
The 3rd Battalion, No 1 Company with an attachment from No 5 Company including their Officer Commanding, the Suffolk MLO, Major Robinson, conducted a successful joint training event with the Water Management Alliance (WMA) on behalf of the East Suffolk Council.
After an initial brief to explain the tasking process to the commanders and why the defences are sited where there are the troops deployed to the quayside to conduct a practical session, which concluded with an assessment. The end result was positive, with the water specialist staff confident of the Steelbacks’ ability to work with limited supervision, which has the potential to change their current TTPs, to allow them to divert their limited manpower elsewhere should the situation require it.