RAOC Gazette - page 92
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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Royal Brunei Malay Regiment IN the past newsletters wc have tended to write about the Logistics Depot in genera]. In future, articles will be sub- mitted about individual sub-Depots start- ing off with LOGISTICS STORES SUB-DEPOT— FLOTILLA, "Different," that's how the WOIC Andy Meachen describes his life at Flotilla. He has a staff of thirty six, twelve military and twenty four civilians all housed in a new storehouse with spacious office accommodation, which would be the envy ar.y Sub-Depot account holder in the British Army. Having ipieted his Malay language course he then proceeded to learn • talk Navy.' No more Naafi breaks, it's now ' Stand Easy/ doesn't put things away anymore he ' Stows' them. No- Jy is ever late, they are * adrift/ His favourite nautical >ression is * Make and Mend' (half day off). Supporting fourteen vessels the Sub-Depot has around forty iiisand item headings (if only one of them was a crystal ball) i is inscaling at * a rate of knots.' A recent trip to Manila the three Waspada Class ships resulted in mountains of ires being drawn from stock by the ship's crew before %.rture, "But you already have on board spares" cried the li 4t ;)1C, er yes " replied the engineers these ; just in case "! Our WOIC PC and A WOl Hamid continues to process les of BAF 19's (remember the AFG 982s? It still lives) while r WOIC Stores W02 (Tom) Jalil keeps up his motor mileage jms by his frequent trips to our Base Depot at Berakas. tmour has it however that we are soon to receive our own nd Rover so the days of the private car may be numbered, rry Tom, A belated welcome to our new and first OIC, Lieutenant r ::ddin Sahat straight from the flesh pots of Berakas. Con- Jations to Sergeant Jumat on his well earned promotion and to Corporal Yahya who thinks the WOIC's telephone is for the private use of his girlfriends. Further congratulations are in order for George Hendley his selection for promotion to WOl also to Derek Pickford . » breathed a sigh of relief and said he never doubted it. We welcome Major Harris (DAQMG 1 designate), WOl marsh (Supt Clerk designate) and WOl Adams (WOIC rtson Engineer S/Section designate) and we wish them and r families a very happy stay in Brunei. They are all getting nek into their Malay Course at the moment. WOl Meachen being pur in the picture by Major Seymour RN. and won them both, The Monthly Medal and The Dato Peat Trophy (Dato Peat being of course that well known Soud Fuels Magnate). We must also welcome Staff Sergeant Mel Hamilton from 1 v the Hebrides, well on the way now to enjoying his Cooks Tour with us. Already big changes afoot in the Stores Section, they now finish work at 12.30 instead of I o'clock to fall in line with the new bar opening times at the * Bunga Angerrak ' if the truth be known. We wouldn't want you to get the wrong im- pression of Brunei, the Stores Section has been extremely busy as usual, The Major Talking Point being the arrival of ( C Flights ' new Bowser Engine. We hope it lasts longer than the previous one, it better. All they want down there now is new racking for the Storehouse—any offers! Our CQMS Staff Sergeant Ben Carr has been doing his BFT training three times a week and recently made it one hundred per cent pass for RAOC members. All he needs to do now is live down the statement made on his confidential report by the outgoing Garrison Adjutant, when referring to Bens regular attendance at the local hash, the sentence that appeared was " Staff Sergeant Carrs' most recent success is that he has now become a Master of the Lash " I wonder what his wife's reaction to that was! Headquarters Brunei Garrison Force Ordnance Company Belize WHAT a month! Who says we d o n ' t work out here! This month British Forces Belize have undergone their inspection by the MGA, Major General Hellier. To this end there has been much waving of paint brushes and sweeping of brooms. Staff Sergeant Pete Wade and Sergeant Dave Anson discovered hidden talents as tile layers in support of the DOE ' rapid clean-up * team. All the work seems to have paid off, however, since the MGA seemed well pleased with his inspection of the Company and indeed the Force as a whole. Although activity here within Airport Camp has reached a feverish pitch over the past four weeks we are pleased to report that the state of emergency has been lifted and so ' outside ' there is an air of the old Belizean tranquillity and calm. Let's hope it lasts. In a lull between inspections and painting we were pleased to see Staff Sergeant Pete Wade presented with the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal by Brigadier Vivian, the Force Commander. We wish Pete hearty congratulations. This month for a change the unit boat is seaworthy at the time of writing these notes. Even as I pen these lines she should be skimming across the blue waters of the Caribbean with a party of jolly supply specialists and clerks. Life's tough out here but very occasionally it does have its compensations, Finally, this month we welcome WOl Harrison, Sergeant Foster, Corporals Beattie, Cole, Jones, O'Neill and Thompson, Lance Corporal Griffiths and Stevens and Private Johnson. We ~~] GOODBYEE! GOODBYEE! —The Panaga Golf Course will never be quite the same again, those incredible fifteen yard drives and forty five yard putts! The colourful phrases that echoed around the Club-House. Yes, the Bouchers have played the course for the very last time, to the overwhelming relief of the green- keepers. Take heed SHAPE they are on their way! AG9, obviously aware of Molly and rians first love, managing to come up trumps yet again—How )me the rest of us always manage to get Northern Ireland? rust take up golf! The couple were suitably bade farewell recently at both the ^rgeants Mess and the Castaways Club (JRC for those not yet vare-—you should read these notes more often) and will be rely missed, we wish them every success in the future. Major ugustus and Mrs Nora Wilson arrived in good time to witness tost of the festivities, welcome, have a good tour. One word of arntng though, the Headquarters typist gets most upset if auYe not in to drink your coffee by 10 am. W02 Graham and Mrs Laura Manders also took their ave of us recently. They were not quite as lucky, still we ear it told that the sun does shine occasionally in Bulford. raham and Laura will be sadly missed by the rugby and the ^hing fraternities (not to mention the Anchor Brewery). We ; mid really at this point thank Laura also for the contribution, ':£ made to BFBS during her tour, you wouldn't recognise the luce now Laura, so many new faces! WG2 Kevin Reardon is still here! currently keeping a watch- -il eye on the progress of his brand new ASU (details next lonth), successfully taking over also on Panaga Golf Course rom Major Boucher having entered two competitions recently, 73 — |
| Book number | R0250 |