A soldier from Buckinghamshire has taken part in Europe’s largest military exercise of the year.

Captain Jonathon Nice, 29, from Amersham took part in the Exercise Spring Storm in Estonia in May.

The dad-of-one joined 14,000 land, sea and air personnel from 11 NATO member countries training together.

Jonathon, who studied criminal psychology at university and joined the army at 21, said: “The challenge of working with a multinational battle group is that we can’t rely on the shortcuts and the colloquialisms that we would normally, so being really clear in our language when we are asking them to do something and vice versa, making sure our communication is absolutely crystal clear is the biggest take-away for us.

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Bucks Free Press: Captain Jonathon Nice from Amersham is Adjutant in the Queen's Royal HussarsCaptain Jonathon Nice from Amersham is Adjutant in the Queen's Royal Hussars (Image: British Army)

“The opportunity to meet and get to know partner nation officers and soldiers we are working with on a personal level has been invaluable.

"As ever, working with people from different cultures expands our horizons and helps us be much better at what we do.”

On the deployment, Jonathon enjoyed working alongside and learning from other nations.

He is Adjutant in the Queen's Royal Hussars (QRH) and on the deployment in Estonia he was SO3 ISTAR (Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance). 

Jonathon, whose unit is based in Bulford, Wiltshire, joined the army because he wanted "something more than working in an office nine to five." 

The biggest challenge in his Army career was being away from loved ones, but the support from his team helped. 

"I’m married and have a son who is nearly one, so being away from them is always a challenge," he explained.

"Everyone in the Army understands it and that’s why it is so important to have those personal relationships and build trust among the team you are working in.

“Having shared adversity really brings you together as a group of people and that’s an environment I enjoy being in because of the culture of the QRH," he added.