British Army battlegroups are to spend extended periods on deployment in Kenya and Oman from later this year as part of a drive to enhance regional deterrence and persistent presence.

Under the plans, revealed by Lieutenant General Chris Tickell, the army's Deputy Chief of the General Staff, at the DSEI exhibition in London on 14 September, light-infantry-roled battlegroups will spend between two and three months at a time in Kenya compared to the six weeks for the current ‘Akari Storm' series of exercises.

British Army battlegroups are to spend extended periods on deployment in Kenya and Oman from later this year as part of a drive to enhance regional deterrence and persistent presence.

Under the plans, revealed by Lieutenant General Chris Tickell, the army's Deputy Chief of the General Staff, at the DSEI exhibition in London on 14 September, light-infantry-roled battlegroups will spend between two and three months at a time in Kenya compared to the six weeks for the current ‘Akari Storm' series of exercises.

British Army battlegroups are to spend extended periods on deployment in Kenya and Oman from later this year as part of a drive to enhance regional deterrence and persistent presence.

Under the plans, revealed by Lieutenant General Chris Tickell, the army's Deputy Chief of the General Staff, at the DSEI exhibition in London on 14 September, light-infantry-roled battlegroups will spend between two and three months at a time in Kenya compared to the six weeks for the current ‘Akari Storm' series of exercises.

British Army battlegroups are to spend extended periods on deployment in Kenya and Oman from later this year as part of a drive to enhance regional deterrence and persistent presence.

Under the plans, revealed by Lieutenant General Chris Tickell, the army's Deputy Chief of the General Staff, at the DSEI exhibition in London on 14 September, light-infantry-roled battlegroups will spend between two and three months at a time in Kenya compared to the six weeks for the current ‘Akari Storm' series of exercises.

British Army battlegroups are to spend extended periods on deployment in Kenya and Oman from later this year as part of a drive to enhance regional deterrence and persistent presence.

Under the plans, revealed by Lieutenant General Chris Tickell, the army's Deputy Chief of the General Staff, at the DSEI exhibition in London on 14 September, light-infantry-roled battlegroups will spend between two and three months at a time in Kenya compared to the six weeks for the current ‘Akari Storm' series of exercises.

British Army battlegroups are to spend extended periods on deployment in Kenya and Oman from later this year as part of a drive to enhance regional deterrence and persistent presence.

Under the plans, revealed by Lieutenant General Chris Tickell, the army's Deputy Chief of the General Staff, at the DSEI exhibition in London on 14 September, light-infantry-roled battlegroups will spend between two and three months at a time in Kenya compared to the six weeks for the current ‘Akari Storm' series of exercises.