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● Magnifi cent desolation... A Search and Rescue Sea King of 771
Naval Air Squadron based at HMS Gannet, Prestwick, banks over
a Scottish mountainside during a training exercise
Not quite so exposed on Dartmoor...
Picture: WO1 Ian Arthur, FRPU North
TRAINING on Dartmoor is (18-mile) walk and cooking facilities for the the wider key skills qualifi cations
moving under cover with the somewhere to heat up instructors. such as working as teams,” said
opening of a new facility to the food from their ration As well as the recruits Cdre Keegan.
teach recruits how to operate in packs on their hexamine from HMS Raleigh, the “It is far superior to the shelter
the fi eld. stoves. facilities are used by we had before – that offered no
Trainee sailors from HMS The facility on the around 480 Offi cer protection against the elements
Raleigh will use the new edge of the moor has Cadets from Britannia and meant that training was
sheltered camp during their been funded by the Royal Naval College restricted to daylight hours.
weekend under canvas on the Learning and Skills and approximately “The quality of the facility is a
moor as part of their eight-week Council (LSC) and 1,500 trainee Royal great credit to all involved.”
initial training course. was formally opened Marines from CTC RM HMS Raleigh has owned the
Instructors will use the building by Raleigh’s CO Cdre at Lympstone each year. area on the edge of Dartmoor
to teach basic navigation John Keegan. Schools and colleges are since 1986.
training and other camping skills Made of solid, treated also able to use the facilities The Armed Forces is one of
to the ratings from the Torpoint timber with a Spanish slate when spare capacity allows. a number of organisations who
establishment. roof, the facility is available for “This is a wonderful facility benefi t from LSC funding to help
And the trainees will have use all year round. where our trainees will be able towards apprenticeship training
somewhere dry to plan a route Amenities also include a to carry out training towards for Service personnel, as part of
for their day-long 30-kilometre refuge with a bunk space and their apprenticeships including their professional development.
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