Airborne Assault MuseumMilitary police tested their close protection skills during a realistic training exercise on the streets of Colchester.
A simulated ambush was staged on Maldon Road on Friday 17 May 2013 to test 156 Provost Company Royal Military Police’s close protection team. A blast from a roadside bomb and heavy machine gun fire stopped a vehicle carrying an unsuspecting Brigadier Giles Hill, Commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade.
Under smoke grenades and rifle fire from his military police escort, the Brigadier – known as the principal in close protection terminology – was quickly taken out of the vehicle and into cover. The team then moved across fields to Stanway Green to link up with a vehicle that had been following behind in case of incidents, which picked up the principal to take him to safety.
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| Date | 17th May 2013 |
