(CMR) The Cayman Islands Regiment (CIR) concluded a nine-day “ENDURING RESPONSE” deployment exercise as the culmination of a series of training exercises aimed to facilitate any future deployment to provide national emergency support.
The exercise was designed to train, prepare and test CIR personnel to endure outdoor living conditions with minimal shelter, power, air conditioning and other essentials and to respond to an emergency or national disaster, in which there might be difficulty with transportation and shelter.
Throughout the training exercise, operating bases were established at the Ed Bush Stadium in West Bay and Barefoot Beach in East End.
Commenting on the training exercises, CIR Captain Gabe Rabess explained “CIR personnel received training on preparing personal shelter, how to cook meals using ration packs, and clearing the camp area after setup to ensure limited exposure and risks to the environment from hazards such as fires. They also received training on personal hygiene, hand signals, and casualty evacuation simulations.”
“There was torrential rain for the first two to three days at our West Bay deployment base, so conditions were great for training in heavy rain and tropical storm weather like conditions,” noted CIR Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Simon Watson.
In addition to self-sufficiency training, CIR personnel also underwent a 24-hour exercise at Barefoot Beach.
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