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Even before candidates arrive, the course leader begins his assessment by reading reports and communications on each candidate.
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Explore the index to reveal the campaigns, battles, equipment and organisation key to the Airborne Forces' story.
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Candidates arrive and settle in.
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Opening brief
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British Parachutist wearing "Airborne smock" and face veil, c1944.
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Parachutist wearing X Type parachute, c1944.
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Guardsman Dave Coote has a brew up in the jungle, Borneo, 1965.
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Pick up point after pre training, Borneo, 1965.
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A folding bike attached for parachuting, c1944.
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Truck arrives at Tutong area, Borneo, 1965.
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No 1 (Guards) Independent Parachute Company, Combermere Barracks Windsor, 1966.
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Port stick in a Hastings Aircraft, 1968.
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Containers attached underneath a Hastings, c1956.
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A CLE being recovered by Polish paratroopers, c1944.
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Containers being parachuted, Suez, 1956.
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Hankley Common Open Day, Sgt Dave Coote exits, 1968.
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Jumping display at Hankley Common Open Day, from a balloon at 800ft, 1968.
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Sgt Coote, Malaya, 1968.
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An airborne soldier with a STEN sub machine gun, c1944.
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Two members of Scout Platoon, 13 Para Bn, with Para dogs, c1944-5.
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Two members of Scout Platoon, 13th Para Bn, with Para dogs and horse, c1945.
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Two members of 13 Para Battalion with German POWs in background, c1945.
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Gordon Morris. Date unknown.
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A para, wearing a "Sorbo" helmet, prepares to jump, RAF Kabrit, c1942.
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The Parachute Regiment RSMs c1971
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Paras wearing Helmet, Steel Airborne Troops (HSAT) Mk I and Mk II, early 1950s.
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Annual Convention of Regimental Sergeants Major The Parachute Regiment, 2 March 1983.
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Parachute Regiment 38th RSM’s Convention, 14-16 June 1989.
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Annual Convention Regimental Sergeants Major The Parachute Regiment, 2 April 1984.
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The soldier on the left has a painted Mk 7 helmet in lieu of a cover, 2 PARA, Afghanistan, 2010.
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Annual Convention Regimental Sergeants Major The Parachute Regiment, 3 April 1982.
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1st Airborne Division HQ Officers Mess, Fulbeck Hall, July 1944
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A Para wearing a Helmet, Parachutist with Sterling Sub Machine, Falklands, 1982.
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Para with an early issue SA80 rifle, c1985.
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Para with an early version of the Light Support Weapon, c.1985.
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A soldier of the Royal Ulster Rifles takes aim with a Rifle, No.4 Mk I, 1943.
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