Six tireless personnel stormed the British Army to victory at the inaugural Pacific Land Forces Team Readiness Competition.

A team from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles nailed the hot and hilly conditions of Hawaii after travelling to the American island state from their base at Tuker Lines in Brunei.

The five-day contest saw participants go head-to-head with several military outfits from across the Indo-Pacific region, including Malaysia, Singapore, Fiji, the Philippines, Canada and the USA.

Covering more than 150 miles, the event was designed to bring likeminded nations together on a range of challenging soldiering tasks including stress shoots, a sandbag hike, navigation exercises with tactical stands, a 10km obstacle course, command tasks and several best-effort weighted runs.

“This was a great way to demonstrate who we are and what we do,” explained Second in Command Major Ben Norfield.

“The guys are pretty competitive and have a lot of pride in themselves and the organisation, so it was a good opportunity to showcase that and how we operate to our international partners and create those relationships.”

Army Sergeant Major, Warrant Officer Class One John Miller, praised their impressive efforts. The Army's top soldier said he was “delighted” with the result, which had showed the service’s “tactical excellence and resilience” on the world stage.

Major Norfield added that a highlight of the competition had been seeing the Gurkhas win the land navigation activities around Schofield Barracks.

“I think the US troops were surprised at how effective they were at navigating, even though this was their base,” he said.

“There was a real emphasis not just on the physical side of soldiering, but the mental side too. The very last event was a long-distance run in which the troops got woken up at 1am for a final distance of 21km.

“They didn’t know that was going to happen, so it required real discipline as a team.

“Overall, it was a really interesting event for them all to be involved in.”