Territorials on exercise

Photos by John Cosgrove.

Lance-corporal Scott Moses (left) and Corporal Piripi Matthews, both of Dunedin, lead their patrol through Lake Mahinerangi Village as they search for insurgents as part of the exercise.

Reserve Force soldier Private Zac Soper, a Dunedin tertiary student, covers his squad during a mock ambush drill at Lake Mahinerangi Village, west of Dunedin.

The two were among about 60 soldiers from the 4th Otago Southland Battalion Group who took part in ambush and platoon attack scenarios during a three-day exercise which finished yesterday.

By John Cosgrove.

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