RAOC Gazette - page 118
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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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3rd Armoured Division HEADQUARTERS RAOC FLAMING JUNE, as it is called, or as the Chief Clerk calls it Flaming June 1 . was marked by the farewell visit of DDOS 1 (BR) Corps, Brigadier P. G. Macdonaid r during which the CRAOC, Lieutenant Colonel David Cornwell, presented a plaque and pennant on be- half of the staff of Headquarters RAOC. The S02 Maint, Major David Davies, away on the Ord- nance Representatives Course at Blackdown, after ten months ; n the appointment, left for the ferry with shouts of 'fiddle' and * Have a good holiday.* No doubt he will have some pearls of wisdom to offer Eo the course after his experiences during restructuring. Sergeant Barry Brooks, our new Chief Clerk, expressed a desire to go on a parachute course. He was promptly des- patched from the Technical Office window by the DOWO, our resident APJT. He is now looking for something higher, keenly watching the progress on the construction of the new thirty metre BFBS TV tower in the camp. The Branch volleyball team continues to do well in the Headquarters league, although it has suffered a setback since CRAOC, star of the team, broke a finger playing football! The second DOWO, W02 Sam Bartram, advised that the finger was dislocated and proceeded to straighten it and torture CRAOC, all in one operation. Our Chief Cleric Technical, W02 Danny Danvers, part time hockey referee and full time snooker player who thinks pot black is a BBC TV programme about cooking cannonballs, continues to be beaten at the game by allcomers, including the Materiel Clerk, Sergeant Paul Jackson. Sergeant Jackson also represents the branch in the RAOC 3 Division cricket team which recently beat a team from 4 Armoured Division. Following on from the last GAZETTE notes in which was mentioned the office reorganisation, the Technical Office seems to have borne the brunt of the chaos. We now have seven desks and eight clerks, consequently there is now a formula based on the eight hour day of one hour each, staggered for lunch break, but it is hard to convince Corporal Dave Burrell (the Vehicle Clerk) to take his lunch between 9 and 10 am! Private Steve De Feu, newcomer to the Branch, has arrived back having passed his driving test first time. Con- gratulations from all. He is now busy looking for a private car and telephone poles to knock down with four ton Bedfords. ORDNANCE COMPANY IN contrast to last month's news this month's points of interest have all taken place on the sportsfield. The golf team, grandly styled as RAOC Ordnance Company Soest Area, has twice beaten its REME counterparts. The OC has also recently taken up golf and I hear that already he is getting below double figures on the short holes. The cricket team, after a somewhat shaky start to the sea on, came back with a good win over 4 Armoured Division Ordnance Company, in the first round of the RAOC BAOR Championships. Volleyball is obviously the 4 in * sport this summer and it's good to see everybody joining in. The Unit team has played three matches but while the beers have been going down well the results haven't. We are very proud to have been the only minor Unit entered for the 3 Division tug-of-war champion- ships, and although Corporal Shephard and his crew put up a great fight, they succumbed in the end to the larger major Units. Whilst writing this article, half of the Unit is on Summer Camp in Bavaria pursuing such activities as rock climbing, water skHng, sailing and trekking, while a hardened group of walkers, led by Second Lieutenant Harris and Sergeant Hughes are busy preparing for the Nijmegen Marches in July. On one very wet day in May Second Lieutenant Harris took the Unit shooting team to the 3 Division championships. The small team, despite the terrible conditions, shot well in the SLR and SMG competitions, but showed that a great deal of practice is needed in the pistol shooting. Our only military exercise this month was convoy practice organized to give the vehicles a run, new drivers some experience, and a nev> subaltern a headache. Congratulations were due to Private Hooper who had passed his test on the morning of the run after only three weeks of driving. However, we will draw a veil on the events of that afternoon. Finally, we would like to welcome to the Unit Second Lieutenant Harris, Staff Sergeant Evans, Corporal Egan and Privates Williams, Connolly, Whetton and Meek, and bid fare- well to Lance Corporal Bridges, who is retiring to civvy street, and to Private Wilkes who moves to another Unit. Regret that the cartoon would not reproduce.—Editor. STORES SECTION, 3 ARMOURED DIVISION ENGINEER REGIMENT AS the Regiment reaches the final phases of Operation Banner training, and the 890's and demands fly thicker and faster than they have ever flown before, we, the few, of the Stores Section Rear Party, think fondly of the illusion that with ninety per cent of the Regiment on physical training, training, shooting, lectures and the one hundred and one other things to do for an Operation Banner Tour, our workload would decrease. Foolish people, every item is wanted yesterday, the day before yesterday or the middle of last month. But we are assured that when the Regiment has gone the workload will decrease. Won't It?? Our WOtC Bob Ford, has had another illusion shattered when RAOC Records changed his posting from the sunny climes of ICP Viersen in November (LOA and all), to the wintry climes of DSM Bicester in November. He now tells every- one, " I really wanted to go back to UK, really I did." The concensus of opinion is, if he keeps saying it till November he still won't believe it. Neither will we. On the sporting scene, our budding Geoff Boycott, Private Latham, has been heard to say, *' I will get a game in before the football season starts/' ACCOMMODATION SERVICES UNIT SENNELAGER WE are now the new re-organised ASU Sennelager, having shed our responsibilities for the Northern part of our old depen- dency to the newly formed ASU Detmold. Captain John Robertson assumed command from Major Frank Beaumont, who has left to be OC ASU Detmold prior to retiring in August. Although he has left the Unit, Frank will continue to live in Sennelager and no doubt we will see him on the golf course. The re-organisation has also meant that we are now under command of CRAOC 3 Armoured Division, Lieu- tenant Colonel Corn well, who paid an initial visit to the Unit on 9th May. On 9th June, John Robertson played in a friendly golf match with the DGOS against Brigadier J. P. Maxwell, BRAC 1st British Corps and Lieutenant Colonel Ian MacPherson, (RAOC retired). The result was in the balance until the very last hole, when regrettably the serving RAOC went down. Mrs Deborah Noble, one of our dependent clerical staff, was appointed Miss Paderborn and contested the Miss BAOR competition, which was held at the Rhine Army Show at Bad Lippspringe on 10th June. Although Debbie didn't reach the finalists she proved to be a most charming and worthy represen- tative of Paderborn Garrison. 4th Armoured Division HEADQUARTERS RAOC HEADQUARTERS 4 Armoured Division (the fighting fourth) has been busy during June on various commitments such as Exercise Main Brace, courses and the production of a new RAOC film * Supply in the Field.' All members of the Head- quarters are now fully fledged members of Equity. Our No. 2 DOWO (the vanishing breed) WOl Terry Hammond is in the process of handing over to W02 Tom Tait who we give a warm welcome to and hope it will not be too long before he is joined by his wife and son. Corporal Neil Quin has applied to change his nationality from Scottish to Welsh as a protest at the way his team played in the World Cup. We seem to be getting a much better service from ICP these days, which is the result of a beautiful relationship which Lance Corporal Steve Davies has with a young lady on the telephone in Viersen. Recent postings in are Lance Corporal Cuthbert and family, Private Billington and Corporal Richmond. Congratulations to Lance Corporal Mark Lynam on pass- ing his Bl Staff Clerks course and to W02 Jim Donoghue for a wonderful attempt at the annual BE test. ORDNANCE COMPANY A BUSY month for us here at Detmold. Rather an under- statement I hear the rest of the Unit say. We started with Exercise Black Bear III which was the OCs exercise, this went very well and we were especially |
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