Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of 2 Squadron the RAF Regiment on pre-operational training at Hythe CQB (close quarter battle) range on the south coast prior to deployment in Basra.
Description: START 02:00:00 Bars and tone.
02:00:10 Exterior door marked "troop shelter"; soldiers in full battle dress exit.
02:00:57 Small arms training range, consisting of a low rise mock-up of a street with an open area at the far end and "roadworks" in the middle. Soldiers, guns drawn, make their way cautiously along, watched by instructors in high visibility jackets. Pop-up targets appear in the open space; some are "enemy", some are "civilians". Soldiers shoot at the targets at the end of the street, using shopfronts and road signs as cover.
02:04:37 Informal debriefing at a pause in the exercise before the soldiers head off down the street, rifles at the ready.
02:05:43 Continuation of exercise; camera follows soldier and instructor as they progress up the street towards the target area. Soldiers fire their guns as instructors shout commands.
02:09:35 Further informal debriefing
02:10:12 Inside, soldiers sit on chairs and watch a video of their exercise. Close-ups of soldiers as they watch the video with their instructor, who gives advice. Sign over video screen "Remember! This is the way the enemy see you. Are you professional enough ?"
02:15:08 Soldiers leave training building. Shots around perimeter: signs "MOD Out of Bounds to Troops".
02:15:58 Interior of control room with nineteen monitors showing CCTV images of parts of the range. Controller at work.
02:18:32 Control point above the CQB range; instructor monitors progress. Troops deploy in the streets below. Orders are shouted. Close-up of control panel: buttons for "Bombs" and "Weapon Effects". Prepared keyboard is used to play sound effects into the range.
02:28:34 Video map of the range showing the streets and the viewpoints of the CCTV cameras.
02:28:55 Interview with SAC Avraam from the RAF Regiment discussing the pre-deployment training.
END 02:32:20
Alternative Title:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
