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Sgt O'Brien advising Ptes Sinnott and Devoy. (The plastic sheeting
used as roofing again shows the benefits of foraging.)
tion process. The teams marked a heli-
copter landing site and built signal fires
to attract and guide the helicopters in.
Expecting the constructing of the fires
to be as far as it went, the teams were
surprised when two AW-139s landed to
extract them to an unknown location.
Told to set their compass to south
and to continue to march on debus-
sing, the troops were mentally prepar-
ing themselves for another night on
the ground. However, once again they
were taken by surprise when they
found themselves close to Blessing-
ton, with the Curragh Plains rolled out
below them. They were heading home.
Cpl Louise Woods said: "They were
never happier to see the water tower
in the DFTC!"
Ptes Hayden and Byrne light their team's fire. Once
lit, the teams continued to improve their shelters and
collect more firewood until it became too dark to
move through the forest.
