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Members of 3 RIFLES conduct live firing while the battalion is deployed in Kenya for Ex HARAKA SPEAR.
#RaiseYourSights
#SwiftAndBold
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The 3 Rifles team have been awarded a gold🥇at this years Ex CAMBRIAN PATROL - displaying an outstanding level of skill and determination in a world renowned event.
#ProudRiflemen
@1ArmdInf
@3rdUKDivision
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We couldn't do what we do in Iraq or in the UK without our
@Official_REME
team, often working long hours and getting stuck into the knocks and crannies of our vehicles to keep them on the road. Thanks team 💪 🔧 ⚙️
#oneteam
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First task for our G4 team on Op SHADER: do something about all that Blue Red Blue left behind by the
@GrenadierGds
!
#Swiftandbold
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3RFLES FSp Coy Sniper Cadre. Marksmanship Training. Barry Buddon.
#SwiftandBold
#ProudRiflemen
#WeAreSkilled
#3RIFLES
#Sniper
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Rfn J has won the annual B Company CHOSEN MAN award. The Riflemen competed in the Operational Fitness Tests, NAVEX, Medical and Marksmanship to prove who is the best soldier of the Company.
#ProudRifleman
@1ArmdInf
@3rdUKDivision
@ASengaged
many thanks to all who supported
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We're back! The last of our Riflemen deployed on Op SHADER are now safely home. This marks the end of 6 months in Iraq training the Iraqi Security Forces. Stand by for plenty of pictures of our time there 🇮🇶
#SwiftandBold
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It's been one of the busiest years in recent history for 3 RIFLES, packed to the brim with deployment on exercises and operations around the world as we got to grips with a new role. At every turn our Riflemen have delivered.
#swiftandbold
#NYE2018
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3 RIFLES are overall winners in the 1 AI Bde Shooting Comp. Taking the top two best shots, falling plate runners up and best pistol shot.
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B Company’s junior Riflemen have risen to the challenge and displayed some outstanding skill and grit during our 10-day live firing package in Otterburn
#ProudRifleman
#WeAreSkilled
#ArmysGreatestAsset
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3 RIFLES are very lucky to be based in Edinburgh. Having the Pentland Hills just out of the back gate of camp provides excellent training opportunities. Friday morning fitness is always a great way to start the weekend.
@DefencePhoto
@mod_dio
@RiflesRegiment
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HQ Coy going up brown track and all the other hills on CO's P.T today. 💪🏼
#3RIFLES
#ProudRiflemen
#WeAreSkilled
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Testing innovation - Rifleman are currently in Georgia, USA, trialling the latest developments in soldier technology. In these pics you can see: 1) Rapid Access Magazine Pouches, 2) Electrified stretcher/cargo carrier, 3) Quadcopter drones, 4) Day/night augmented reality goggles
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We’ve got plenty of ‘millennial’ Riflemen, Sappers and other outstanding soldiers making a real difference as part of our team in Iraq right now. They’re proving themselves to be just as professional and dedicated as those who’ve gone before
#YourArmyNeedsYou
The Army spots potential. Even if others don't.
#YourArmyNeedsYou
Click here to
#FindWhereYouBelong
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Lest we forget.
3 RIFLES and families pause to remember the fallen.
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The arduous JNCO FTX in the unforgiving terrain of Otterburn is complete. Starting with a 15km insertion over the Pennine Way the Pl began to clear the enemy - building from Sect operations up to Pl. The FTX culminated with a Coy Attack supported by the Recce, Mor & ATk Pl
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Handover complete! 3 RIFLES have completed their handover in Iraq with the
@GrenadierGds
at the outset of Op SHADER 8. 6 months of delivering high quality training and numerous opportunities for further training development await for all those deployed
#swiftandbold
#britisharmy
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Can you spot out Riflemen?!! 3 RIFLES FSp Coy Cadres in full flow. Snipers in action. Swift and Bold.
#3RIFLES
#ProudRiflemen
#WeAreSkilled
.
