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Equipment and staff preparation for deployment

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So you sort of,

not least because you got new people.

But as I say,

and you have to at least be better than

So you start with individual skills,

then you start working,

and then you build the bigger teams.

And the way we operate in Iraq,

a multiple organisation.

So you'd have, so each flight of normally

two multiples of 12,

commanded by the sergeant on the flight.

And they could.

And from a building block of a four man

you could have all 24 and you

It's a very,

but you have to build up to it.

So you have to be a good,

And then you start to,

to the particular circumstances

So that was the,

And then you throw in,

you have to have mortar crews,

We had two types of vehicle.

We had Snatch Land Rovers,

Land Rovers with machine

They were, I think their name was actually

They were known as WMIK,

gun and a heavy machine gun on it.

So we had to train them,

had to train the drivers and then

The engineers have to make sure they

Our administrators had to make sure

ready for the deployment.

Our logisticians had to make sure

So as a unit, it's an awful

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