Matzos
21-07-06, 13:10
The first soldiers from 23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault) took up residence at Woodbridge Airfield, their new Suffolk barracks, in the week commencing 10 July 2006. More are to follow in the week commencing 17 July 2006.
Rock Barracks is the flagship barracks of the Army's Single Living Accommodation Modernisation (SLAM) project, and was completed on time and on budget at a cost of around £80 million. It will provide single en-suite accommodation for all the Regiment's 600 personnel when the barracks is fully manned by the end of July 2006.
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The Corporal's Common Room
Rock Barracks, named after the Royal Engineer founder of Airborne Forces, Major John Rock RE, was built on a former United States Air Force Base and incorporates the latest in accommodation design.
The Barracks are well facilitated for sport and include three full sized sports pitches, an all weather floodlit Astroturf pitch, a climbing wall, assault course, 30m rifle range and a gym containing squash courts, weights and cardio vascular suites.
Until now 23 Engineer Regiment, which has four squadrons, has been split across four ageing sites: 9 Parachute Squadron RE were in Aldershot, 51 Parachute Squadron RE were in Ripon, North Yorkshire, 12 (Nova Scotia) Headquarters Squadron (Air Assault) were in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, and 61 Field Support Squadron (Air Assault) were in Maidstone, Kent.
The Barracks are well facilitated for sport and include three full sized sports pitches, an all weather floodlit Astroturf pitch, a climbing wall, assault course, 30m rifle range and a gym containing squash courts, weights and cardio vascular suites.
Currently there are around 160 soldiers from 23 Engineer Regiment serving with 16 Air Assault Brigade in Afghanistan who will return later in 2006 to take up residence at their new home.
Rock Barracks is the flagship barracks of the Army's Single Living Accommodation Modernisation (SLAM) project, and was completed on time and on budget at a cost of around £80 million. It will provide single en-suite accommodation for all the Regiment's 600 personnel when the barracks is fully manned by the end of July 2006.
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The Corporal's Common Room
Rock Barracks, named after the Royal Engineer founder of Airborne Forces, Major John Rock RE, was built on a former United States Air Force Base and incorporates the latest in accommodation design.
The Barracks are well facilitated for sport and include three full sized sports pitches, an all weather floodlit Astroturf pitch, a climbing wall, assault course, 30m rifle range and a gym containing squash courts, weights and cardio vascular suites.
Until now 23 Engineer Regiment, which has four squadrons, has been split across four ageing sites: 9 Parachute Squadron RE were in Aldershot, 51 Parachute Squadron RE were in Ripon, North Yorkshire, 12 (Nova Scotia) Headquarters Squadron (Air Assault) were in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, and 61 Field Support Squadron (Air Assault) were in Maidstone, Kent.
The Barracks are well facilitated for sport and include three full sized sports pitches, an all weather floodlit Astroturf pitch, a climbing wall, assault course, 30m rifle range and a gym containing squash courts, weights and cardio vascular suites.
Currently there are around 160 soldiers from 23 Engineer Regiment serving with 16 Air Assault Brigade in Afghanistan who will return later in 2006 to take up residence at their new home.