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One of the biggest benefits of our deployment is the opportunities for development it provides to our JNCOs. Often working at reach, they are given the responsibility and freedom to plan and deliver training to groups of up to 100 Iraqis at a time
#missioncommand
@ArmySgtMajor
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The 3 RIFLES Tin Mudder was certainly the best way to get ready for the weekend.
@RiflesRegiment
@ArmyScotland
#theweekend
@
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From across Iraq - 3 RIFLES Battle Group sends festive goodwill to all those 3 RIFLES personnel remaining in the UK, to friends and families of the Battalion, and indeed to all those serving in the Armed Forces. Merry Christmas.
#swiftandbold
#christmas
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A flare lit night in Copehill Down Village as C Company prepare to defend the buildings from the
@scots_guards
#SwiftandBold
#BringItOn
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Scrubbing up well...for the past three months C Company and attached arms have been providing Counter-IED training and force protection at Besmaya, Iraq 🇮🇶
#SwiftandBold
@CJTFOIR
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3 RIFLES JNCO Cadre. 5 Mile stretcher carry over the Pentland Hills.
#3RIFLES
#ProudRiflemen
#SwiftAndBold
#WeAreSkilled
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A bit of snow in Edinburgh this morning didn't stop HQ Company 3rd Battalion The Rifles getting their fitness done.
#proudrifleman
@ArmyScotland
@RiflesRegiment
@1ArmdInf
#Edinburgh
#Edinburghsnow
#snow
#runnning
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The 3 RIFLES Junior NCO Cadre began on Friday - 110 Riflemen from across the regiment tackling a military knowledge test and fitness assessment. 6 weeks of teaching and training our next generation of junior leaders lies ahead. Next stop, Otterburn...
#leadership
#promotion
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It may be sandy, dry(ish) and there's been no sightings of reindeers yet...but out in Iraq there's clearly still some festive spirit!
#christmas
#santa
#swiftandbold
#rifles
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After 44 weeks of the finest Officer training in the world
@RMASandhurst
and 16 weeks at the unforgiving
@IBSBrecon
, 2 new Infantry Officers have completed their final exercise and are ready to join 3 Rifles.
Now the hard work starts…
#ProudRifleman
#WeReleasePotential
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28 members of the 3Rifles STTT have completed their Op Orbital deployment, qualifying 65 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers and officers as instructors in modules such as marksmanship, counter-IED and navigation. 🇺🇦
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HQ Coy continuing to support the Edinburgh North West Food Project and their brilliant work within our community. Today's delivery by Pte Doy RLC was gratefully received.
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Relationships. Our main effort here in Iraq and crucial, at every level to what we do
#defeatDaesh
#coalition
@CJTFOIR
@CO_3RIFLES
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3 RIFLES Offrs’, WOs and Sjts’ Messes thank
@CO_3RIFLES
, Lt Col Sawyer, for his leadership and immense care for the soldiers under his command over the last 2.5yrs in fitting style - at the top of The Pentlands with bugles and bacon baps.
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A message for the friends and families of all those deployed as part of the UK Training Team in Iraq over the New Year 🌠🌠🌠
@Official_REME
@7_sqn
#Hogmanay
#NYE2018
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3 RIFLES FSp Coy Sniper Cadre Advanced Application of Fire Barry Buddon Training Area
#3RIFLES
#ProudRiflemen
#WeAreSkilled
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Winners! Incredible performance from our boxers to win 6 - 2 against
@LANCS_REGT
in Cyprus. Congratulations to all the boxers - it takes real courage and determination just to get in the ring. Looking forward to the next round
#SwiftandBold
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TERMINUS STRIKE has seen the Coy launch a dawn raid to secure key national infrastructure. Due to the terrain, they had to display excellence in fighting in woods and forests (FIWAF) - a complex environment for the dismounts
#ProudRifleman
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Shaking out the cobwebs 🕸
Those of the battalion not currently deployed returned to work today, with a run up the Pentlands first on the agenda! We’re lucky to be based in such a beautiful location.
