army's experimental unit that is developing and trialling the use of new technologies, won the competition, with our very own 2nd Bn @TheParachuteReg finishing a close second.
This is how the @BritishArmy holds a church service in remote Kosovo⛪
Those who are not on patrol can join this field service on Sundays.
Find out more ➡️brnw.ch/21wOFT3
Our 2 R YORKS soldiers showcased their skills and tactics at the recent Recce Strike Live Fire event on Salisbury Plain, demonstrating the cutting-edge capabilities and tactics we are developing for the future battlefield. Out Think. Out Fight.
#TrainedInYorkshire#2RYORKS
Introducing 'Tech Craft' ⚙️
This is the process of testing new technology and ways of fighting in order to increase lethality.
Read more about the experimentation that took place on Salisbury Plain ⬇️
army.mod.uk/news/experimenti…
ALT A man holding a drone looks down at a portable screen.
Accelerating modernisation 📈
Want to see more of the kit and equipment used by our Experimentation and Trials Group?
Make sure you're subscribed to our YouTube channel, as we'll be posting the full video tomorrow ⬇️
youtube.com/@britisharmy?si=…
Welcome to the Autumn 2024 edition of the Royal Yorkshire Regiment Journal.
You can read it free and online on the Royal Yorkshire Regiment website.
#Yorkshire#Infantry#fortunefavoursthebrave
.@RYORKS_REGT makes history in the Balkans.
They are the first Nato troops to be deployed along a new strategically significant road route.
Read more 👇
forcesnews.com/services/army…
This photography is 🔥
Soldiers from Alma Company 2nd Battalion @RYORKS_REGT have taken part in new experimentation of how the @BritishArmy might integrate, train, and fight in the future.
📍 Imber Village, Salisbury Plain Training Area
📸 Corporal Rebecca Brown
Our Battalions have been busy marching on the parade square as well as in some of Yorkshire's great towns and Cities. Here you see WO1 RSM 'Paddy' Dyson ensuring that our 2nd Battalion parade in Chester ran smoothly with all Soldiers and Officers in the highest possible turn out.
These words weighed heavily on the minds of allied troops as they landed on the beaches of Normandy on 6 June 1944. 🌊
This June, we will remember those who served heroically 80 years ago at major commemorations in Portsmouth and Normandy. 🇬🇧 🇫🇷
👉 gov.uk/government/news/prime…
ALT Quote from General D Eisenhower on eve of D-Day to allied personnel: 'The eyes of the world are upon you.'
Background is image of Eisenhower greeting personnel.
A formal parade was recently held in Chester to mark the 2nd Battalion being back in one place after a busy two years in Chester, the Regiment receiving its Royal Status, and to say farewell to Chester as they look ahead to moving to Warminster.
#yorkshire#Infantry