The First Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles (1 RGR) and The Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF) co-hosted the Jungle Warfare Skills Meet (JWSM) from 11 to 27 November 24.
The JWSM 2024 built on the 2023 pilot event, with this year’s iteration expanding the competition to a wider audience, involving both regional and international partner teams. JWSM 2024 patrols came from the UK, Brunei, Australia, USA, Malaysia, and Singapore.
JWSM 2024 was designed to test section-strength (8 pax) patrols in the Close Country Tropical Environment of Brunei.
Following a period of joint training and acclimatisation run by 1 RGR, Third Battalion, RBLF and the Institute of Naval Medicine, the patrols spent 72 hours completing a series of stands across 15km of primary and secondary jungle.
They were tasked to find and conduct reconnaissance tasks against an organised crime group.
The event took place concurrently to the Regional Jungle Warfare Symposium, which is the UK-Brunei defence conceptual study week with ASEAN participation.
On the 26th of November teams received awards from His Royal Highness, The Crown Prince of Brunei, Chief of Staff RBLF and Deputy Commander (RES) 1(UK) Division.
Of the 16 teams that participated, eight received gold, five received silver, and three received bronze medals.
