{"id":11692,"date":"2018-01-31T18:02:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T18:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Army01.jpg"},"modified":"2018-01-31T18:02:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T18:02:36","slug":"army01","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/army-puts-diversity-effectiveness\/army01\/","title":{"rendered":"Army01"},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"class_list":["post-11692","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"description":{"rendered":"

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Soldiers from 5th Battalion The Rifles, Headquarters take part in a Military March and Shoot.<\/p>\n

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Here during exercise, Commander 20 Armd Inf Bde, Brigadier Mike Elviss leads from the front whilst taking the Headquarters element of 5 RIFLES on a snap March and Shoot. \n\nPhotographer - Mr Dominic King - Army Press Office Germany\n\nInfo;\n\n5th Battalion The Rifles Battlegroup will be the lead element for the UK\u2019s Enhanced Forward Presence, based in Estonia in 2017.\nThe armoured infantry battlegroup, based on the Warrior armoured fighting vehicle, will support our allies in the region and will be a forward presence to confront threats to global security. 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