Safe journey. Soldiers from 3 SCOTS (3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland) have deployed to Iraq on OP SHADER where they will provide security and train local Iraqi forces. | British Army

3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) have been spending the last two weeks preparing for a challenging new role in Iraq. The Inverness-based soldiers kicked off their pre-deployment training for a six month tour in Iraq, training and mentoring Iraqi troops to help defeat Daesh. The soldiers have been honing their Infantry skills ahead of the tour, including firing their Heavy Machine Guns and using the weaponry on their Mastiff and Foxhound armoured vehicles, all on the rough,

Last in our series takes a look at 3 SCOTS and families enjoying the last parades in Dunfermline and Perth last week. Led by their Pipes and Drums, soldiers from The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) were parading around Scotland to mark the end of and safe homecoming from their recent tour of Iraq. The Battalion has been undertaking a Training and Mentoring role in Iraq, on an operation called Operation Shader, qualifying the Iraqi Security Forces and the Kurdi