EXERCISE ATTACK LION 2 | October 2023 | 4LANCS - Army Reserve in the Northwest of England

On the weekend of 13-15th October 2023, 4 LANCS deployed to Catterick Training Area in North Yorkshire for Exercise ATTACK LION 2.

The exercise saw troops deploy into a harbour area on the Friday evening, before undertaking a series of lessons and opportunities to hone skills on Saturday daytime.

These included revision lesions on harbour occupation drills, platoon attacks and several section attack lanes.

The exercising troops then occupied a harbour, before going into the planning and preparation cycle for a company level action in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Sunday saw the company conducting an advance to contact company clearance action, progressively clearing across the North Yorkshire countryside to identify and engage enemy positions.

Upon clearance of all enemy within the set boundaries, troops were then recovered back to their various locations around the North West of England.

The aim of the weekend was to develop and practise low-level tactics at section and platoon level, with a focus on good battle procedure and orders. It also allowed newer members of the battalion to learn new skills, whilst providing opportunities for the more experienced soldiers and NCOs to develop their expertise and pass on their knowledge and experience.

In addition to earning money in their spare time and learning new skills, exercises like this provide 4 LANCS soldiers with the opportunity to do things that would be otherwise unavailable to them in their civilian lives. Providing memorable life experiences, developing robustness and fortitude in adverse conditions and improving fitness and wellbeing.

Could you be doing more with your weekend? Even just one weekend a month training with the Army Reserve could give you a sense of belonging and satisfaction that could make all the difference.

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The 4th Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment are the infantry Army Reserve Battalion for the North West of England, covering Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cumbria and Merseyside.

With locations in:
Carlisle
Workington
Barrow-in-Furness
Lancaster
Blackpool
Preston
Blackburn