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Easter Camp - STANTA Training Ground

This years Easter Camp was held within the STANTA Training Ground near Thetford Forest. It consisted of 360 cadets and staff from Bedfordshire & Cambridgeshire Wing.

The main accommodation was at 'West Tofts' Army Training Estate, approximately eight miles from the main exercise training area. The camp consisted of multiple activities, lectures and practical Fieldcraft ground training.

All training gained by the cadet flights was put to the test on the eagerly awaited 27-hour exercise, where the teams were put through their paces, reciting all the 'ground training' that was instructed to them over the week.

Navigation was essential as there were calculated 'food drops' and the only way to their rations was accurate map reading skills. There was much to contend with as multiple 'injects' were added to the main mission to add to the realism and operations in the field.

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K-Flight 'Harbour' Area

Flt Lt MuradCWO Serevena & Cdt Sgt Smith - 2492 Sqn

Water Fill Check-Point

  1. View I/Cdt FS Serevena gaining his CWO Promotion
  2. View Morning Parade
  3. View Cdt FS Risby from 2465 Sqn and his Flight
  4. View Morning Parade
  5. View Sgt Carter ATC running his 'Blind Trail'
  6. View Help, I cant see!!!
  7. View Hmm, dark in these woods!
  8. View "I think we have to round this tree"
  9. View Watch your step!
  10. View Finally, we have made the finish
  11. View Team Building Sport Games
  12. View Volley Ball Team Games
  13. View Cdt Norris - 2492 Sqn
  14. View Cdt Dos-Santos - 2492 Sqn
  15. View Cdt FS Risby - 2465 Sqn (with notepad :>)
  16. View Trekking to first Grid Reference after the Drop
  17. View "Who has the map?"
  18. View CI Coyne & Flt Lt Murad - 10F & 2492 Sqn
  19. View Flt Lt Murad waiting to brief the Night Exercise (in carrots!)
  20. View "Where are they?, I'm bored now!"
  21. View Night Ex - Nightshift - RAH!
  22. View 27-Hour Ex Staff - Dayshift
  23. View AWO Thomas (10F) - Directing from the Command Table
  24. View AWO Thomas (10F) & Flt Lt Murad (2492) in the Ops Room
  25. View AWO Thomas (10F) & Flt Lt Murad (2492)
  26. View Exercise Control Operations Room
  27. View Operations Room - External
  28. View Operations Room - External
  29. View Operations Room - External
  30. View Operations Room - Internal
  31. View Operations Room - Internal
  32. View Staff Banta (he was freed...eventually)
  33. View Pill Box
  34. View Pill Box
  35. View Cdt Munkley & Cdt Robinson (2492 Sqn)
  36. View Cdt Meyerhoff & Cdt Munkley (2492 Sqn)
  37. View 1 of 3 is awake...well, it is 0230hrs!
  38. View Cdt Dos-Santos (2492 Sqn) on Sentry Duty
  39. View 27-Hour Exercise - Nightshift Staff
  40. View "Home from home, what else do you want?"
  41. View Staff Sleeping Area - 'Linghills' Farmhouse
  42. View Staff Sleeping Area - 'Linghills' Farmhouse
  43. View Staff Sleeping Area - 'Linghills' Farmhouse
  44. View Navigation Planning to the 'Food Drop'
  45. View Relaxing for a few minutes
  46. View Water Bouser Fill Check-Point
  47. View Water Bouser Fill Check-Point
  48. View 'Harbour Area'
  49. View 27-Hour Exercise Staff
  50. View Field Ration Pack Cooking
  51. View Field Ration Pack Cooking
  52. View Field Ration Pack Cooking
  53. View Field Ration Pack Cooking
  54. View UAV Style Missile - Exercise Objective
  55. View "LAUNCH ME AT THE RADIO STATION'
  56. View Home Sweet Home
  57. View CWO Serevena & Cdt Sgt Smith - 2492 Sqn
  58. View Flt Lt Murad, CWO Serevena & Cdt Sgt Smith - 2492 Sqn
  59. View AWO Thomas (10F Sqn) - Closeup!
  60. View (The Missile has grown teeth!)
  61. View "Whats so funny Tom?"
  62. View "Are we nearly there yet?"
  63. View "Wasn't really that cold!!!!"
  64. View Nice Brick-work
  65. View Nightshift Staff at the end of a long night
  66. View Wake up sleepy head...
  67. View Flt Lt Murad - OC 2492 Sqn
  68. View Flt Lt Murad - OC 2492 Sqn
  69. View Wing Padre - Easter Mass in the field
  70. View Wing Padre - Easter Mass in the field
  71. View 'Linghills' Farmhouse - Staff Accomodation
  72. View 'Linghills' Farmhouse - Staff Accomodation
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UAV Style Missile Used In The Main Mission Objective

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Cdt Meyerhoff, Cdt Munkley & Flt Lt Murad

Pictures copyright of 2492 Sqn