16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team
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16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team is @BritishArmy's🇬🇧 #GlobalResponseForce, trained and equipped to deploy by parachute🪂, helicopter🚁 and airlanding🛬.
Merville Barracks, Colchester
Joined November 2015
Bonne fete nationale! . Souhaitons à nos partenaires aéroportés français @11eBP un joyeux #14Juillet . 🪂(🇬🇧+🇫🇷)=💪
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Learning lessons from past conflicts to shape preparations for future operations. Deployed as the Falkland Islands Roulement Infantry Company, A Coy 3rd Bn @TheParachuteReg hosted three veterans of the 1982 conflict for a battlefield study at Mount Longdon.
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As a combat sport, the non-combatant nature of medics had kept them out of the ring - but it has been acknowledged by the RAMS chain of command as a sport promoting self-discipline, fitness and resilience.
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🥊Fighting through to the weekend like. 16 Medical Regiment hosted the first #boxing night held by @_Royal_AMS . Taking on all comers from across the Corps, 16 Med Regt won the most bouts and the prizes for best and most gallant boxer🆎💪
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As the Airborne Combined Joint Expeditionary Force, 16 Air Assault Brigade and 11e Brigade Parachutiste have been ready to deploy together in response to global crises since 2013. 🪂(🇬🇧+🇫🇷)=💪
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🗣️“Training like this is important, because the more we know about each other the better prepared we are to go on operations together.”. During the French president's State Visit to Britain, 🇫🇷 @11eBP troops trained to jump with 🇬🇧 parachutes. Read more:
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Wishing US paratroopers a happy 4th of July!. Our nations' historic differences are now but a storm in a teacup☕️ and - since the formative years of #airborne forces in WW2 - our partnership has only been #StrongerTogether!. 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸
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A pleasure to host @Japan_GSDF delegation at Merville Barracks as part of the UK-Japan Army staff talks. Topics discussed included our global response force role and ongoing links with Japanese airborne forces through the #VigilantIsles exercises. 🇬🇧🤝🇯🇵
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Greetings on #CanadaDay to our #airborne colleagues in @CanadianArmy seen here training to use British LLP parachutes🪂. The partnership between us has been strong since WW2, when 1st Canadian Parachute Bn took part in D-Day and the Rhine Crossing🇬🇧🇨🇦
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RT @UKArmyLogistics: 15 Air Assault Support Squadron QOGLR wraps up a historic Public Duties tour. From mounting the King’s Guard at Buckin….
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Key missions for the Airborne Medics included providing medical care after the devastating earthquake in Turkey🇹🇷, supporting the evacuation of British personnel from Sudan🇸🇩, and taking healthcare to isolated communities in Kenya🇰🇪.
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🗣️“. courage, humanity and professionalism in the face of danger”. HRH The Duke of Gloucester presented the Firmin Sword of Peace to 16 Medical Regiment, recognising their medical support to exercises and operations in 26 countries in 2023. Read more:
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Honouring the bravery of the Polish paratroopers who fought at Arnhem; as happened in 1944, in 2025 we are trained and ready to fight alongside our airborne allies @_6BPD_ . 🇬🇧🤝🇵🇱.
🎖️Colonel Arter shares the story of General Sosabowski, Commander of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, formed in Scotland. The Polish Border Guard Band will perform a Market Garden March at this year’s Tattoo to honour the brigade’s bravery. Learn more:
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🧗⛰️Building leadership, teamwork and resilience through Adventurous Training: Brigade HQ staff scaled new heights together on a week-long #ViaFerrata expedition to the Dolomites, 🇮🇹
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Thank you to @yourcolchester for flying the #ArmedForcesWeek flag and Pegasus from the Town Hall, celebrating the close bonds between #Colchester and its soldiers and in support of the Armed Forces community.
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Dropping into the weekend like. 🪂. 2nd Bn @TheParachuteReg parachute from an RAF A400M onto Gotland, Sweden🇸🇪 during #SwiftResponse. Taking off from @RAFBrizeNorton, the training showed how #airborne forces can deploy from the UK to support our @nato allies at speed and reach.
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RT @BritishArmy: Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Roly Walker, has delivered the keynote speech at the Land Warfare Conference today….
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🪂(🇬🇧+🇵🇱)=💪, in 2025 as in 1944.
The UK and Poland have commemorated the role of Polish service personnel in support of the allies during the Second World War. Defence Minister @Vernon_Coaker honoured the Polish contribution to Operation Market Garden at an event in Warsaw. 🇬🇧🇵🇱
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💪🏋️Strength and determination were tested as 1st Bn @RIrishRegiment hosted the 'Tern Hill Titan', a qualifying heat for the tri-service Forces Strongest Man and Woman competition.
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