#Scotland
#Edinburgh
#Pentlands
#swiftandbold
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The Rifles flag is lowered in Besmaya as some of the UK troops deployed there mark the end of their time there. They move back to Taji as part of a rebalancing of 3 RIFLES and
@Proud_Sappers
trainers and will continue to train and mentor the ISF over the coming months. 🇮🇶
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Riflemen conquering the Fan Dance as part of Ex SOUTHERN SKIRMISH. 12 miles, with kit and equipment, over some of the hardest terrain the UK has to offer
#SwiftandBold
#MechInf
#MondayMotivation
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Shhhhh 🤫 - the key elements of a Company Group on Ex WESSEX STORM move silently into position on a pitch black night ready for H-Hour. Commanders, Riflemen, Machine Guns, Anti-Tank and Recce all bringing something different to the party
#OwnTheNight
#STRIKE
#MechInf
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HQ COY not letting the weather prevail over Tuesdays Physical training.
#ProudRiflemen
#3Rifles
@RiflesRegiment
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Improvised Explosive Device have been an enduring feature of the battle to defeat Daesh. Both Riflemen and Engineers deployed on Op SHADER have been delivering training to help Iraqis counter these threats
@Proud_Sappers
@CJTFOIR
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This morning the Battalion and
@ColintonPrimary
came together to remember the
@RiflesRegiment
fallen. We will remember them.
#Remembrance
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B Company riflemen have been conducting vehicle training in preparation for next years deployment on Op TORAL. The FOXHOUND is regularly used on patrol in Afghanistan, and crew excellence is essential.
#ProudRifleman
#WeAreSkilled
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Riflemen working hard on the Sword Range to show they have what it takes to be a LCpl as part of the JNCO Cadre
#SwiftandBold
#SwordsNotBayonets
#OnGuard
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Commemorating 10 years of the Battalion being in Edinburgh with a photo
@edinburghcastle
. Thanks to
@welovehistory
!
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“The first quality of a soldier is fortitude in resisting hardship and fatigue. Bravery is but the second” Napoleon
4 Riflemen from the Bn have completed the Platoon Serjeants Battle Course, winning the Fan Dance in 4Hrs 33mins 27secs – outstanding achievement.
#SwiftAndBold
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#ChosenMen
- Congratulations to our newly promoted LCpls who passed off the square at
@CO_2RIFLES
JNCO Cadre today
#SwiftandBold
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3R JNCO Cadre has recently been focused on the formative tactical phase – including patrolling, harbour occupation & routine, section attacks and completing the exercise with a Pl Anti-Personnel Ambush and CASEVAC 1/2
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No break for Christmas for these guys! Riflemen from 3 RIFLES have been getting into their stride in Iraq. Delivering high quality, exciting and original training in order to build Iraqi partner capacity. And the views aren't bad either...
#swiftandbold
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FSP Coy finish off an excellent week of live firing using their Jackal vehicles. This completes their readiness training to support NATO’s Very High Readiness Task Force next year.
@CO_3RIFLES
@RiflesRegiment
@1ArmdInf
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1 week into a progressive live firing package, B Coy have mastered the basics and are ready to launch themselves into several days of section and platoon day and night fighting. More to follow.
#ProudRifleman
#weownthenight
#3roundsaminuteinanyweather
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This week’s Friday morning PT - stretcher/burden race into the Pentlands. Not for the faint hearted 🥵
#armyfit
#SwiftandBold
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A (Anti-Tank) Company have been honing their war fighting skills in both the Urban and Rural environment!
#WeAreRiflemen
#WeAreSwiftAndBold
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As conflict becomes increasingly complex, so must our training. On Ex TERMINUS STRIKE, commanders have had to understand the nuances and operate against a free-thinking “near-peer” enemy, an asymmetric adversary and organised crime
#ProudRifleman
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3 Rifles Battlegroup are home from ORION - large scale multinational training within
@2brigadeblindee
and alongside
@Belgian_Army
BCA on a challenging and enjoyable exercise in the Champagne Region. Swift&Bold.
