RAOC Gazette - page 140
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1977 |
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| Early date | 1977 |
| Late date | 1977 |
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A CLERICAL ERROR poofe &ebieto Employment Training School RAOC Blackdown Barracks Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey. The Editor, RAOC Corps Gazette. Dear Sir,—When the new barracks were completed and I left the old 'spiders' in Dettingen to lake my first stroll around my new environment here, I found myself wondering some- what apprehensively at what I saw. The Gas Chamber. The large, concrete mushroom-tower—was it really a water tower or did it house a machine-gun nest to thwart would-be escapees? Did the building surmounted by those three tall metal chimneys really house the boilers™or the ovens? What was the real function of the Butchery Department? Did not the title * Com- mandant' have sinister overtones? Idle fancies, you may say. However, when one of my students showed me this letter which he received on arrival my worst fears were realized. Can the residents of Deepcut, in the peaceful, wooded seclusion of the Surrey countryside, honestly claim they don't know what is happening on their doorstep? T. TURNBULL, Civilian Instructional Officer, Basic Clerks' Branch, 1. Permission is granted for. you to live for the duration of the course. 2. However it should be borne in mind that this dispensation can be revoked if you fail to attend any instruction without reasonable excuse, * * * STOPPING THE CLOCK Bv P. G* MACDONALD THIS is the second book by Brigadier Peter Macdonald, DDOS 1 (BR) Corps, and covers a subject very near to our hearts— bomb disposal. The book deals in a most interesting w a v w tn a W^B^K^^i ' * ^ aspects of the subject that can e l^^fe^^fef^^ b dealt with in a book of this nature; pro- B^^^s'ThVa gressing from the growth of the threat, Kj^»fi^^^^ the bomb itself, the men whose task it is to ^OH^^^^P dispose of it and the risks that they them- H | ^ H H selves must take. It covers the role of in- K(^^^^^R8 telligence, of equipment, and has fascinating ^ H j ^ ^ B coverage of incidents in four theatres of Hjl^W^jjlll violence—Cyprus, Aden, Hong Kong and, ^ H f t j j ^ S of course. Northern Ireland. ^ ^ H xp?|piii Stopping the Clock is not a text book ^^BMMJMi but a most readable account of the role that ^w^W---- •' bomb disposal personnel play in the con- stant battle against terrorism. While space precludes a more detailed review, 1 feel that in any event, it might detract from a story which I am sure many members of the Corps will enjoy reading for themselves. Stopping the Clock is published by Robert Hale at £3.95. * CORPS RECRUITING LIAISON FROM MAJOR R. J. DACE, QGM DURING the few months that I have worked as the Corps Recruiting Liaison Officer I have relied tremendously on the help, goodwill and patience of very many people serving with the Corps to project our image in a variety of ways—from Unit displays and the printing of Corps recruiting literature to such large scale events as the Royal Tournament and Her Majesty's review of the Army in BAOR. The assistance I have been given by serving and retired personnel of all ranks and from civilian colleagues working with the Corps has made my task not only possible but reward- ing. (Even the occasional suggestion as to where 1 could put a display has at least caused me to consider some ideas in more depth!). I have appreciated that some of the requests put to you have caused extra work and often some considerable incon- venience, but the response has always been what I would hope for from people whose main aim, like mine, has been to show our Corps in the best possible light. I am most sincerely grateful for the support that I have been given and if my successor, Major Philip Inman, is given even a fraction of the help and guidance that I have been given he will be able to ensure that our Corps continues to have the high level of public and service respect and confidence that it currently enjoys. • • • 19TT RAOC OFFICERS CLUB DINNER THE 1977 Officers Club Dinner will be held in the Headquarter RAOC Officers Mess Deepcut on Friday 9th December. The dress is dinner jacket. Medals should not be worn. Drinks before and after dinner will be on a cash basis only but bars will be open from 7 pm. Officers should assemble at 7.30 pm for dinner at 8 pm. The price of tickets is £6.50. Applications should be made to the RAOC Secretariat in writing and must be accompanied by a cheque made payable to the * RAOC Officers Club/ As seating is limited to 270, and to ensure a fair distribution, applications for the advanced booking of tables cannot be accepted by telephone. Where whole or part bookings of tables are made, the application will be accepted as a firm booking only when accompanied by the total sum involved and the rank and name of all the Officers concerned. Tables seat up to ten persons. Limited overnight accommodation is available in the Headquarter Mess and requests will be passed to RAOC Training Centre. Transport for members of the Officers Club travel- ling to Deepcut will meet the trains arriving at Brook- wood Station at 18.07, 18,45 and 19.18 hours. Transport for those returning by train to Waterloo will leave the Officers Mess promptly at 22.30 for the 22.54 train, and at 23.10 for the 23.34 train. * THE 1978 CORPS CALENDAR COMPETITION THE recent competition to select a design for the 1978 RAOC Calendar attracted over thirty entries, with a wide variety of themes and methods of presentation. Entries were received from serving and retired officers, from soldiers, from civilians working with the Corps, and from children of Corps person- nel. The competition judges were impressed by the very high standards shown in every entry. The winner of the com- petition was Mr Brian Still from Barrack Services Hannover, and a cheque for £25 has been forwarded to him. All other competitors have been sent a 1978 Corps Diary as a token of appreciation for their efforts, except the competitor who featured RM activities as the theme and forgot to put his/her name on the entry—if he/she will contact the Corps Recruiting and Liaison Officer at Blackdown the diary will be forwarded, — — — _ — _ _ _ _ _ — ^ — ^ — LATE NEWSLETTERS SEVERAL newsletters have had to be excluded from this issue due to very late arrival in the Editorial office, some up to ten days late. Remember the deadline really is the 29th of the month prior to publication. — 104 — |
| Book number | R0246 |