Nightwalkers

Last Saturday night 10 brave recruits set out on their first navigation exercise with the Sliema Venture Unit. The recruits were transported to a secret location at which they had to discern their position.

Some of the RVSs at the start of the NAVEX

Once the first challenge was completed the trainees set out in small teams to complete a night-long journey through rural Malta. The Unit was equipped with new two-way radios (the cobras) which enabled us to keep in touch.

A rendez-vous was set up somewhere in the middle of the route since we were doing reasonably good time although towards the end we witnessed sunrise and had to walk on despite the increasing temperature levels.

Group photo at the RV

At the forming up point am evacuation exercise was carried out so that the recruits could practice lifting and moving out dummy casualties.

The next activity is also a training exercise but this time in pioneering. Keep your eye on the screen for more updates.

Mo$es

Sunrise

Unit Update

A lot has happened since my last post! Almost all the Ventures have finished their exams and the Unit is back up and running, even more than usual. On the 10th of June we were joined by the Stags who will officially join the Unit in a couple of weeks. They will form the Oscar Company and they have brought the Unit's number up to 20!!

Members of the M-Coy have started out a Tour of Duty with the other sections of the Group, helping out with the Pack and Troop meetings and Activities. They will also be attending the Unit activities and after a leave of absence because of A-Levels they will also be involved with the unit administrative tasks.

Today we head out for our first Activity in the field for about a month with a Training Navex for the O-Coy. Keep your eye on this page for news of the event, pictures and more.

Recent Activities included Uniformed Parades and ceremonies; Annual Parade, Fatima & the Investiture of the N-Coy members. We also helped out with the Malta Scrabble Club's first international open and manned an abseil for fundraising. Check out my previous posts for pix and other news.

After today's trekking and navigation training we will be holding a pioneering activity to give the recruits a chance to learn about engineering a pioneering structure.

So while most of you will be at home watching the football remember there'll be something yellow with black stripes stalking the Maltese countryside until the early hours of the morning.

see ya,

Mo$es