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18News from the Royal School of Military RSME MATTERSNEWS FROM THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MILITARY ENGINEERING GROUP 18 NOVEMBER 2018 Contents 4 5 11 DEMS BOMB DISPOSAL TRAINING UPDATE Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), It’s the ten-year anniversary of the signing of the Munitions and Search Training Regiment (DEMS RSME Public Private Partnership (PPP) Contract Trg Regt) operates across two sites. The first is and that decade has seen an impressive amount the more established... Read more on page 5 of change. A casual.. Read more on page 11 WELCOME Welcome to issue 18 of RSME Matters. Much has 15 changed across the RSME Group since issue 17 but the overall challenge, of delivering appropriately trained soldiers FEATURE: INNOVATION and military working animals... The Royal School of Military Engineering (RSME) Private Public Partnership (PPP) between the Secretary of State for Defence and... Read more on page 4 Read more on page 15 We’re always looking for new parts of the RSME to explore and share Front cover: Bomb disposal training in action at DEMS Trg Regt – see story on page 9. within RSME Matters. If you’d like us to tell your story then just let us know. Back cover: Royal Engineers approach the Rochester Bridge over the river Medway during a recent night exercise. Nicki Lockhart, Editor, [email protected] Photography: All images except where stated by Ian Clowes | goldy.uk Ian Clowes, Writer and Photographer, 07930 982 661 | [email protected] Design and production: Plain Design | plaindesign.co.uk Printed on FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council) certified paper, which supports the growth of responsible forest management worldwide. 2 RSME MATTERS ISSUE 18 23 26 34 HEALTH KITCHENER BARRACKS It’s estimated that workplace stress is the One of the oldest military sites in the UK, biggest work-related loss, costing businesses Kitchener Barracks in Chatham, Kent, is being £34.9bn every year. Mental health issues often redeveloped into residential accommodation go unrecognised or... Read more on page 26 after being... Read more on page 34 ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL Every organisation has an impact on the environment and 29 the world around it. Businesses are increasingly aware of the importance of this corporate and environmental social DATR EQUINE responsibility. The RSME Group... Horses have played an important role in the Army for many centuries. The Defence Animal Training Regiment (DATR), formerly known as the... Read more on page 23 Read more on page 29 3 Welcome Welcome to issue 18 of RSME Matters. technically demanding role in an ever experts at the Defence Animal Trg Regt Much has changed across the RSME changing and challenging environment, at Melton Mowbray as they select, train Group since issue 17 but the overall both at home and overseas. and maintain the wide range of horses challenge, of delivering appropriately used by the Army today, keeping health trained soldiers and military working Health and wellbeing have had a renewed and safety very much to the forefront. animals while maintaining service focus in recent months. A long-term excellence, continues to be met, initiative looking at mental health and Along with shining a spotlight on the even with the increasing financial wellness was kicked off at Brompton present and future, there’s also a historical pressures present throughout Barracks earlier this year, including a footnote as the Kitchener Barracks Defence. These pressures require full day’s exhibition where personnel redevelopment nears completion. the RSME to work more smartly and could explore all aspects of their to identify and take advantage of physical health and wellbeing. RSME RSME Matters looks at initiatives innovative new ways of working. The Matters looks at what was involved across environment, energy and social Special Feature in this issue looks at and the benefits of learning more. issues, which combine to show that the innovation at the RSME and explores RSME is a vibrant and effective training how everyone can play their part in It’s not only the health and wellbeing of centre of excellence that continues the identification and deployment the personnel at the RSME that is under to develop within the framework of innovation, whatever their role. the spotlight. This issue follows the equine of the RSME PPP Contract. August marked the ten-year anniversary of the signing of the RSME PPP Contract, and in this issue training transformation is reviewed to date to examine its impact across the RSME. The DEMS Trg Regt operates from two sites at Bicester and Kineton. RSME Photograph courtesy of Dave Kevan Matters follows the latest EOD & Search students as they move from soldier to bomb disposal expert, an important and NEWS LAND WARFARE CENTRE DEFENCE CBRN CENTRE COMBAT SAPPER AWARD As part of a general restructuring, the From April 2019 the Defence Chemical In July 2018, Garry Applin, Kevin Hall RSME Group now reports to the Land Biological Radiological and Nuclear and Steve Scott were presented with the Warfare Centre (LWC) who assume