Looking back... Troops take part in Moonlight Saunter

Troops included men from Ballyclare and Larne.

They were joined by a support platoon from Lisburn for the exercise in the Antrim Hills.

The exercise included an “assault on cliffs”, a “strike” on land followed by a simulated attack on a “nuclear power station” at Robin’s Hill.

Reveille was at 4.30am. A helicopter was unable to take off due to the wintry weather conditions.

It would have been the first time in Northern Ireland in which a helicopter would have been used by a TA unit on company exercise.

The operation was under the command of Captain DM Fulford-Talbot.