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Merry Christmas! After an extremely busy year, 3 RIFLES enjoyed its traditional Christmas Lunch today before the Bn falls out for some well earned time with family and friends over the Christmas period.
#christmas
#swiftandbold
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3 RIFLES FSp Coy underway. Despite COVID-19. Trg must continue to meet our Operational Requirements, to protect the UK at home and abroad.
#ProudRifleman
#3RIFLES
#WeAreSkilled
#WeAreFamily
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3R Boxing Team have finished their training camp and are in their final few sessions before the
@1ArmdInf
Boxing Championships, hosted by
@TheRoyalLancers
🥊💪 best of luck to all those involved
#ProudRiflemen
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3 RIFLES continue to develop their marksmanship for very high readiness operations in Warcop.
@RiflesRegiment
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A Company prove that a little snow won't get in the way of good training.
@RiflesRegiment
@CO_3RIFLES
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CO’s PT bought 5 Ways from the
@RMASandhurst
to Pentland Hills, Edinburgh!
@RiflesRegiment
@CO_3RIFLES
#TheRifles
#swiftandbold
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All Coy’s have focused on
#marksmanship
this month, establishing a team for next weeks Regimental Shooting Competition
#ProudRifleman
#WeAreSkilled
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A Coy have finished their Battle Preparation and are now deployed on Ex TERMINUS STRIKE. Today they will insert into a Hide and Recce tomorrow’s objective - clearing and securing an airfield
#ProudRifleman
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3 RIFLES shooting team hones our core skill in preparation for upcoming competitions. Thousands of miles to the east, our Taji Force Protection team do the same
#parallels
#Riflemen
#marksmanship
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Where there is water (and mud...) there is cover! C Coy doing Live Fire Tactical Training on Battlecamp in Warcop.
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First Friday morning PT after leave - booted run and a functional Tabata circuit using our Virtus body armour. A good way to start the day! 🥵
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In line with the COVID health protection measures 3 RIFLES completes an individual ‘recovery’ boot run for CO’s PT this morning in a sunny Edinburgh on the Pentland Hills.
@RiflesRegiment
@1ArmdInf
@ArmyScotland
@CO_3RIFLES
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Regimental Shooting Competition: The team finished 2nd overall, reaching the finals of the falling plate competition and with a number of 1st/2nd/3rd place shooters for individual practices
#ProudRifleman
#WeAreSkilled
@1ArmdInf
@3rdUKDivision
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Day Two of the Cadre. Log run testing teamwork and leadership, classroom lessons on command and leadership theory, and just a smattering of drill practice. Plenty of young (and some older) Riflemen eager and motivated to succeed
#leadership
#promotion
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The inaugural Taji Rugby 7s competition was held last week, superbly organised by
@hayden_birks
. No prizes for guessing the winners...New Zealand beating our
@7_sqn
team in the final. Hopefully not an omen for the
@rugbyworldcup
later this year!
@CJTFOIR
@armyrugbyunion
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It’s not just in Iraq where we have people overseas this Christmas. Over in Oman, A Coy Riflemen are conducting a guard force task as well in preparation for KHANJAR EDGE in 2019. A beautiful dawn beach run kicked the festivities off!
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Congratulations to Cpl Holden, LCpl Wiseman and Capt Miller - presented their Infantry Nordic Skiing colours last week by
@ArmySgtMajor
in recognition of their contribution to the Battalion's best ever placing at the Army Champs earlier this year
⛷️ 👊
#SwiftandCold
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Battlegroup HQ has spent the last 2 weeks in Germany being tested on planning and controlling operations. This was another step on route to Ex BOLD ENDEAVOUR in August and was a great opportunity to work with our exceptional team of attached arms who make up the Battlegroup.
