Overseas Operations
Op MAKARA 3
Scribe: Captain Walker (2 Royal Anglian, OC LAD)
JACKAL Crew in high spirits
MAN SV requiring recovery, axle change awaits
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JACKAL Crew 14 craftsmaneditor@reme-rhq.org.uk
ith the vehicle rehab following Op MAKARA 2B close to completion, the LADs focus switched to preparing for what would be the most challenging Op of the NEWCOMBE ROTO 2 deployment. Op MAKARA 3 would see the Task Group (TG) travel circa 330km on road and cross country to a UN Super Camp. Once there the TG would conduct operations for a 7-day period before returning to Camp BAGNOLD in preparation for the subsequent handover. The end was very much in sight for the LAD team with only one last hurdle to overcome (MAKARA 3). D Day saw the TG head South to the UN Camp in ANSONGO (approx. 90km by road) to conduct a fuel re-supply. Following the re-supply, the TG broke track and began the 240km cross country march East towards MENAKA Super Camp. The initial stages of the march went to plan, the deployed REME soldiers found themselves trucking through the day and then conducting repairs on the fleet in the evenings. Four days and 180km in to the cross-country march, all was looking good from an ES perspective. The team had conducted no less than 25 repairs on vehicles which would have otherwise been Non-Taskworthy. From a tactical
