RAOC Gazette - page 42
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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and was reflected in the Branch attitude to innocent enquiries upon their return to work. Indeed, Corporals Gordon Richard- son and Dave Jones took a certain amount of persuading to return at all, while the final destination of Sergeant Mick Goff will probably remain a mystery for sometime to come. Corporal Dennis Edmunds has recently celebrated his initial entry into ihe Headquarters duty rosier although this has not had the slightest effect upon the volume of cartoons he produces, Corporal Steve Evans, who claims to be doing a lot of fitness training during the weekends, has been known to leave his post behind the grill to attend a * Fit to Fight' test (Now that is impressive). Private Chandler, who was apparently awarded Best Novice on Exercise Snow Queen, cannot now make up his mind whether to be a staff clerk, shorthand writer or brain surgeon. Lance Corporal Ray Prince is busy taking leave, after impressing us all with his early morning runs, while Lance Corporal Monty James who spends much of his time running the local long range tombola, has been proudly showing oft his new born son. Congratulations to Monty, and to Mrs James. Similar greetings are also due to Wally Upton, who has been walking around with a huge grin on his face since he learned of his posting and his provisional selection for promotion. We welcome Staff Sergeant George Willerton who replaces Staff Sergeant Roger Watts, and we wish Roger well on his exotic posting. At the same time, we say farewell to Lance Corporal Chris Hole, who leaves us for civvy street As for the Headquarters RAOC staff, we are glad to see Major Bill Clayden leaving for Chilwell, but pleased that he is going on promotion. Private Phill Harnott has returned married, from UK, although he seems to have changed remarkably little, while Corporal John Scott is showing them all how it is done on his RPC in Dulmen, CRAOC has taken yet more leave, but from the way his staff telephoned him at home and even went knocking on his door to ask him questions, he might as well have stayed at work. 3rd Armoured Division HEADQUARTERS RAOC AND SO, all DADOS pass from the scene to be replaced b>r SOs2. An RAOC peculiar disappears in favour of a generalized solution; one more step in the homogenization process. Perhaps the Corps could perpetuate the time-honoured title by declaring that the expression % Dead as a f Dodo' will henceforth not be used but will be replaced by Dead as a DADOS.' The selection of S02 as a title was clearly not a haphazard or ill- considered move, especially as applied to DADOS C Sups. Should he now be known as ' Esso 2 *? There is a new and strange phenomenon in the branch. On Mondays recently, CRAOC has been heard muttering to himself behind closed doors. It transpired that he was record- ing the 3 Armoured Division sports report for transmission on BFBS and had not, as was rumoured, eventually succumbed. The expected flood of fan mail has not yet materialised, but we have gTeat hope for the future. Lance Corporal 'Sporran' McKaig recently organised an RAOC skating evening at the local Eis Halle which was a great success. We are all used to skating on thin ice but this was a new experience for most of us. Perhaps the most remarkable sight was Corporal Alan Armstrong moving at high speed across the ice, performing a most intricate series of what looked like tap dance steps. It was not until he fell in an untidy heap that we realised that this was his method of skating. This amazing performance was repeated a number of times but, credit where it is due, by the end of the session he was skating in a more normal fashion. Watch for this year's pantomime, * Headquarters 3 Armoured Division on Ice/ The improvement in the weather has brought gloom to the skiers and joy to everyone else. The Regimental rugby team emerged from a winter of discontent to beat 2 Royal Irish by forty to three. The hope is that the team can maintain this standard into the new season, A local summer league is being arranged and there are high hopes for a continuance of the success rate. A number of hockey players formed part of the Divisional RAOC hockey team which played in the RAOC BAOR Competition at Headquarters BAOR. The team was placed fourth of five in the competition, a good effort for what was an ad hoc gathering. Finally, we welcome W02 Bartram, the second DOWO, Sergeant Brooks as Chief Clerk Admin, and Private Du Feu for employment in the Tech Office, {Our apologies for the slip in the photograph caption of last month's newsletter.—Editor.) STAFF CLERKS EXERCISE SECONDS OUT gave the G Clerks a chance to see something of the Soltau Training Area. 1 Their impressions put v into writing could be called colourful but the possibility of (hem being printed is doubtful'. The exercise was followed by a Divisional sports meeting called Triangle Week. Our photo shows Staff Sergeant Jensen getting friendly with a log. Unfortunately, as the log hadn't been out doing its twice weekly PT and consequently wasn't very fit, his team failed to win. Staff Sergeant Jenson logkeeping, The Superintendent Clerk, WOl Bob Skennerton, plays a funny game with a ball that has three holes in it. We hear the game is called tenpin bowling and at times he does enjoy some success in his chosen sport. The weekend before Easter, with his partner Sergeant Tony Cusack, RAPC, he won the Army Doubles which were held at Tolworth. His only trouble now is that when someone tells him to get his finger out he is not sure how to take it! Private Rubie has left us on attachment to Paderborn Garrison and we wish him success. ORDNANCE COMPANY AT the end of last month we told you we were going on Exercise Seconds Out, which was 3 Armoured Division's final exercise before taking its place in 1 (BR) Corps. The idea of the exercise was to stage a battle between the two Task Forces in the Division while the Logistic Units provided real support but did not actually take part in the exercise play. After an abortive effort to find an ideal location we deployed in a fairly comfort- able area and started to dig in, only to find that that particular area was not allowed to be played on. So, with deep regret we moved into Rheindahlen Camp to live in tents instead of trenches, to wash in hot water instead of cold and to watch films instead of standing-to etc, etc, Although it sounds as if we had an easy time, the Unit worked round the clock and sorted out a lot of the technica procedures; we also did a lot of driver training to try and givt everyone in the Unit a go on all the different types of vehicles The problem was trying to get people off them rather than or them, like the OC getting on a motorcycle and not being seen for the rest of the day, The exercise culminated in a Parade and Drive Past in spected by the Commander 1 (BR) Corps, General Sir Richarc Worsley. The drive back to camp involved a lot of self recover} in the packets, which proved the wisdom of carrying plenty ot straight bars. Private Langsford succeeded in killing his thm Bedford in three successive exercises while Lance Corpora Pearce attempted to put the death wish on every vehicle h rode in. Back at camp we settled down to our usual jobs and trie to catch up an our sporting fixtures. Three rugby matches in week left most of the team in no fit state to do anything, bu although they lost every match they did not disgrace themselves The hockey team finished their league fixtures, unfortunatel losing again, but they hope to do better in the RAOC (BAOF Tournament in Rheindahlen which will have been played by tl time this is published. The football team has taken a well earned break reac for their assault on the league title as they are now fifth. Loc out Notts Forest! 1 |
| Book number | R0247 |