Members of the Federal Regulation Army take up a hasty position on anescarpment during an exercise t
Members of the Federal Regulation Army take up a hasty position on anescarpment during an exercise to test rapid movement in mountainousterrain, during the Radfan Campaign (January – May 1964). They arenear the garrison town of Mukeiras, on a plateau about 2.4km high inthe state of Audhali, about 193km east of Aden.Until 1961, Aden was defended by the Aden Protectorate Levies, whichwas a local force commanded by the British. It was reformed as theFederal Regulation Army, and the Government Guard became the FederalNational Guard. In 1967, these two forces merged to form the SouthArabian Army, which was increasingly distrusted by the British. -- source link
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