Members of the Royal Bermuda Regiment have teamed up for training with troops from other British Overseas Territories overseas this week.

More than 100 RBR soldiers and officers are at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina for Exercise Island Warrior 24.

They are joined by members of the Turks & Caicos Islands Regiment, the Falkland Islands Defence Force and the Cayman Islands Regiment.

Soldiers from the regiment’s A and B companies received lectures and took part in urban operations drills before leaving for the base, which is a frequent destination for overseas training.

The troops arrived on Sunday and spent two days training on firing ranges and facilities not available in Bermuda.

RBR Acting Sergeant-Major Runecko Edwards, the company Sergeant-Major during the two-week exercise, said everyone was settling in and members of the other forces “integrated really well and working with them like this helps us to develop our long-term relationships with other countries”.

Lance Corporal John Woollacott, 38, the Director of Health and Social Services for the Falkland Islands Government, has been part of FIDF since 2018 and was eager to work with the other overseas territories in Ex IW24.

He explained: “Anything that can improve your skill set, improve your confidence and make you a more useful member of the defence force, any training, is always beneficial.”

Mr Wollacott said the FIDF was “extremely grateful to the Royal Bermuda Regiment for allowing us the opportunity to come; everyone has been very friendly and welcoming”.

RBR Lance Corporal Kisha Pitcher, a 39-year-old investor relations associate from Warwick, joined the regiment almost four years ago and is at Camp Lejeune for the first time.

She said: “It’s nice to work with other people and also we have more opportunities here to do different work. For instance, yesterday we used the SA80 rifle and the Glock pistol, which is something we don’t get our hands on very often in Bermuda.”

Ms Pitcher, who trained with RBR troops in Guyana last year, said she joined the organisation “to work on my discipline and also I like the adventure training” and that she is “very much into the outdoors”.

She added that travelling is a “great perk to being in the regiment”.

RBR Lance Corporal Raymond Brangman, 35, from Paget, works for Marine and Ports and looked forward to learning new skills during the programme.

He said he hoped to earn his second stripe and eventually become an officer.

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