Students given a taste of Army life.
Students from St David's - This page is about the city. For the patron saint of Wales, see Saint David.
St David's (Welsh: Tyddewi) is the smallest city in the United Kingdom, with a population of under 2,000 people. College, Cardiff, were among more
than 100 teenagers put through their paces by soldiers. The Royal
Engineers and the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME; pronounced phonetically as "Reemee") is a corps of the British Army that has responsibility for the maintenance, servicing and inspection of almost every electrical and mechanical piece of equipment within the (REME REME Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers )
challenged the students to a series of situations faced by the military,
testing their teamwork.
Nine challenges faced the participating students at the annual
Engineering Challenge at Cwrt Y Gollen near Crickhowell. They included
changing parts on military and civilian vehicles, stripping and
assembling weapons and completing initiative tests. Major Dave Green,
REME senior engineering officer, said: 'The event enabled young
people to gain a first-hand experience of what life in the Army is
like.' For more information on Army careers, go to www.army.mod.uk
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