A BUSY YEAR FOR THE REGIMENT

 The facility was officially opened in April by HRH Prince Andrew the Duke of York and General Sir Chris Deverell, Commander Joint Force Command. Throughtout the year the RG have continued to provide the force guarding element for this strategic support facility and will continue to do so until April 2019.

Aside from the Bahrain commitment, I Company have been kept busy on a number of exercises and deployments. The year started with Lieutenant Garcia Magrath being deployed to the Antarctic Sea as part of HMS PROTECTOR’s complement as a Translator and Logistics Officer. This invovled spending 4 months as part of the Ship’s Company whilst it conducted its patrol. Lt Garcia Magrath also took part in the search for ARA San Juan, unfortunately the search was eventually called off.

The remaining members of the Company deployed on Ex JEBEL TARIK 18, to the Longmoor and Hythe ranges in the UK. The aim of the yearly overseas exercise is to maintain the Company’s readiness to deploy world-wide by completing annual marksmanship training and rehearsing manoeuvres at Platoon and Company level.

Members of I Company also completed a number of courses and sporting events, the most notable being when LCpl Lamb was voted Top Student during his All Arms Commando Course, arguably one of the most physical courses in the military.

Back here in Gibraltar I Company was kept busy guarding a number of visiting vessels, most notably HMS Queen Elizabeth which docked outside the MOD estate. This resulted in members of the Company working in close liaison with GDP and RGP officers.

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