I am an experienced infantry and operational specialist with ten years of distinguished service in the British Army. His career includes operational deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, international exercises and deployments in Kenya Canada and Germany, ceremonial duties with the Royal Guard in London, and extended postings based in the United Kingdom including Northern Ireland and Germany. He has operational experience alongside UK Special Forces 23 SAS and has served as a Warrior gunner and vehicle commander. He also operated as part of an All Arms Search Team in Iraq providing specialist search clearance and force protection capability. Richy’s expertise covers tactical leadership reconnaissance surveillance route clearance weapons systems management and mission coordination. As a Warrior gunner and commander he was responsible for vehicle and weapons operation target acquisition prioritisation engagement under fire and the mentoring of junior soldiers. As part of the All Arms Search Team he planned and executed complex searches of routes buildings compounds and vehicles identified and marked IEDs and suspect devices preserved evidence and maintained chain of custody and used a wide range of search tools including metal detectors mirrors and breaching kits. He is trained in immediate battlefield first aid casualty evacuation and trauma stabilisation. Richy is fully trained on SA80 individual rifle LSW light support weapon 9mm Glock pistol GPMG 7.62mm machine gun and 94mm LAW anti tank weapon. His skills include small unit leadership CQB reconnaissance and surveillance vehicle gunnery risk assessment logistics coordination and mission planning. Disciplined resilient and adaptable he is accustomed to austere and high intensity environments and capable of sustained operational commitments in both mounted and dismounted roles.