Sandhurst, Blues and Royals, and first tour of duty to Afghanistan Prince Harry

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officer cadet wales (standing attention next horse) on parade @ sandhurst, 21 june 2005


harry entered royal military academy sandhurst on 8 may 2005, known officer cadet wales, , joined alamein company. within year, in april 2006, harry completed officer training , commissioned cornet (second lieutenant) in blues , royals, regiment of household cavalry in british army. given service number 564673. on 13 april 2008, when reached 2 years seniority, harry promoted lieutenant.


in 2006 announced harry s unit scheduled deployed in iraq following year , public debate ensued whether should serve there. defence secretary john reid said should allowed serve on front line of battle zones. harry agreed saying, if said no, can t go front line wouldn t drag sorry ass through sandhurst , wouldn t . ministry of defence , clarence house made joint announcement on 22 february 2007 harry deployed regiment iraq, part of 1st mechanised brigade of 3rd mechanised division – move supported harry, had stated leave army if told remain in safety while regiment went war. said: there s no way m going put myself through sandhurst , sit on arse home while boys out fighting country. head of british army @ time, general sir richard dannatt, said on 30 april 2007 had decided harry serve unit in iraq, , harry scheduled deployment in may or june 2007, patrol maysan governorate. 16 may, however, dannatt announced harry not serve in iraq; concerns included harry being high-value target (as several threats various groups had been made against him) , dangers soldiers around him face should attempt made on life or if captured. clarence house made public harry s disappointment decision, though said abide it.


it reported in june 2007 harry had arrived in canada train alongside soldiers of canadian forces , british army, @ cfb suffield, near medicine hat, alberta. said in preparation tour of duty in afghanistan, canadian , british forces participating in nato-led afghan war. confirmed in february following year, when british ministry of defence revealed harry had been secretly deployed forward air controller helmand province in afghanistan previous ten weeks. revelation came after media – notably, german newspaper bild , australian magazine new idea – breached blackout placed on information canadian , british authorities. later reported that, while in afghanistan, harry helped gurkha troops repel attack taliban insurgents, , performed patrol duty in hostile areas. tour made harry first member of royal family serve in war zone since uncle, prince andrew, flew helicopters during falklands war. service, harry presented operational service medal afghanistan aunt, princess anne, @ combermere barracks in may 2008.








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