the Centre (DCBRNC) will join the RSME Chief Royal Engineer’s Commendation by role of Training Requirement Authority Group. Based at Winterbourne Gunner Brigadier Matt Bazeley pictured above. (TRA). The RSME Group will fulfil the role on the southern edge of Salisbury This small Holdfast/Babcock team has of the Training Delivery Authority (TDA). Plain, the DCBRNC designs and runs been responsible for fundamentally This brings together both individual tri-service courses qualifying personnel transforming the way combat engineer and collective training under a single for operational, training and staff CBRN training is delivered, using modern and command and should shorten the roles. The site was established in innovative learning technologies. The communications channels, enabling 1917 and has played a key role in this training is now mission-specific, task- swifter response to changing training challenging area since then. In 2005 a orientated and activity based, making requirements as well as improved major refurbishment was completed and it more realistic and challenging. feedback from the Field Army. the centre assumed its current name. The Centre is also home to the Joint CBRN Medical Facility and the DCBRNC Technical Support Group (TSG). 4 RSME MATTERS ISSUE 18 HOW TO BECOME A BOMB DISPOSAL EXPERT Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Munitions and Search Training Regiment (DEMS Trg Regt) operates DEMS across two sites. The first is the more established base of Kineton, home to the Felix Centre and historically home of ammunition training. The second was newly constructed in 2011 and houses the HQ of the Regt in St George’s Barracks, bomb Bicester. Both sites have access to a wide range of purpose-built facilities with a diverse range of impressive fully immersive training environments. These include replica housing estates, a dual carriageway, aircraft, tunnels, caves, fields, railway lines – complete with disposal freight wagons and a tube train, a deep- water dive pool, forests and several geographically specialist areas and vehicles. The DEMS Trg Regt employs trainers with years of hands-on experience from operations across the globe and at home. They are kept up-to-date with constant feedback from the Field Army and emerging threats across the world to ensure that they are producing operators capable of meeting today’s challenges. In turn, the trainers are supported by a large team of experts that manage the maintenance and development of a constantly changing training estate, the fleet of support vehicles, including the Remote-Controlled Vehicles (RCVs), which brings its own special challenges, and specialist equipment ranging from EOD suits to operator team kits that need to be in perfect working order to deliver training. Adopting many of the innovations and transformation processes, seen elsewhere within the RSME Group, is made possible through the provisionof the latest IT and an innovative and proactive in-house content development team. The DEMS Warrior symbolizes that the training, whether Search, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) or maintenance of munitions, prepares the students to deal with explosive hazards in all their forms. Like them the DEMS Warrior stares into the fiery mouth of the dragon, often alone, relying simply on skill and courage to deal with the threat. 5 Furthermore, the drive for realism and of 8 Engr Bde. EOD is carried out across ‘Wedgewood’ van, to investigate a suspect quality training sees every wall and all three services including 5131(BD) Sqn package or make safe or destroy an IED. corridor used to display subliminal learning (Air) and Fleet Diving Group (Navy). materials. This learning environment is not The EOD world is truly multi-service, only aimed at developing the students These units provide support to ongoing bringing together the UK Tri-services with but also the trainers. These trainers are operations around the world, UK civilian ‘blue light’ organisations. DEMS updated with modern approaches to Military Aid to Civil Authorities (MACA) Trg Regt provides all the training to ensure training and also new equipment they and UK Special Forces as well as helping that the operators have the knowledge and can employ within their own instruction. prepare for contingency operations, skills to meet each challenge safely and often working alongside partner agencies effectively. The Def EOD Ops are drawn There are many images in the public eye and international organisations. from a range of cap badges from across that sum up what is generally thought all three Services. The Navy also undertake of bomb disposal; for some it might be Typical tasks that the Def EOD Op could be specialist underwater training at DEMS Trg the fully suited operator taking the long, involved in can be varied and diverse. The Regt to tackle water-based munitions and lonely walk towards a suspect package in disposal of conventional munitions, such as threats, particularly those threats that have a city centre; for others, it is Afghanistan recently discovered unexploded ordnance, emerged as a legacy of the World Wars.
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