Meet the Long Range Reconnaissance Group (LRRG) on Op Newcombe in Mali

[@Nucl3arDude]

Showing the roles of the different trades in situ is such a good way to build engagement. Really well done by the team who put this together, and the lads and lasses interviewed for bringing out the best of their service and experiences on this op here.

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

It’s interesting how over the years the capbadge has rotated towards the left ear. Back in the day an RSM would throw a track if your capbadge wasn’t 1 inch over the left eye… :)

[@wessexdruid7598]

Agree - you put your beret on by cupping your eye with your palm and feeling the badge with your fingers.. It seems to be a Para thing, that spread after the Falklands.

[@rossg4788]

Don't worry mate, our American Sergeants Major make up for it if our Troopers jack it up in the 82nd Airborne...

[@mikewalrus4763]

Modern version of WWII LRDG (Long Range Desert Group) I'll say nowt about th colour pink . . . . .

[@GavTatu]

it's a great concept.... imagine if you could build on that, for some sort of special force ?!

[@benh9928]

@@GavTatu that’ll never catch on…..

[@stuartmccall5474]

The colour pink (that shade of) is the best ground camouflage colour for this type of terrain to avoid being seen, particularly from the air. Have you never wondered why the SAS vehicles were nick-named by their occupants the Pink Panthers.

[@chrisyork101]

No, it's not.

[@wessexdruid7598]

UN vehicles are supposed to be white...

[@martinpye549]

Well done . Thank you for your service.

[@michaeledwards427]

All the very best for a good deployment to all members of Op newcombe and all come home safely.

[@ДмитроТабачний]

Слава Ісусу Христу! GOD SAVE THE KING 🐑🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Jabberstax]

Great video 👍

[@CoffeeFiend1]

I don't know why, in all absolute non-joking seriousness here, they don't just have an ultra-light collapsible rod sun umbrella setup for that dog that they could tripod to his vest. Wouldn't impede him at all, it would be great for him, virtually weightless, it's not windy there. Would he stick out like a..... Well like a dog with a giant sun umbrella? Yeah he would but it's contextual isn't it. A lot of the time they're moving around trying to be seen so it wouldn't be an issue.

[@hwntwww]

the usual million different regts and matching different headgear. what does the enemy drive around in- Toyotas?

[@davey2363]

Too much use of the words enable and unique. Diminishes the words and their effectiveness.

[@ianrobinson8974]

02/08/2022 Good to see the first world helping the third world with defence and stability. Hopefully the Mali locals will learn to accept goodwill and prudence over some silly brainwashed non local. Peace and very best wishes from the land of Oz.

[@FHIPrincePeter]

Lots of brainwashed Westerners suffering from Woke ideology.

[@kissmymouth2982]

I take it you know nothing about the history of Africa or the Berlin convention. Yeah it's good of them 😂

[@garagenigel]

@@kissmymouth2982 🙄

[@carlb4741]

@@kissmymouth2982 Everywhere we go we de-stabilize and entrap. Hence why the rest of the world is turning to China. With China there's no history of exploitation, racism and theft. China doesn't care for your beliefs and customs, they just want to do business!. Mali has to send its financial reserves to France. France then gains all the interest from these finances and so benefits from Mali. Any mineral or fossil fuel finds in Mali have to managed by French companies. Mali basically is still a French colony and we have British troops there who are oblivious as to why these people are so poor.

[@romeo9017]

No mention of the Cooks once again!

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

And they do the hardest course in the Army

[@Ajadams93]

Any chance the Mercian’s can have ago

[@CoffeeFiend1]

Wouldn't it be fucking amazing if we could have all of the UN and NATO there... Done on a cost-to-size basis so we have a big presence but it's kept fair in terms of brunting the cost. Somewhere like Latvia that only has around 20k vs. someone like the US who has over a million.

[@michaelcoppin8702]

That major talks like a robot …

[@Futurelookout]

Interesting.

[@Robin-mq4bp]

Who made this video?

[@ralphwatt8752]

LRDG Tough Kiwi Farmers Achieve what was though to be Unachievable.

[@denismorgan9742]

There as to be a quicker way of making Bren type guns, whether it be printing, pressing, machining, casting mass production and quality should take top priority but not just gun's but of everything to do with the military. It's not that the UK as to be on a war footing but that we have a system in place for if we have to pick up the pace. Ukraine does need a massive amount of top loader machine guns and they needed them months ago and still need them now.

[@redskyatnight123]

What's the point if they can't do anything about it though surely you want to end it.

[@1982rrose]

Stay safe all 2 & 4 leggers.

[@JohnHughesChampigny]

So, when are you going to be handling over to Wagner?

[@wessexdruid7598]

Wagner have their hands full in Ukraine & Syria...

[@JohnHughesChampigny]

@@wessexdruid7598 You're not very up to date are you? Why do you think the French withdrew from Mali?

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@JohnHughesChampigny That was well before the sh1t hit the fan in Ukraine.

[@parky5329]

Wish MDP could deploy. 🤞👮🏻‍♂️🇺🇳🇬🇧

[@michaelamos4651]

Great work guys and girls. Good luck with the deployment

[@timnewland4186]

Providence Their Guide.

[@alexanderv7702]

The LRDG never took any German POW during their raids; nor did they leave any Germans alive!

[@Wotsitorlabart]

Rubbish!

[@richtea7868]

Bollocks

[@rossdalziel6615]

That was just paddy mayne lol

[@denismorgan9742]

Ukraine needs as many as possible NATO version Bren and Besal even if made by 3d printers on a extremely massive scale.

[@victornewman9904]

The French never emotion our contribution to Mali: but you notice our Coyotes, Chinooks, C17s in the background of their YT films...

[@davey2363]

Heaven forfend that anyone deviate from the script……….

[@denismorgan9742]

Ukraine will need 4 typhoon euro fighter and pilots trained.

[@MarxAlex]

Hope you have good anti javelin defenses given the sales from the ukranian blackmarket.

[@SuperColdcut]

This is called soldiering haha nothing special here.

[@chrisyork101]

A woke joke, useless.

[@MKKPhotography]

I’m sure you would do a better job, well done

[@rossdalziel6615]

Why is it woke?

[@Hammocks_Rule]

Oh wow, your fine perception and extensive experience are so evident in your reasoned response. To put it another way, you are a plonker.