RAF St Mawgan Nr Newquay.

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RAF St Mawgan Nr Newquay.
A sea of tents has sprung up at RAF St Mawgan as almost 1000 extra personnel prepare to descend on the site for a Nato training exercise. The base is the training hub of the Gloucester-based Allied Rapid ReactionCorps (ARRC) as revealed by this paper in Oct 2010 It hosts real-time training scenarios for a group of highly skilled strategists,commanders and military experts who are in charge of running operations in Afghanistan. The training programme is due to last up to five weeks and prepares teams for future short-notice deployments in support of NATO"s High Readiness Force. A spokesman for the Base said "Exercises like this are ideal to demonstrate the potential for hosting large defence organisations at the exellent facilities here at St Mawgan"