New recruits on target
Created: Feb 26, 2019 07:00 AM
Private Rakaii Edwards fires his first shots with the Royal Bermuda Regiment's SA-80 on the rifle range at Warwick Camp yesterday (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
The island’s newest soldiers fired their first shots on the firing range yesterday.
The 25-strong group of recruits spent days learning safety procedures and the workings of the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s SA-80 rifles before they were allowed to open fire on targets.
After they had successfully passed a tough weapons test, the soldiers practised their marksmanship on the 25-metre range at Warwick Camp.
Lance Corporal Linden Landy, 21, a section commander, said last week: “We take safety very seriously — if they don’t pass, they don’t shoot.”
Privates fire their first shots with the Royal Bermuda Regiment's SA-80 on the rifle range at Warwick Camp yesterday (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
Corporal James watches as privates fire their first shots with the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s SA-80 on the rifle range at Warwick Camp yesterday (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
