With the Army Reserve due to take a lead role in delivering Homeland Resilience, R Mon RE(M) delivered a regimental training weekend 11 – 13 Feb 22 getting to grips with the new task.
Apr
14
Jun
16
The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) deployed to the Black Mountains area of the Brecon Beacons National Park to conduct Ex MILITIA STRIKE, a patrol of the area interspersed with Military Skills stands on Saturday 12 June, followed by Command Tasks and Assault Course on Sunday 13 June 2021. Starting... read more →
May
19
108 (W) Fd Sqn(M) ventured to Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA) for their second training weekend since lockdown was eased. Based out of hardened infrastructure on the area they practised Combat Engineering, Recce/Fighting and Standing patrols, micro navigation of the training area and was supported by RHQ Troop Signallers and Chefs.... read more →
May
04
108 (Welsh) Field Squadron (Militia) based in Swansea carried out some low level Combat Engineer refresher training recently at Wyke Regis in Weymouth. Although bitterly cold at times, the weather was kind and the sun shone through on all who attended. Training ranged from construction of the Cuplock Tower (Sangar)... read more →
Apr
27
The first Regimental weekend since lockdown took place recently and was conducted in a relaxed but proficient military manner. The busy weekend was planned to cover categories such as Corp Competency Training (CCT) which is PNCO preparation. The first Ex CAMBRIAN PATROL training of the year, MATTs training, Driver and... read more →
Apr
21
RHQ Troop is back from lock down with a bang or two. The Troop is the Reserve enablers of Monmouth who are part of The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia). Today the usual Royal Engineer skillset was bolstered by our Medics, Chefs and Human Resources specialists with the added addition... read more →
Oct
05
Here we have soldiers from the R Mon RE(M) Headquarters taking part in a Maximum Aerobic Speed (MAS as its better known ) physical training session. MAS is the lowest running speed at which max oxygen uptake occurs. The training is also designed over a period of time to gradually... read more →
Sep
28
R Mon RE(M) is the only Welsh Royal Engineers Regiment, and they are Royal Engineers only, right? wrong they along with all members of the Army are Soldiers first. This short video clip is a brief introduction to a training weekend where 108 (Welsh) Field Squadron (Militia) exercised their Soldier... read more →
Sep
28
Jersey Field Squadron (M) took the opportunity for their Reservists to blow away the cobwebs on some low-level skills training during a recent planned activity weekend. On the programme were First Aid, Counter IED, Vehicle recovery and Marksmanship all revised over the 2 days as training continues to return to... read more →
Sep
28
Exercise FROZEN DRAGON 2019 (Ex FD19) was the annual ski expedition for the Reservists of the R Mon RE(M). This saw members of the Regiment go to some of the premiere ski resorts to learn how to ski or improve their skiing proficiency and get paid to do so, this... read more →