RAOC Gazette - page 209
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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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he leave season is upon us. Colonel David Porter has his MS crystal ball down to the South West, to continue usirigs by the sea. His PA confirms that the rest of the u ment which he used whilst in AG9 (pins, ballpoint red n,\iiopake and modelling wax) is also missing from his desk. san while, Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Smith has been vigating his way along ihe Caledonian Canal, terrorising local h life en route. In reality it had little to fear. He has ;>ugh given a new lease of life to the expression * Hello Sailor. 1 is used sparingly however since he has picked up the well own Scottish greeting " See you outside Jimmy/* The accent II leaves a little to be desired. Happily, the Scots were rired the sight of him in a kilt, A rush to join the Scottish i: ^nalists was a threatened reprisal. vtajor John Downing, following his policy of continual inv o^'fneni. has taken leave for a week, vigorously to pursue his pen University Degree Course. The rest of us found it easier remain at work. Finally, the Vehicle Division civilian cricket team beat its ilitary counterpart in an ostensibly fun match. A manage- ent objective for 1981 is to find something at which to beat ,e civilians. In support of this, a military dwile Honking team at a secret training camp, somewhere in Nottinghamshire. 'atch this column for further revelations. Training Centre HEY didn't get all of us! (Readers of July's GAZETTE will know : the recent MOD ' Mafia Contract * for IE(A)*s total destruction f the Training Centre). But we have certainly been shaken! ther units within the Centre will probably report on their isualties but to us in the Headquarters our list is as follows. iur Supt Clerk post is downgraded to W02, only seven weeks fter Bob le Vaillant's arrival (but nobody has seen him crying y, } ). Chief Clerk AQ has been downgraded from Sergeant to loral but with an Embassy post in the pipeline Dave French r. too worried! The G CorporaPs post has been annotated may be W R A C ' and the Post NCOs * will be WRAC* Appoint- lents have been made at the Cambridge Military Hospital for o(h John Legg and Steve Geary to- have the necessary perations! Remaining untouched is the G Branch Sergeant—no longer Chief Clerk as he hasn't got any Staff, Kevin (" I wish I'd gone ver to the Chinese when I had the chance ") Mills. Other cuts i our empire are one post in TSAB and two in Repra. So, many • is will soon be on the move, We welcome Major Desmond Townsend (GS02) and Major wit Little (S02 AQ) and wish them every happiness at Black- own. Farewell to Major Chris Brightman and Major Keith dentzel on their postings to 1 (BR) Corps and Headquarters iouth East District respectively. Our Commander, Brigadier liornton, retires in October. We say farewell and thank you tow, but will report on his departure next month. Sergeant Mick Binks hates to let a month go by without being mentioned. He finally broke the four minute barrier for the fifteen hundred metres when he ran for the Army againsL Hamp- shire and Surrey. His lime of 3.54.2 minutes earned him his Combined Service Colours for athletics. Later he ran for Combined Services against Southern Counties but he is not making the result public. The August recess is now on us and the newly installed one armed bandit, courtesy of Captain Tony Gallagher, is starving from lack of money. However, our cleaners, Nita Hazeldine, Marion Archibald, Trudy Longstaff and Lyn Beck are reviving it temporarily. We say " Bon Voyage " to Sergeant Dave Hewson who is on his way to Osnabruck. We wish both him and his new bride the very best for the future. We welcome in his place Sergeant Sid Rumble who, believe it or not, is not a sportsman. CENTRAL VOLUNTEER HEADQUARTERS AFTER a go-no-go confrontation with the RAF at Brize Norton the Commander, Colonel John Gregan and his crew eventually took off for the USA where they boarded the Corps yacht 4 Thunderer' and sailed her on the first leg of the voyage back to England, We understand that a great time was had by all— though this had nothing to do with the sailing! With the majority of staff on block leave it has been fairly peaceful this month, but we are well aware that it is only the lull before the storm when it will all start to happen again next month. Preparations are already well in hand for Exercise Amber Express and Exercise Rising Phoenix which involve several of our Sponsored TA Units. Major Alan Taylor has left us and will soon be telling the DS at Staff College, Camberley, how it should be done. We welcome in his place Major Richard Conway-Hyde from the Food Technology Course, and hope he will enjoy his stay with us, APPRENTICES COLLEGE 'A' COMPANY. Now nearing the end of summer term, 'A' Company's recruit platoons are both settling in to normal College routine. They have experienced their first Battle Camps —a severe shock to some systems, particularly when they found how much weight they had to carry simply to survive for two nights in the field. Fitness training is also taking on more sig- A HOME of your OWN? Is this Your Problem? SCHOOL OF ORDNANCE PRIDE of place this month goes to Corporal Ian Gray who is to be con- gratulated on his selection for the RAOC Award for Achievement for 1981. Corporal Gray recently retained the Army Stroke Play Championship for golf which he has now won three times. He has also won the Army Golf Championship twice and >lays for Hampshire as well as for the Army. The Commonwealth and Foreign Officers recently departed after their five months at the School. On the day before they 'ef T they took on the might of the faculty at American Softball v And permission of Major Ray Ansel (US) who along with ^ -tenant Colonel Archie Clark (Retd) umpired the match with 'bvious expertise. The staff were the victors by a considerable riargin due to the opposition's course reports not being signed it the time! The Commandant awarded them their certificates sf achievement at a farewell buffet lunch in the School Mess. Colonel Joseph Volpe and his assistant Major Ira Orr from the US Quartermasters School, Fort Lee, Virginia were welcome visitors earlier in the month. A very compact pro- gramme was included in the short time of their visit, in v h-ch it was discovered that the Chief Clerk, W 2 Bob Connelly touting them for inside info on jobs back in the US. He -< J out with a smile and hasn't said a word to anyone yet. Miss Viv Eltringham has just returned from her three weeks holiday in Cyprus appropriately tanned. Welcome back to the tatid of rain. 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| Book number | R0250 |