RAOC Gazette - page 177
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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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SATO EAST. It's the Corporal ATs of the EOD Report Centre who are getting all the * jollies.' There's Corporal Jack Kelly, now renamed Ned, because he's off to Orstrylia on Exercise Long Look, and Corporal Colin Beyer to Belize. Corporal Barry Taylor hasn't got it quite so good, he's only going on a short ferry trip to another place for four months. Corporals Nick Nicholases and Dave Oakley are due off on a six weeks exercise in Germany with their parent Unit No. 1 Bulk Stores Platoon. Private and' Mrs Gil!man with Colonel presentation. Berresford after the ATO HOVNSLOW. We welcome Staff Sergeant Graeme Creighton back from Northern Ireland even though he is banished to the detachment at Ashford to replace Staff Sergeant Rick Warner who is shortly bound for Hong Kong. Congratulations must go to Sergeant Geordie Richardson on passing his Commando Selection Course, if we were able to get him down from his Green Cloud Nine, we could give him his posting order. As regards Captain Wharmby, the ATO, it's a case of l Have Badge—Will Travel,' what with a week in Malta visiting the AT, Staff Sergeant Ian Moore, and this shortly followed by ten days out in the Atlantic deep sea dumping rolls of Jungle Tape, hammers, and the odd 1,000-lb aircraft bomb. The detachment once again provided 'Technical Assistance' behind the scenes at this year's Royal Tournament We have just returned from Lydd where we spent several days grabbing NRSA, sorry I mean undertaking large scale demolitions, Those few days certainly went with a bang. Just joining the RAOCs version of 'International Rescue' is Sergeant Mick Warden who is coming to us from 3 BAPD. We haven't told him that the Outer London Allowance is not quite as large as LOA in Germany, anyway, greetings to him and his family. the West Midland Singles and in pairing up with Lieutenant Colonel Bhabutta RADC, also won the doubles. In canoeing the CAD is showing great success in WOl Mick Haslam representing Great Britain in the world canoeing championships in Yugoslavia and W02 David Young being selected for the Combined Services team. At present the Companies are training up their swimming teams for the Unit gala from which a team to compete in the Corps Championship will be selected. No doubt come October, Kinetan will have won the championships yet again! Finally we must say farewell to Lieutenant Colonel Thome (Retd) our MO who is leaving us for Long Marston and semi- retirement. We wish him all the very best, ATO COLCHESTER. It's Ian Rimmel who gets all the men- tions. First of all he had a daughter, Justine Louise, born to him and his wife on 19th June, then he was promoted Sergeant in July (backdated to April). Congratulations on both happenings. 1 Ammunition Inspection and Disposal Unit ATO OLD SARUM. Staff Sergeant Tony Pearce has been 1 poached' by ATO Hereford and will be greatly missed by South West District Transport Claims Commission. FMT3s can now be removed from g our vehicles. Corporal * H* Stenner is welcomed back from Op Banner,' congratulated on his pro- motion and posting to BAOR. The movements of our ATO, Captain Phil Hanion, are somewhat vague as he helps local cricket teams lose their matches. For this heinous crime SATO (W) has sentenced him to a week in Kenya. The rest of us are practicing suitable grovelling techniques in the hope SATO (W) will send us to slightly more sunny climes than Dartmoor. HEADQUARTERS WE continue to keep ourselves fully stretched with outward bound courses in Norway (twice), boat handling, dinghy and off- shore sailing courses, free-fall parachuting and expeditions in pursuit of the sea-urchin! Captain Bill Pearson " stood-in' for Captain Frank Hodge during the latter's indisposition and he and the Second-in-Com- mand have devised a fiendish and somewhat energetic 'Sum- mer* Camp for the whole Unit (no exception) on Dartmoor during the pleasant month 5 of October. Our CQMS 'Geordi has finally homed back to the North of England (not quite far enough), and has been replaced by Staff Sergeant Alan Proudlove straight from the AMF(L) Ord- nance Company with many tales of oppression and duty free! SATO NORTH. This month we start THE GAZETTE Notes by congratulating Sergeant Mel Lack on his promotion to Sub- stantive Sergeant. SATO North welcomes to the establishment Staff Sergeants John Knight and Rod (Fluff) Roberts to ATO Liverpool and farewell to Staff Sergeant Alex Calvert from ATO Liverpool. The whole Catterick detachment has been very involved in the recent Catterick Army Display at which we provided a static display of UXOs and IED equipment. Also an arena display of a mock bomb disposal incident featuring 'Action Man,' Sergeant Dave Thornley. (See the September GAZETTE), Another event worthy of note was the Annual 1 Ammo IDU SAT Conference which was held in Catterick. All concerned agreed that the conference went down very well, as did copious amounts of the l local Old Peculiar * brew afterwards. SATO North warmly congratulated WOl John Mills and Staff Sergeant Mick Morrison on successfully completing a course at the Army School of PT until he found out it was a golfing course; he can now be heard at the nineteenth hole muttering about people who have unfair advantage. ATO ALDERSHOT. The detachment organised an arena dis- play of Wheelbarrow for the 197S Aldershot Army Display. Assistance was given by Corporals AT from the EOD Report Centre. The detachment said farewell to Sergeant Dave Bretherick who went out to the big outside world and welcomed Sergeant Jim Fleming from Wulfen. The detachment wel- come Ford Escort 05GX53 and mourned the sad departure of Land Rover 07GF18. Lance Corporal Chris Marsden returned to the fold from a successful tour with 321 EOD Unit in Northern Ireland, Central Vehicle Depot- UK VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL WB have seen the final farewell of Major David Humphrey as Officer Commanding; he was phased out in fine style, a grand tour of the Depot, carried on the Christmas float towed by a tractor and was given a rousing send-off by military and civilian staff alike. We welcome our new OC, Major Richard Hall. Our Summer Ball has been held. It was difficult to realise that while dancing and swaying in a draped and decorated 'Arabian nights' style pavilion, we were in fact in a tank hangar. All thanks to Sergeant Ambridge and his hard work- ing entertainments committee. Music by the Chris Hamilton Show Band. Our two shadow Units were deployed on Exercise Forward Pass in the Barnard Castle area. The sections were led by Corporals Wally Williamson and Bob Freeman respectively- Their last problem before leaving the Depot was to recover their camouflage nets from the previous evenings Summer Ball decorations. The sections were kept busy moving ammunition pallets with their Eager Beavers, standing to at all the usual inconvenient times and even repulsing the occasional attack. 46 — |
| Book number | R0247 |