RAOC Gazette - page 263
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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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hrize who spent his money in one go finding out just how r nensive Danish beer really is. With Regimental and technical training, map reading and orienteering, and on the ranges with th- RRW as well as our everyday tasks turned it into a very busy period. Then came the second week, and Captain Carman's rain. Everytime we go on exercise the 21C prays for rain. Accord- ing to him an exercise is not an exercise without rain! You have all been through it, in a wood, wet, miserable thinking what am 1 doing here, with the ten tonnes stuck in the mud. Isn't it fun travelling through the countryside. Lance Corporal Archibald and Privates Rennie Green, Buck Rogers, Jock Williams have been doing a great job with the Bath Units, but will really have their work cut out after this wet week. COMPETITION. This is your third day on exercise, you are wet, tired, hungry and demoralised and you are told to repair a punctured tyre, having completed the job you find to your amazement that the tyre won't inflate. Yes you've guessed it! What would your MT Sergeant say to you! Answers please to Private Rennie Green. May we take this opportunity to welcome our new OC Major Geoff Thomas and all new members too numerous to mention individually* and a special welcome to Sergeant Kruize on exchange visit, complete with side hat and hollow legs. We vish Major Gordon MacDougall a fond farewell to JDSC. Also our congratulations to Private Jimmy Greaves and his wife Carol on the birth of their daughter Louis. {Regret that we can't print poems in newsletters because of the considerable extra space that they take,—Editor.) 7 Field Force Ordnance Company THE major occupation during August was designed to test all the military skills, re- sourcefulness and determination of the Company. The exercise was code named BLOCK LEAVE, and involved a dis- persal phase beginning on 7th August to all four comers of the globe, followed by a concentration in McMunn Barracks on 1st September. All ranks took full ad- vantage of this forced idleness and reflected varying degrees of exposure to the sun. A HOME of your OWN? Is this Your Problem? I cannot f i n d you a House but I can HELP You Buy It, Let me Advise You w i t h o u t any Obligation, whether you wish to Buy N o w or In the Future. First prize for initiative must go to Staff Sergeant Paddy Brymer and his wife who took on the challenge of air traffic control strikes in order to explore the New World. Miami Beach Florida will never be the same again I The OC, Major John Regan, decided to brave the holiday traffic and headed off to Devon with his caravan in close support. The craze for house ownership continues to sweep the unit with the AO, Captain Maurice Palmer and W02 Noel Barker joining the property stakes. Recent good news includes Exercise Lion Sun in Cyprus next April for six weeks has been confirmed for the Company. The frozen wastes of Stanford in February will seem a little more bearable with brandy sours and flip flops at the back of the mind! The prize for the hard luck story of the month must go to Staff Sergeant Steve Morgans. He joined the unit from Hong Kong, and recently learnt that his posting in November to Naples is cancelled. 'Where to now?' you might ask. Bicester or Donnington? No, Oslo instead. Some people obviously have friends in high places. (If asked no doubt he would say he has earned it!) Recent arrivals include Sergeant Barry Ahem RAAOC on Exercise Long Look. He has spent time with the AT Det in Colchester and has almost completed the mandatory con- version course from Aussie to Pommy drinking habits! Recent contributors to the population explosion are Sergeants Bob Gillespie and Chris Davis, whose wives produced a daughter and a son respectively. We all offer our con- gratulations. Central Ordnance Depot Bicester HEADQUARTERS COD. tt has been a very busy month with visitors. The Vice Quarter-Master General Major General Thome was the first of three Major Generals in one month. The second being Major General Staveley, Chief of Staff LE(A) and our DGOS. Our photograph shows the DGOS during his visit to the ^ Battalion dining room. Mr Len Walkerdine who for many years worked in Planning Branch as Plan- ning Officer TSDIT gave a farewell party at Rodney House on 11th September 1981 for friends and colleagues. Prior to his departure to Joint Work Study School and Andaver, the CPO Lieutenant Colonel G. A. Nichols presented Len with a Stereo Cassette Radio. We wish him all the best in his new position. We are sorry to report that Mr Steve Lnwin of Depot Procedures, Planning Branch, has been ill for some time. After a spell in hospital he is now recovering at home. We wish hhn well and hope to see him back in the near future. We welcome Lieutenant Colonel D. J. S, MacColl who has taken over as OC 2 Sub Depot. -^IK Why Nor Consult Doug Cilmour (Insurance Broker) "Green Hedges", 7 Linsday Road, Branksome Park, POOLE, Dorset Telephone: 2 2 7 6 4 4 3 Specialist in Life Assurance, Investment and House Purchase Plans Name/Rank , , Address Date of Birth. ....Occupation. I am interested in House Purchase /TmmBdiate/ Future/ School Fees The DCOS talks to the WRAC in the Batfalion Dining Hall. BATTALION HEADQUARTERS. During the last month life in Battalion Headquarters has, yet again, been hectic. Most of the time has been spent preparing for Exercise Grey Mist, the Battalion Annual Summer Camp at Fort Tregantle, Nr Plymouth, — 219 — |
| Book number | R0250 |