Indian Army wins gold medal in the Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2021
- A team from 4/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) which represented the Indian Army at the prestigious Cambrian Patrol Exercise at Brecon, Wales, UK from 13th to 15th October 2021 has been awarded Gold medal.
- Ex Cambrian Patrol organised by the UK Army is considered the ultimate test of human endurance and team spirit.
- It is sometimes referred as the Olympics of Military Patrolling among militaries in the world.
About Exercise Cambrian Patrol
- Exercise Cambrian Patrol is an annual international military patrolling exercise in which militaries across the world take part.
- It was first set up more than 40 years ago, by a group of Welsh Territorial Army soldiers who designed the training event to feature long-distance marching over the Cambrian Mountains culminating in firing.
- The aim of the exercise is to test their leadership, self-discipline, courage, physical endurance, and determination.
- In the exercise, the teams have to cover a 50-mile (80 km) course in less than 48 hrs while performing numerous types of military exercises placed throughout the rugged Cambrian Mountains and swamplands of mid-Wales, UK.
Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2021
- In 2021, a total of 96 teams participated including 17 international teams representing Special Forces and prestigious Regiments from around the world.
- During the exercise, teams were assessed for their performance under harsh terrain and inclement cold weather conditions.
- This added to the various challenges to the complex real-world situations painted to them so as to assess their reactions in combat settings or war-like situations.
- Among all these teams, the Indian Army team displayed a fabulous display of navigation skills, delivery of patrol orders, and overall physical endurance, which ultimately resulted in the gold medal.
- General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, the Chief of General Staff of the British Army presented the Gold Medal to the team members in a formal ceremony on 15 October 2021.