RAOC Gazette - page 323
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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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So here we are sitting in the middle of a swamp, binoculars md. awaiting the return of our leader who is out with the . recovering a CVR(T). The OC FRG and his worried VM's it all wondering if the RAOC are being taught mechanics as pari of their trade. Our WOIC W 2 Allan Smith is in overall charge of the situation, who, when not carrying out a hundred per cent stock- take of the biscuits and coffee, is running around tieing down the canvas. Lance Corporals Tony Hicks and Pat Doherty can be seen clearing all the work away, is there any truth in the rumour lhal Tic, Tac and Toe have also been watching. Private Eamonn Forde, our naughty boy of the Exercise, shown great promise as a clerk, but the OC still sends him to - without any tea. Our Storehouse is situated in another swamp some five hundred metres away. Our first attempt of setting up com- munications were drastically destroyed by tracked vehicles driving over the Don ten wires, but our WOIC noticed that the Orderly Room Staff were constantly asleep so we borrowed their tele- phone and gave it to the Storehouse. Corporal Brian Low from our detachment in Munster, is a Second-in-Command, and, when not down at the Stadt-Olden- Pime is doing E and MA stock checks (he loves them). Lance Corporal Jackson says thankyou for putting him on i .: Corps promotion roll. Lance Corporals Watson and Murdoch LisJ Private Barstow, our Eager Beavers, enjoy sliding around in the mud with E and MAs aboard. Privates Gabriel, Fisher and Mansetl when not on duty, are helping our the MT with details, and last but not least our man who looks really Fatigued at the end is Private Jeff Wadsworth, Our drivers impress everyone with the long hours and distances they put in, with Kevin Bristow who suffered a bit of food poisoning, and he's on a diet, and Corporal Dave Ferguson who's done so many details his wife thinks that she's in the r \ercise area. Lance Corporal Spider Webb, Privates Jock Dalzell, Davey jones and Scouse Carter play their parts to the ultimate, especially Scouse, who even tried to do a detail with just a tyre—nothing stops these lads! You two have been at it again, postings must be your favourite subject, you have posted in Sergeant John Duff and Lance Corporal Paul Cartwright to the PC and A, Privates Bird, Fulton, Richards and Robertson to our Storehouse, and Lance Corporal Sean Saunders to the MT. Thanks again, must go now, until you change things again. 87 SUPPLY DEPOT THE main news of the month is that 87 Ordnance Battle Group now has a new OC Major John Laird. However, true to the traditions of previous OCs, he has gone missing already. This time the excuse takes the form of Materiel Umpire for 3rd Armoured Divisions Exercise Red Claymore. Major Robin Johnson leaves to command ASU Ashford. NAAFI profits up again! The Chief Clerk Sergeant Hall has just paid an exhorbitant amount (obviously overpaid and wer here) of money for a new Datsun. His wife and twenty ix children are said to be very pleased with his new toy. Pity ne Japs don't make good clutches though. Talking of cars, the Blue Streak (2ICs Porsche) was badly scratched by a drunken German on a push bike just one week after he had bought it. It was said that Anglo-German relations would take years to recover. ASU BIELEFELD HERR G E R H A R D BUSCHER was recently presented with his certificate for twenty five years loyal service by CCRAOC. As a senior ASA he has responsibility for the residences of the orps Commander and Brigadiers on the Staff of Corps Head- • uarters. (See page 266.) During the month the Inspector RAOC carried out his Technical Inspection and he was followed by Lieutenant General Sir Nigel Bagnall KCB CVO MC, the Corps Commander, who visited Oerlinghausen where a new containerised refuse service had been implimented. He visited the MQES and met members of the ASU, after completing his inspection of the AAS, ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE ONE DAY'S PAY SCHEME? (See your Orderly Room for details) 5 Field Force ORDNANCE COMPANY THE flood of leave passes and applications for postings were to no avail as the OC wouldn't give in for the dreaded Defence Auditors were on their way. Read next months GAZETTE for news of quick postings! On the promotion front we congratulate W02 Ted Curtis on his promotion, we now have two ' Q s ' in the PC and A. We also congratulate Lance Corporal Mac McManus, Privates Bill Boldison, Paul Bunyan, Paddy Walsh and Martin Noonan on being selected on the recent promotion board. Staff Sergeant Ray Brookes passed his Service Funds Accounts course and now runs the MT coffee swindle, well done Ray. Congratulations are also in order for Corporals Phil Hussey and Eric Davis (hope your head gets better) on passing their RPCl, Lance Corporal Scottie McNairn and Privates Spic Best, * JR ' Reid and Bill Boldison who are now Bl tradesmen. Lance Corporal Mac McManus has just returned from leave a newly married man we wish him and Liz all happiness for the future. The unit has been busy on the production front with Mrs Muriel Smalley giving birth to a son Christopher, and to Mrs Mandy McLuskie a daughter Laura, congratulations to you both. (It's getting difficult to write through the cigar smoke.) The football team have got the season off to a fine start f with three wins in a row. Our roving sports reporter ' Bab alias W02 Geoff Collinge gives each player marks out of ten at the end of each report, Lieutenant Worrall and Corporal Ray Rigden REME hope to get their total into double figures after the next game. We say farewell to our illustrious 2IC, Major Burr, to the Staff College, Camberley, and congratulate him on his pro- motion, and also to Private Wedge Wilson, who managed to* break his farewell gift within minutes of receiving it, As part of Major Burrs' farewell gift Private Mick Morris was sent out to buy a Volkswagen Beatle and came back with an Estate, only Dinky Toys I might add. Could the Depot book him in for the next 'Dinky Recognition Course?' Oh by the way Private ' N o o k y ' Nauyokas we mentioned you. ! • 3rd Armoured Division HEADQUARTERS SEPTEMBER heralded the gradual build up to our FTX Exercise Red Claymore with final instructions being passed out to units taking part. Lance Corporal Terry Shepard escaped the hive of activity in C Sups Office to attend an EPC Course and is eagerly awaiting the results of his labours. On the 10th of September we dined out Corporal Gordon O'Hara in a local hostelry prior to his posting to DSM Don- nington, at the same time we said farewell to Mrs Heather Walker, the D F A s clerk, who left to join her husband in Lippstadt, On the 18th of September the Branch descended on the Kegal Centrum Soest for a very successful bowling night. After two days of rehearsing and cries of " i t will be all right on the night" CRAOC Lieutenant Colonel David Botting, aided and abetted by Major Geoff Browne, Sergeants Mac Lindley and Mick Sharkey gave a CARESS (Calculations and reporting of Stocks) demonstration using an Apple II computer to DOS BAOR Brigadier Whalley, CCRAOC 1 (BR) Corps Brigadier Skinner, CRAOCs and 2ICs of 1, 2 and 4 Divisions and Corps Troops on the 24th September. On the same day we all did our six monthly BFT and happy to report a one hundred per cent pass for the Branch \ 29th September saw us deploy to the field on Exercise Red Claymore for twenty four days with the Colonel, Major Gerry Page, Captain David Caldwell, WOl John Malin, Sergeant Roy Matthews, Lance Corporal Terry Shephard and Private Dave Barry going to the sharp end at Headquarters DAA, At the blunt end in Shafoldendorf Camp was Major Geoff Browne, 269 — |
| Book number | R0250 |