Operation Varsity would be the largest single-lift airborne operation conducted during the conflict; more significantly, it would contradict previous airborne strategy by having the airborne troops drop after the initial amphibious landings, in order to minimize the risks to the airborne troops learned from the experiences of Operation Market Garden.
Whichever of the two gets the top job, it will mean Britain's next military chief will have had direct experience of operations in conflicts in which the army has borne the heaviest burden.
A senior British military officer, with extensive experience of operations in Afghanistan, concurred: "We would all like the Afghans to take over whenever practicable and progress is being made.
Royal Naval staff, he says, will be missing out on the "real life training experience" of operations now the service will be run privately.
Although the US has regularly trained West African armies for combat against jihadists, France was uniquely well-placed to stage a direct military intervention in Mali, because of its long experience of operations in Africa and its existing military presence.
Some of those being made redundant from the regular Army are being encouraged to join the Army Reserve to help with the transition and bring valuable experience of operations to the reserve units.
It will present the layout, analyse the results of measurements obtained during commissioning, compare them to the calculated (design) values and report on the first experience of operation on the AUG coils improving the safety of the equipment.
Australian logistic resupply arrangements for Operation Toan Thang I had been modelled on the experience of Operation Coburg, and again required the Vung Tau-based 1 ALSG to be split in order to provide a forward logistic element at the US base at Long Binh.
Accordingly, this study explores stakeholders' experiences of rescue operations involving EVs and how stakeholders reason about their preparedness regarding EV risk and safety issues.
They are coming up against committed independent heads of co-operative societies who have long experience of mutual operations.
