“If we get seen by the enemy or come under fire we want to shoot back and get out of there as fast as we can.” Pathfinders are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade, the British Army’s airborne rapid reaction force. Trained in specialist airborne techniques to insert deep behind enemy lines, PF is tasked to gather battle-winning information and identify locations where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter. Operating in small patrols far from the support of fri