Matt Hoey

Recorded on 16 February 2021

Matt Hoey is a Mountain Leader in the Royal Marines

Mountain Leaders are an elite cadre of Royal Marines who are experts in long range reconnaissance, arctic warfare and mountain climbing. A Mountain Leaders primary peacetime role is to teach their techniques to other Royal Marines and share their expertise with other military units.

In their operational role, Mountain Leaders carry out Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition Reconnaissance (ISTAR) operations and lead mountain routes and cliff assaults for 3 Commando Brigade.

Matt discusses with Adz how he became a ML and some of his experiences he has gained over 23 years of service.

 

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