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Predeployment Collective Training under lockdown: lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic
  1. Grant Milne
  1. Regimental Medical Officer, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, Victoria Barracks, Windsor, UK
  1. Correspondence to Major Grant Milne, Medical Centre, Victoria Barracks, Windsor, UK; grantmilne1{at}nhs.net

Abstract

Completing meaningful and high-fidelity Collective Training during the COVID-19 pandemic presents an entirely new set of challenges to both the Chain of Command and supporting medical assets. Under Project PHOENIX, the Field Army will gradually phase the return of Collective Training, starting with Deployed Operation Force Generation. This article describes the personal experiences and challenges faced by 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards Battle Group and the Mission Training and Mobilisation Centre to enable the Operation SHADER 11 Mission Rehearsal Exercise, the first Collective Training the Field Army completed during the national lockdown.

  • public health
  • primary care
  • infectious diseases

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001611

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    • Contributors GM came up with the original concept for the paper and drafted and reviewed the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Disclaimer The views in this article reflect the experiences of the author and are not necessarily official Army Policy.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.