Overseas Operations
Op MAKARA 2B
Scribe: Cpl Bacon
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The undulating terrain kept the Recovery Mechanics busy
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iven just two weeks to turn the fleet around following Op MAKARA 2, it was always going to be a challenge to get the vehicles ready for Op MAKARA 2B and meeting the deadline was always going to be tight; so much so that just minutes prior to deploying, repairs were still being carried out on the FOXHOUNDS. But thanks to the tireless efforts of the LAD, the vehicles were ready to deploy as planned. Except it didn’t go quite to plan. This Op would promise to be more exciting when just hours after arriving at its designated area of interest, C Sqn detained a suspected ISGS insurgent, and found an RPG and ammunition. This led to A Coy Gp, Fitter Section included, being crashed out 24 hours early to provide support and protection to the Task Group. The main objective of Op MAKARA 2B was to provide an escort and protection for the UN Human Rights Investigation Team, allowing them to carry out an assessment of the area following a recent atrocity in which over 50 people were murdered in a mass shooting carried out by insurgents in the ANSONGO circle.
