RAOC Gazette - page 305
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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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•incd and most of the groups had departed for hot showers .• tnod in Deepcut. Balaclava team two (Apprentice Privates Pilgrim, Lamb, l-nde and Rutherford) pushed their platoon team into first place, (heir time seven hours forty three minutes. The first recruit team, Benghazi 5, with Apprentice Privates Jackson, Squire, Tomkins, Williams (994) and Williams (211), managed an excellent eight hour ten minutes—a remarkable time for only three week's training. In all, seventy five per cent of the teams completed the walk, the rest being stopped, having run out of time. With conditions deteriorating, all felt a sense of achievement in having .npeled in the event. The OC, Major Glen, was to be seen taking part in the tt..-;k dressed in sartorial alpine elegance. He explained that he was breaking in his heavy climbing boots in preparation for the College expedition to Mont Blanc. A few weeks later he and Apprentice Privates Shipton and French left for the peaks cf Chamonix. After a thoroughly enjoyable time tackling the Des Bossons glacier, they made their attempt on the peak, but at nine thousand five hundred feet were buffeted by an electrical storm of great ferocity. Since new snow brought avalanche danger, the party was forced to retire. Also back from attacking me same mountain from the 1 Jian side is Apprentice Sergeant Mathias, who took part in I \ercise Monte Bianco. The Royal Military C o l l e g e of S c i e n c e S h r i v e n h a m ^±^^ THE Design of Information Systems MSc students have finished their final written examinations, with Major Simpson and Major Warnes safely through. They are now working on their final dissertations. David Wames is designing a control system for a semi-automatic warehouse; a project sponsored by the Commandant COD Bicester, He hotly denies any suggestion that his system will enable Fair Value to be extended by a further phase, during which T«m# cooHo^wt ti^i^ii Bicester a n d D o n n i n g t o n are closed a n d all stores a r e removed to a refurbished Moreton-on-Lugg. A n d r e w Simpson, sponsored b y DSCS, is designing a micro based system for the control of C o m b a t Supplies in I (BR) Corps. It is m m o u r e d that there are three Annexes devoted to political spects alone. Lieutenant Colonel Bill Bewley arrived back from a three weeks * Executives Refresher Course T in America (how does he do it?) looking suitably refreshed, to find Lieutenant Saunders waiting at his office with a request to borrow the Corps Lists for the last ten years. His pretext was that he is conducting a project on manning flows. We all know that he hopes to break the heavily coded annotations and ascertain his chances of making QMG by the year 2000. Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Goad, whose duties as DS \mmo somehow require him to be an expert on logistic ehicles is wrestling with the problem of explaining to Div III students that a truck four ton weighs five tons but can carry only three tons. After the recent gale, Lieutenant Colonel Dace has been busy reducing a blown down tree to a Standard Fireplace Load. All attempts to have this enterprise ' logged ' as an alternative BFT have failed. WOl Bell is preparing for his posting to Gibraltar. He is responsible for Provision Co-ord in the Equipment and Accounts branch. Despite the wealth of experience he brings to this sphere, he has managed to take disposal action on his private :ar so early that he is now reduced to cycling in from High- worth ! Comments from the more junior and irresponsible mem- bers of the College such as 'Look, a bike with two bells on!' are met with haughty disdain. We wish him every success in his new appointment. Major David Rowley and Captain Peter Harp and Captain Terry Hammond have joined the College temporarily on a Microprocessor Appreciation Course; welcome to them, it is nice to have them with us. Finally, the monthly RAOC wives' coffee morning was held in Kitchener Hall. The recent BAOR initiative on officers' dress •vas discussed and the DGOS policy on the adoption of NATO terminology for RAOC appointments in BAOR was tabled, put to the vote and endorsed unanimously. A decision on the stationing of Cruise Missiles in the UK was held over for a more detailed report at the next meeting! it Rerum Cognoscere Causas »» EOD Branch and Headquarters 321 EOD Company ONCE again new faces are to be seen at Unit Headquarters. We say farewell lo WOl Clive Lambert who has left us for Hereford and the delights of the Ammo Inspectorate and to Staff Sergeant Mick Parrel 1 who has left for the mysteries of Hong Kong, We wish them both and their ladies well in their new postings. We welcome in their place WOl Mervyn Chapman and Staff Sergeant Pip Pittaway and hope they enjoy their stay with us. Our Lisbum team has also had some changes. Corporal Duncan Rudd and Private Marty Mart have returned to the bosoms of their parent units while in their place we welcome Corporal Paul Carrahar and Private Terry Wooton. AMMUNITION INSPECTORATE, Captain Andy Law is at present globe-trotting round the US of A on three weeks leave. On his return, his sun tan will soon disappear, WOl ' Dusty* Stone is preparing for his claim to fame (he is running a squash skills course) and obviously looking forward to the Harp Players Christmas production, auditions taking place very soon. Sergeant Spook Anderson is busy doing hand-over notes in preparation for his trip to Hong Kong, He walks around all day, singing " Days to do." Eat your heart out, Charlie George. Lance Corporal Dave Sharp is also leaving us, with only days to do. Germany will never be the same. He is busy with packing and preparing our new Mini-van for hand-over. We were presented with a plaque from I Battalion Scots Guards on their departure. Nice to know someone appreciates us. WOl SECTION—MAGHERAFELT. Magherafelt has been extremely quiet, I'm told this is especially true since Keith Blaster Burton left some weeks ago. The infamous ' Cookstown Triangle's * influence has not h a d . its usual hold on the team with no incidents or kit failure since the wheel fell off, but let's say no more about that Old members of the team won't recognise the old place, with interior decorating and design now top of the list for things to do. This is partially due to the cold weather and my rod of iron! We say farewell to Corporal Swadling shortly and to my- self, ' Hello * Sergeant 4 Hollow Legs' Johnson. NO. 3 SECTION—ARMAGH. An eventful time in No. 3 Section- We have just recovered from the upheaval of moving to Armagh. Everyone has settled down and we have sorted ourselves out nicely. We now await (with baited breath) for the latest authority allowing PSA to go ahead with the works services submitted two months ago. We would like to congratulate the team member who found this weeks warm radiator and guarantee that next weeks will be harder. We have said cheerio to Private Lang (the prang) who has left us for Londonderry, we hear he is playing the star role in ' Paint Your Wagon'! In his place we have Private Hodgkiss on temp loan. Our OC, Captain Parle, is learning to read smoke signals. The latest message from his tribe was in answer to his request for a new wigwam. I often wonder if Canada is ready for him as much as he is ready for Canada. Corporal Lashmar is away on R and R we have ' lost our key' man. Lance Corporal Dusty Miller (close second to Private Lang for bending vehicles) boasts about having the smartest and cleanest broken down beaver in Ireland. Our Admin Sergeant is slowly cracking up under the pressure of FMT 3's and was last seen paddling in the River Bann. — 253 AUCHNACLOY. Activity at last with the departure of Corporal Milnes and the arrival of Corporal Granner. Every- one rose early that day. Corporal Granner was soon to settle in by volunteering his services to man the top lookout post, complete with GPMG. Keen is not the word. Congratulations to Sergeant Barry Morgan for finding his hiding place so quickly now they can all go back to sleep i BESSBROOK. WOl Jim Unsworth at present on R and R has our Admin Sergeant baffled. Jim keeps on about his need for some ladders, perhaps he is planning his escape. We would like to extend a welcome to Corporal O'Brien on his arrival here to replace Corporal Barney Scullion; we say cheerio. Also we say goodbye to Private Tiffany and welcome Private Whitham complete with trousers! |
| Book number | R0250 |