A soldier from 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles fire his personal SA80 weapon during a live fire range on Exercise Wessex Storm. Exercise Wessex Storm intends to validate 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles to TL FOXTROT in order for them to assume very high readiness for their assumption of Air Manoeuvre Battle Group 1 (AMBG1). 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish are being validated for the Light Recce Strike (LRS) Concept of Employment (CONEMP) as part of the pathway to LRS FOC by 2025. The exercise will provide an opportunity for the British Army to demonstrate its ‘Future Soldier’ concept, agile adaptation and through air-land integration, 16 Air Assault BCT’s role as the land component of the UK’s Global Response Force.