This was a Project OMEGA reconnaissance mission for I Field Force Vietnam conducted in the Plei Trap Valley along the Cambodian border. It was followed by MARCH II and were the last of nine Project OMEGA operations. Following this the assets of Project OMEGA were transferred to MACV-SOG.

Operation PADDINGTON, a joint search and destroy operation, is conducted near Long Giao and Nui Dat by the 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the 1st Australian Task Force, the 2nd and 7th Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment, plus ARVN and VNMC units The six-day mission, designed to open VC dominated jungle, resulted in 93 VC killed.Geoff Barrow may have spent some time in the wilderness after the release of Portishead's eponymous second album, but since the equal parts stunning and challenging return the band achieved with Third he has regained his passion for making music, and has been involved in a wealth of new projects, bringing his own Invada label back to the UK, helping to curate All Tomorrow's Parties, and making three new collaborative albums.

The forty-one track hip-hop project he released with Australian producer Katalyst and long-time Portishead-affiliate 7Stu7, under the name Quakers, debuted last month on Stones Throw, to widespread acclaim. He also has a new album with his experimental band BEAK> dropping in June. But perhaps the most fascinating project he's been involved in of late is DROKK, a collaboration