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    Thank You Black Watch

    Black Watch rolls back into Basra

    The Black Watch rolled back into Basra after their controversial month-long mission to Camp Dogwood near the "Triangle of Death".

    Soldiers declared "mission accomplished" as the battle group convoy of more than 200 vehicles arrived at the relative safety of Shaibah Logistics Base.

    They dedicated the success of their campaign to their five comrades who died on the deployment.


    Lieutenant Colonel James Cowan, who led the Black Watch mission, said: "Their deaths are something we will never forget. To lose close friends is something we will always remember and our thoughts are with their families. The happiness of our homecoming is marked by the thought that some of us are not coming back."

    Some soldiers were dismayed that it may have been their final mission, with the Black Watch expected to fall victim to a shake-up of Scottish regiments, and felt their exploits deserved a reprieve.

    Lance Corporal Terry Ward, 23, from Rosyth, Fife, said: "Axing us would be the worst decision Tony Blair has ever made and I don't think he realises the history involved. We've set a good example out here and I think that should be redeem us so we can stay as the Black Watch."

    The 370-mile road journey back to Basra took 40 hours as the sprawling 15km long convoy snaked through the desert dust trying to avoid roadside bombs.

    Movements were planned with military precision - including a media blackout - and there were no casualties.

    During their stay at the desolate and windswept outpost of Dogwood, 25 miles south-west of Baghdad, the Black Watch faced an almost daily bombardment of incoming missiles.

    A total of 26 rockets - each about the height of a man and packed with explosives - struck home. Many others landed but failed to explode.

    http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1199600.html

    I'd like to personally thank the soldiers of the Black Watch for relieving American soldiers at Dogwood so they could take the fight to the enemy in Fallujah.
    "Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have."
    "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

    NEVER FORGET

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    Isent this there last overseas deployment as I read on another forum that the MoD wanted to mege all Scottish regiments (lowland and highland) into a huge "Royal Regiment of Scotland", I sure hope that is not the case it may mean an end to the famous Highland units in the British Army, I mean the Black Watch and the other (2?)Highland regiments are sonymous with the British Army, same with the Gurkhas and the Guards Brigade.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChrisF202
    Isent this there last overseas deployment as I read on another forum that the MoD wanted to mege all Scottish regiments (lowland and highland) into a huge "Royal Regiment of Scotland", I sure hope that is not the case it may mean an end to the famous Highland units in the British Army, I mean the Black Watch and the other (2?)Highland regiments are sonymous with the British Army, same with the Gurkhas and the Guards Brigade.
    Merging regts have been done before but the new twist here is that the new regt would have 3 battalions, each with its own cap badge.

    I don't know why the Brits just don't reduce each regt down to a single bn strength and transfer the RHQ to Heritage or Veteran Affairs where it would act as a Museum and/or Royal Legion HQ.
    Chimo

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    Quote Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
    Merging regts have been done before but the new twist here is that the new regt would have 3 battalions, each with its own cap badge.

    I don't know why the Brits just don't reduce each regt down to a single bn strength and transfer the RHQ to Heritage or Veteran Affairs where it would act as a Museum and/or Royal Legion HQ.
    If this garbage continues their wont be a British Army one day, or it would just be one huge regiment with 30 battalions

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    Yeah, but they'll still have their welfare state though...

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