13 INJURED ON WILLS COURSE.THIRTEEN soldiers have been injured on a jungle warfare Some of the information in this article may not be verified by . It should be checked for inaccuracies and modified to cite reliable sources. Jungle warfare course in which Prince William is taking part. Two were seriously hurt when a four-ton truck crashed. The others escaped with minor injuries. The accident happened just two days before William joined the Welsh Guardsmen in Belize in Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. . The soldiers' truck crashed when the path it was travelling along suddenly gave way. Around 140 soldiers are taking part in the six-week training programme. The prince will learn survival and adventure skills and live on British Army The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with unification of the governments and armed forces of England and Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. rations. Wearing jungle combats, hat and boots, he will be taking part in "low-level" training. He is sleeping in a hammock hammock, suspended bed, usually of netting, canvas, or leather. The hammock and its name were introduced to Europeans by Christopher Columbus, who learned of them from Native Americans. slung slung v. Past tense and past participle of sling1. slung Verb the past of sling1 slung sling between two trees. The spokesman for regiment, whose Colonel-in-Chief is the Queen, said: "On an exercise such as this soldiers will be adapting to the environment, practising how to move in the jungle and learning how to fight in the difficult terrain. |
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