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British Army Gurkha Soldiers from B Company The Royal Gurkha Rifles, during clearance Patrols in the Dasht Area of Operations of Patrol Base Pimon while serving in Afghanistan in June 2011 as part of Herrick-14

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Gurkhas are respected warriors,i would be happy knowing that they are fighting beside me.
 
Do they still carry the Kukri? Don't see a single one in all the pics.

ps my Gunny would have eaten that dude with the Teddy Bears lunch.
 
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A Coy from 2nd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles is attached to 1 Rifles in Nar-e Saraj based out of PB1. A Coy were the last company from 2RGR to deploy from Brunei and having now been here for 3 weeks have settled in well. They are out patrolling everyday forging relationships with the local nationals who are friendly and supportive. The days so far have been steady, well-focused and A Coy have started the tour as they mean to go on; with high morale and enjoying their role.
2 RGR on Herrick 14 are deployed and operating out of Patrol Base 1 (PB1) in NES-South where thay are responsible for Operation in their Area and Maintaining security for the Local Nationals. They also maintain a few Smaller Check Points around the AO to provide in Depth Security for OP HERRICK 14.
 
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The name ‘Gurkha’ comes from the hill town of Gorkha from which the Nepalese kingdom had expanded.
The brigade has always been dominated by four ethnic groups – the Gurungs and Magars from central Nepal, the Rais from the north-east and Limbus from the east. The latter live in villages of impoverished hill farmers.
More than 200,000 Gurkha soldiers went on to serve in the British Army in the two world wars – with 43,000 losing their lives.
Over the past 50 years they have served in Malaysia and Borneo – from 1948 to 1967 – Cyprus, the Falklands, Kosovo and Hong Kong and more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They have received 13 Victoria Crosses between them during their years of service.
The Gurkhas were formally incorporated into 16 Air Assault Brigade, Britain’s rapid reaction force, having completed 34 tours in Afghanistan.
The Gurkhas serve in a variety of roles, mainly in the infantry but also as engineers, logisticians and signals specialists.
But their numbers have come down from a peak of 112,000 men during the WW2 to about 3,500.
The Gurkhas are now based at Shorncliffe near Folkestone, Kent, with soldiers still selected from young men living in the hills of Nepal.
Around 28,000 enter into the selection procedure for just over 200 places each year.
 
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