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Our trainers have been delivering training on urban fighting skills at the Iraqi First Military College in Al Rustimayah. We've been working closely with
@UKinIraq
to build on long standing relationships with the college, established in 1934 by the
@BritishArmy
🇮🇶🇬🇧
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Ex TERMINUS STRIKE will soon draw to a close, with the final phase seeing the Coy deploy in isolation and at reach, covering 150 miles and assaulting a Command and Control position deep inside Galloway Forest
#ProudRifleman
@1ArmdInf
@3rdUKDivision
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This month’s theme for the Battalion is “Interoperability”. We never work alone, and our Riflemen are currently deployed in Sweden, Germany, Croatia and Australia developing relationships and sharing experience. More to follow..
#WeAreSkilled
#ProudRifleman
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Meanwhile, B and C Coys are in the midst of recovering from Op SHADER after 6 months away in Iraq. A couple of days R&R in Cyprus provides a welcome opportunity for a BBQ, cold beer and a final top up of the tan... 🇨🇾 ☀️ 🍖
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The Glock 9mm pistol is carried by all Riflemen deployed on Op SHADER as their personal weapon. An excellent bit of kit and one which all locations are continually honing their skills on
@BritishArmy
#pistol
#marksmanship
#SwiftandBold
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We are incredibly proud to have Rfn out helping the local
#Edinburgh
Community and playing our small part in getting hard working
#NHS
staff to work today as part of
@ArmyScotland
’s response to
#BeastFromTheEast
#SwiftandCold
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This month's theme is "
#Marksmanship
". Three rounds a minute in any weather isn't enough for the modern Rifleman! This month the Anti-Tank, Mortar and Rifle Platoon's are live firing in order to perfect our craft and ensure our readiness and agility for any future operation
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Marksmanship is at the core of our regimental identity and high performance on our Shooting Competition was key to our operational readiness. We tested advanced Rifle and Pistol skills, winners being the Snipers for group and individual
#ProudRifleman
@1ArmdInf
@3rdUKDivision
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High level commendations, alongside Long Service Good Conduct and Accumulated Campaign Service medals were awarded to Riflemen by the Colonel-in-Chief. The Duchess also commended the incredible support of the families both to the Riflemen and 3 Rifles
#ProudRifleman
#WeAreFamily
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B Company have been put through their paces this week on an enhanced PT program in the unforgiving Pentland Hills. Anyone missing the gym yet?
#ProudRifleman
#WeReleasePotential
#WeAreFamily
#FitnessMotivation
#nolimits
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3 Rifles is proud to be supporting 🇺🇦 volunteers, working day and night to improve their survivability and lethality.
#StandWithUkraine
#SlavaUkrainii
#ProudRifleman
🎬Ukrainian soldiers have arrived in the UK as part of the new UK-led military training programme.
The training will give volunteer recruits with little to no military experience the skills to be effective in frontline combat.
🇺🇦
#StandWithUkraine
🇺🇦
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Our Riflemen are continuing to deliver high quality training in Ukraine - an ongoing commitment since November last year
#SwiftandCold
🇺🇦 🇬🇧
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This week A Coy braved the snow in Catterick to continue their Battle Craft Syllabus progression and work on low level skills
#SwiftandBold
#SwiftandCold
#BacktoBasics
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Huge congratulations to our Nordic skiing team for earning their best ever result by winning silver in the Army Semi Finals, automatically qualifying them for the Army Champs. Special mention to LCpl Robinson for winning best Novice and best Junior. Good luck in the final!🎿🥶
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Captain Sir Tom Moore. An Officer, a Gentleman and a Hero. Rest in Peace Sir.
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A beautiful day in Edinburgh for the Battalion to return to work today after some well earned summer leave. There can’t be many better places to be based!
#SwiftandBold
#itsyourfuture
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A (Anti-Tank) Company have been on Ex RAPID SKIRMISH, practicing urban and woodland operations to best prepare them for their upcoming deployment to Estonia with the
@ChurchillsOwn
battlegroup
@3_rifles
@12ArmdBCT
@ArmyinScotland
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