A new man has been recruited to help swell the ranks of the Army.
Fijian soldier Misaele Vakadranu, 27, has joined the regimental recruiting team of the Green Howards.
Private Vakadranu joined the regiment in January 2002. He realised his ambition to join the British Army after a visit to Fiji by a recruiting team in 1999. He came to Britain in 2001 and lived in Scarborough for a few months before joining the Green Howards. He is now part of the recruiting team, which tours North Yorkshire and Teesside telling young men about life in the regiment.
A talented rugby player, Pte Vakadranu was part of the company team which won the regimental championship recently. He now hopes to play for the regimental team when the rest of the battalion returns from its six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.
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