The tactical art behind a British Army jungle river crossing

British soldiers 5,000 miles away from home brave leeches, ticks, parasites and – not least of all – crocodiles, as they endure jungle combat training in Belize.  

A company of soldiers from the 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment are in Central America to learn how to operate in one of the toughest environments on earth – the Belizean jungle.

And one of the keys to mastering jungle warfare is the tactical art of a stealthy river crossing.

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