RAOC Gazette - page 219
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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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hen surprise, surprise, wc were let loose on the over the nursery course of course, although judging by iess with which some of the Officers gingerly negotiated I*. r the obstacles it. was pretty testing, And we had the unity to drive the new V8 Land Rover nol in service ii^rt ^[h"the British Army but a possible for the Australians. It was 1 'very impressive piece of engineering indeed. L \Ve were all glad to see Colonel Underhill on the occasion r i ^ wedding to Lillian and we wish him the very best for the Petroleum Centre Ir u We also enjoyed Conductor Webster's fortieth birthday ,»lebration in the Seniors Mess and there is no truth in the iimnir that his wife is going to swop him for two twenty VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL L\1TH the equipment section just back from Amber Express under Corporal Mick Pain assisted by Corporal Brian Smith ive now launch into Live Log. After exercising in Denmark j vehicle park in Tidworth. will be a bit tame for the equip- ment sections. There may however, be the first Chinook in- volvement in our exercises to liven things up for them. Staff Sergeant Mick McCarthy and Warrant Officer Class I Nisei Smith are well up the resettlement ladder with Captain p./, id Paters on hot in pursuit. f ate Steven Povey had an unfortunate encounter with an u ,..\t :tied thing in the village who tried to kick, his head in the other night but, after two days loving nursing in the MRS, he was back on form and ready to train for Northern Ireland EOD duties. Private Derek Holmes has our best wishes on leaving the service and we hope that Corporal Dick Ockwell will be faring well on his RPC1 Course also Corporal John Snowden on his gliding course. Staff Sergeant Brian Tomlin has joined us now in charge of th: Volvo Section attached from 48 AMF(L) Company. jjor John Rose expected a groan when his extension of { ,ir >as announced until 1983 but we do assure him that he will be welcome to command us for as long as he likes. A TEAM from the Unit successfully took part in the RMP Chichester March- Our team of Ordnance and Pioneer soldiers completed the twenty five miles in good order. Our regret though was that we did not know about disco the night before— we look forward to both events next year. The Ord Marchers were Major Ron Medley, Sergeant Geordie Mould and Private Nick Avery from the Depot, Corporal Mick Bishop from the Orderly Room, Lance Corporal Bob Guest from MT and Captain Carl Hewitt representing the School and fulfilling his obligations as Unit Fitness Officer, Our visitors list for last month was headed by the DGOS who was pleased to present the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Major Sid Pincher the OIC Services. Other visitors were COO UKLF Brigadier Berresford and Colonel Volpe of the Combat Development US Army Quartermaster School. This month sees many arrivals and departures: Major Ron Medley leaves the depot for studies at Manchester and we wel- come Major Lawrence Wood. From the School W 2 Joe Kirk- bride is off to Belize and Sergeant Fred Taylor has gone down under on Exercise Long Look. In exchange we welcome Sergeant Chris Tatchell RAAOC Welcome also to W02 Symonds and Lingren. Farewell to Corporal Blakeledge and Privates Farnie and Sinclair who leave the unit this month on posting. S U L T A N A T E OF O M A N ^P n OINTMENTS-ROYAL OMAN POLICE SPORTS OFFICER Applications are i n v i t e d f r o m qualified and experienced Physical Training Instructors a n d Sports Officers for a p p o i n t m e n t as Sports Officer i n the rank of Chief Inspector in the Royal Oman Police. This is an expanding force o f over 4 . u n i f o r m e d men and w o m e n w i t h similar number o f civilian employees. The force possesses many sporting facilities including a 2 5 , seats stadium. A p p l i c a n t must be n o t more t h a n 4 5 years, v~' "ally f f t w i t h sound sporting background. Popular sports :• Sultanate include Association Football, Hockey, V o l l e y - Ojii, Squash, Badminton and A t h l e t i c s , Previous overseas service and knowledge of Arabic w o u l d be an advantage, b u t n o t essential. A p p l i c a n t m u s t be adequately experienced and proficient i n ah aspects of physical t r a i n i n g , organising o f sports activities, able to train, influence and m o t i v a t e indigenous staff. Pfcoto G, K. Gillberry. Captain Jim Wilberforce receives his trophy from M r s Shirley Gillberry at the West Moors Superstar Competition. The winner was Lance Corporal Mark Igo RPC and Private Nick Avery came second. CENERAL This is a u n i f o r m e d contract a p p o i n t m e n t of 2 years d u r a t i o n ^^d preference w i l l be given to single or unaccompanied person- Conditions o f service include annual e m o l u m e n t s a t t h e • :;- - j i e n t o f £ 8 , 1 {Chief Inspector) at the c u r r e n t rate o f exchange (tax free) plus e n d - o f - c o n t r a c t terminal b e n e f i t equal to 2 % o f salary. Free a i r - c o n d i t i o n e d , f u l l y furnished accommodation, Home leave is granted at t h e rate o f 6 days a year w i t h passages paid. A CHILD'S GUIDE TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Socialism. You have two cows—you give one to your neighbour. Capitalism. You have two cows—you sell one and buy a bull Communism. You have two cows—the Government takes both and gives you some milk, Fascism. You have two cows—the Government takes both. and sells you the milk. Nazism. You have two cows—the Government takes both and shoots you. Moral, Don't have anything to do with cows—they will only bring you trouble. ^or f u r t h e r details o f t h e post a n d application f o r m s , please write t o : — Inspector General o f Police & Customs A t t n : Senior Staff Officer Police Headquarters P.O. Box 2 Muscat Sultanate o f Oman. 183 |
| Book number | R0250 |