Compared to an attempted incursion by a
fighting patrol (called surgical strike) this was a major violation of international law, many steps above the ladder of escalation.
" Jay completed two operational tours of duty in Iraq and two in Afghanistan with the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, But his life changed forever when he volunteered for a
fighting patrol and stepped on an improvised explosive device on January 31 2012.
This is not to say that the army doesn't train him to take out a recon or a
fighting patrol or conduct a raid or lay an ambush or how to take defences or mount an attack.
His official citation states it was for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in command of a
fighting patrol sent out to obtain an identification.
"We had sent out a
fighting patrol and four guys in our troop were killed.
The picture shows the famous old Goree warehouses.; PICTURED in the early 1940s are the Home guard
Fighting Patrol based in Overbury Street.
The three soldiers had been taking part in a
fighting patrol to disrupt Taliban activity to the north west of Kajaki.
Private Tony Rawson, 27, from the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment died on Friday while on a
fighting patrol to disrupt enemy activity and reassure the local population in Helmand province.
The soldier from the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment died while on a
fighting patrol to disrupt enemy activity and reassure the local population in the area of Tusyalay, north east of Sangin, in Helmand.
I was also to protect the left flank of a
fighting patrol from the 2/25th Battalion, strength 53 men and commanded by Lt Barnett with Lt Cox.
A Special Forces
fighting patrol positioned by helicopters tasked to kill or capture terrorists or perhaps the arrival of a Tomahawk cruise missile might then initiate a shooting war.
'The troops encountered the ambush during a
fighting patrol to clear the general area of fleeing elements of Boko Haram terrorists who have been on rampage for food and logistics.