RAOC Gazette - page 208
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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splitting of the Ayris, Thornett ' twins'), Lance Corporal Lewis ACC to MCTC Colchester and Private Stotan to Chilwell. We welcome Sergeant O'Connell, Privates Wynne and Tyrrell and Private Flannagan ACC. Watch out for future editions featuring the Spearpoint war stories. Parts of the Unit begin to look a bit more like a vehicle holding Unit as a sudden influx of temporary issues of four ton trucks fill the wide open spaces on the back park prior to Crusader. However, Q Barnett will lose these toys after the exercise and hopefully get some new ones on a slightly more permanent basis. Privates Brocklehurst and Blackburn recently returned from an adventure training exercise in France and were able to demonstrate their newly acquired skills when the Unit sponsored the 2nd Armoured Division down river canoe race. Lieutenant McGhie and Lance Corporal Brockie also competed but the most spectacular entry by far was made by Private Curthoys who capsized and spent some time sampling the rotary washing machine effect under the first weir eventually emerging minus swimming trunks! Lieutenant Colonel Hellis, CRAOC Corps Troops presented the prizes at the end of the day and despite a slight shortage of entries a good time was had by all. Combat Supplies Battalion 43 REPLENISHMENT PARK COMPANY WE recently had a Company disco held in a local disco especially rented for the purpose. A good night was had by all and thanks are due to Sergeant Les Livesy and the CSM, Dave Avery, for organising it. The Company March Team led and trained by Sergeant Les Livesy went off to Nijmegen and proudly returned with individual and team medals. Well done: W02 Rony Pearce, Corporal Duncan Rudd, Privates John Bache, Dipple, Savage Maclver, Miel Overton, Geordie Tweddle, Winnie Winstanley, Mick Wray and bikey Mark Brown. We shall be there again next year—where are you 44 and 49 Companies? The March and Shoot Team also did well in winning the competition sponsored by 44 Replenishment Park Company. It is rumoured that 44 Replenishment Park Company even entered a team, but they must have got lost on the day, (or was it the rain?). Our team consisted of: Sergeant John Balding, Corporals Ricky Dunne and Robbo Robinson, and Lance Corporals Ian Crouch and Pete Turner. Lance Corporal Turner had, in fact, only arrived in Germany the day before, but promptly volun- teered, or was it ordered?, as he walked through the door. We've now started a fishing club. Don't know what they're angling for but I suspect it will boost Staff Sergeant Mick Fare- brother's rent-a-truck business. The Company Club at Nieheim is being refurbished and the new Star Wars machine is doing overtime. We welcome Sergeant Nobby Clark, without the ' e,' Sergeant Tony Garland and Lance Corporal Pete Turner, fresh from the ' Green.' v»? ~I i"«E^'Brt^:-r y^s-TSs & * -->"'.- ££"?*• •'X- «. T s < ? « • > - Lance Corporal Brockie of the Corps Vehicle Company going well. 49 REPLENISHMENT PARK COMPANY CORPORAL MEAH, one of our very professional band of heli- copter handlers, has been seen wandering around the Unit shaking his head and muttering something about that ' photo- graph ' in THE GAZETTE and logistic load carrier for the eighties? His dialogue went something like this. After all, the Chinook has been in service with the Americans since 1962, and the model the RAF will be getting will be a refurbished CH47, it does have peculiarities (downdraft!) but in the final analysis it is just another helicopter that any professional should be able to handle and get on with the job ! What on earth is all the fuss about! 1 wonder what he meant? The OC of course has remained rather neutral over the whole affair, come to think of it of course, he really is neutral, being OC Neutral Organisation for Exercise Spearpoint, but only because, rumour has it, no- body else would touch it with a barge pole! Back to the ranch. Private Wallace has decided he is bored With not working and wants to return early from leave, the Administrative Officer has decided he is not bored and required leave, and to hammer the point home has flown to Hong Kong. We have heard of ' oneupmanship' but that is taking things too far. We were delighted to welcome Brigadier and Mrs Skinner to our annual Anglo German cocktail party, a good time was had by all. We will soon be saying farewell to the Battalion Second-in- Command, Major Bradley, one time Officer Commanding 49 Replenishment Park Company on posting and promotion. Well done Major Bradley and many thanks for being a true friend and mentor of 49—see you in February 1981! 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| Book number | R0404 |