RAOC Gazette - page 211
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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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r C Branch and Headquarters 321 EOD Company ^__^ 'THE frantic pace of clerical effort is • /^ ^X increasing as further to our last notes, f ••-. \ as well as changing OC's, we now have I / A A \ 1 a n e w C'^TO. Lieutenant Colonel Vlf •li' \ l / ^endy as the photograph shows, was ^L y J c ceremonially towed from Headquarters iC\Sy\ Northern Ireland by the Headquarters •p\ pf" Staff and Bearcat team from Belfast. <<LiZ-5> Lieutenant Colonel Guy our new ^ < > ^ CATO looked on, no doubt with an eye to the future. We wish Lieutenant (VkMiel Hendy all the best at his new appointment as Chief In- <;•••,.:.-. .^r at the AS of A. EOD Instructors beware! • tajor Thornasson our new SATO continues to settle in well. He already wears that worried frown of a man who has blue lighted through Belfast rush hour traffic, a dangerous occupation. Lance Corporal Tony Hutton, the EOD Clerk, also had a touch of life at the sharp end. He volunteered for patrol duties in Crossmaglen and spenL a weekend hiding behind walls and looking suitably confident, even though his knees were knocking. Farewell to Staff Sergeant Brian Sutton, the Lisburn Team j\fo. 1 who handed over to Staff Sergeant Jim Howe, Brian just ^ A : ''ies for an EOD Operators tie, getting his one and only ~L ;-n his last day of duty! § AMMUNITION INSPECTORATE. The Ammo Tnsp, although entering one of the busiest periods of the year, still finds the time to fit in leave and courses, essential to the benefit of our careers» wives and sanity. Captain Andy Law, ATO, has discovered a team as good as Spurs, He has become a member of Linfield FC (who drew recently with Spurs three all), and enjoys after match drinks with the players and officials, although he was very surprised v r ^ d out they were no different from ordinary human beings. :•••;•-• ocently became a real soldier, after doing a chopper flight ( nu border locations, and ending up doing a patroL into Cross- magien. with the local infantry battalion. He was also knocked off his feet (fright) when the recent car bomb in Lisburn went off. WOl Dusty Stone, SAT, recently went to a military doctor along with a few others, to see if they could be helped in their efforts to stop smoking. All five came back, having experienced accupunture, and dying for a cigarette. WOl Dusty recently organised, planned and produced the Garrison Sergeants Mess Summer Ball, along with his few helpers, and resounding success is too, as the Sunday lunch-time visitors to the mess will :> y. One dislike though, is that no-one should eat ice-cream tii his presence. (Lance Corporal Sharp take note!). Sergeant Spook Anderson, in training for the new football season, has convinced himself that he really is leaving the Province. News of his replacement arrived the other day. He also had a shocking experience on the phone recently, as a result of one of his practical jokes back-fired. Caution is now the order of the day. He has actually had combat kit on four times this month, although one was for a unit photo. A comment was overheard, saying he looked like a cook in the ACC. Every - ; c re tells a story! Lance Corporal Dave Sharp, about to attempt his final sub- ject on EPCj has stocked up well with apples for the teacher, on the advice of Captain Law, (what does he know that we don't). A new technical library, telephone directory, and unworkable telephones are among his latest achievements. Sitting in a car park in Belfast one day, he drove off with the ATO, to hear on the pews, that a few minutes later there was a shooting where he had just been. He doesn't want to go back there. Lance Corporal Sharp, like Sergeant Anderson, is busily preparing for posting. Xm 1 finally, congratulations to Lance Corporal Sharp and his wife Pam on the news that they have another child on the J W . 2 SECTION. Since our last appearance on these pages a lot has happened at our two lonely outposts. A complete change in personnel has occurred, a new skip, new No. 2s, new ' bleeps,' new RCT and new ' chunkys.' The names of which are too numerous to mention. However, they have all settled well into our steady routine. The Old Man of the Section (W02 Moor) has taken it all in his stride. We think he is still gloating about fcis enormous find, over five hundred pounds of 'mix,* which '"••->"'• nly boosted morale here and the statistics at Headquarters. •* ~ } 3 SECTION. Headquarters 3 Section now has a new treasurer in the shape of Captain Parle. We are under the im- pression that he does not like his new desk as he is hardly in it, perhaps he doesn't appreciate the view. Corporal Dave Barker Photo Corporal M. A. Chamley. Lieutenant Colonel Hendy leaves in style* has deserted us for Belfast. We also say cheerio to Captain Lynn on his departure to tropical climes. Our replacement No. 2 Corporal Lashmar can now be seen scratching his head over the Ammo account (stick with it kid). Corporal Farmer our flying doctor is due to leave us soon but doesn't know when as he hasn't got that many fingers, so too with Private Eggber Kenyon, now back in uniform. BESSBROOK DETACHMENT, We welcome the new arrival of Staff Sergeant Jim Unsworth an old Bessbrookian. We hear that he is slowly recovering from the hangover of his first (rum) job. We would like to take the opportunity to wish W 2 Paul Mitchell all the best on his departure from our midst. Congratulations to Corporal Rudd on managing to get a success- ful handover as Province Reserve? OMAGH DETACHMENT. 3 Section welcomes Staff Sergeant Bob Clay and congratulates him on his recent promotion. Corporal John Napolitano survived his R and R. We are pleased to say he returned to the fold and is recovering nicely. By the way we don't believe you run coach outings from Omagh to Newcastle Beach. The boss says that the ski lift tickets you sold him were for July. Who ever heard of a ski lift on Lough Neagh, AUCHNACLOY DETACHMENT. —no sudden movements. ZZZZZZZZShhhhhhhhhhh Ordnance Depot Northern Ireland HAVING barely had time to recover from Exercise Finn Mc- Cool's Leap six members of the Ordnance Depot Northern Ireland set off to Norway to attend a Special Expedition organised by the British Outward Bound Centre at Isefjaer. The journey to Norway was long and uncomfortable and for any future expedition it is recommended that sleeping pills or some other form of anaesthetic is used, On arrival at Isefjaer we were informed that our expected trekking expedition was not available and that we would have to accept the river canoe trip in open Canadian canoes, so off we set with our canoes to the starting point about one hundred and thirty kilometres from the BOBC. The first mishap occurred on route when one of our canoes developed a large hole from bouncing on the tailboard of the four tonner—this was not unexpected as the vehicle was carrying six canoeists, three canoes, seven trekkers and all the kit—we had to sit some- where ! Fortunately our famed canoe expert—Sergeant Alan Kent came to the rescue with some good old Army masking tape and we were dropped off at our starting point at about 2230 hours hoping that this repair would be watertight. We travelled down Bygland Fjorden which is about thirty five kilometres long and because of our schedule and the recom- mended camping sites this would take about two days to cover. At the end of the Fjorden we had to portage our canoes as the water became very rough and unpassable for our type of canoe. We walked for about twelve kilometres to Evje in brilliant sunshine and afterwards we all suffered from sun- burn. Corporal Jock Walsh started to look more like a Troll 75 — |
| Book number | R0250 |