101 TS Bn
101 Bn REME formed up in the PPRF
Ex DRAGON REVIVAL 2 In 2020 REME Reserve units became increasingly dependent on Zoom and digital connections. 101 TS Bn was determined to not let this become the case, putting into place Force Health Protection measures to ensure their Annual Camp could go ahead. Four members of 101 TS Bn share their experience of going on exercise when the enemy is a virus. Scribes: 2Lt Morris, WO2 Briscoe, and Cpl Darkwah, 160 Coy
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he great Prussian military philosopher, Von Clauswitz, wrote ‘no plan survives first contact with the enemy’. In the case of 101 TS Bn REME on its annual camp, the enemy was COVID-19 and the Force Health Protection measures combined with the UK and Welsh governments’ ever-changing feast of local restrictions. The exercise was led by the Command team and permanent staff of 160 TS Coy, based in Wales. The plan was modified on an almost-daily basis as the Welsh boroughs along the M4 descended into ever greater restrictions. The COVID cake was iced with the arrival of a cohort from Manchester; the only thing they infected the posse with was a good dose of northern humour. On 3 October last year, with COVID-19 restrictions in place, a group of 101 Bn REME personnel deployed on the Annual Continuous Training (ACT) exercise, DRAGON REVIVAL. Ex DRAGON REVIVAL was phase two of the exercise, broken down into segments where the initial two days of deployment were conducted in a virtual environment. Most service personnel took the opportunity to work
Tented accommodation nicknamed the Ritz, Savoy and Hilton 32 craftsmaneditor@reme-rhq.org.uk
Exciting Pre-Deployment via Zoom
Learning how to connect a pack in the run-up module (RUM)
