RAOC Gazette - page 260
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Colour | No |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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J5rto£ from &broair Headquarters BAOR IT is believed by some that this large Head- quarters is staffed mainly by those with low PESs. Not so! Jogging, BFTs, cross-country, allied marches and sport are all predominant There is a RAOC squash ladder with nearly forty competitors. The top three rungs currently support Major Mike Steptoe (a Gunner but a member of Ordnance Directorate Staff), WOl Ron Thornton and WOl Roger Crisp, Major Ken Mullins cracks the whip to Keep the Garrison cross-country runners on their toes and RAOC is well represented in all events. A team from the Headquarters is being entered for the RAOC BAOR cross- country meeting—Watch out Dulmen! Headquarters AFCENT WITH the end of the summer (?) holiday season here in the Netherlands, the AFCENT community has returned ' bright eyed and bushy tailed* to the fold, By way of a welcome back gesture, Captain Colin Robinson led a seventeen man (or more accurately, a sixteen man and one American lady) joint British/US force as the enemy on Exercise German Eagle— a field training exercise of AFCENTs German L Headquarters Battalion. Other Corps baddies' were W02 Colin Bawden, Staff Sergeants Doug Liddell and Roger Evans, Sergeants Alan Ward and Paddy Stan way, Corporals Dave Hampton and Ian Roe and Lance Corporal John Dickie. Suitably kitted-out, camouflaged and armed with enough blanks and thunderflashes to take on the whole German Army, the force obviously acquitted itself well, since the German soldiers 4 not only provided a welcome endex' beer but issued invitations to a beer call a few days later. The second step in getting rid of the excess summer vigour was the second running of the annual BFTs. Since the last tests, the course had been professionally surveyed by a Field Survey Squadron RE and subsequently lengthened by one hundred and fifty metres. This apparently affected a couple of mental stop watches but we hope to announce the usual Corps one hundred per cent pass rate by the next issue of THE Sergeant Alec Mitchell, W 2 Kevin Callaghan C M and Sergeant Van Vamqi after presentation of their Long Service and Good Conduct Medals by the DOS BAOR Brigadier Crawley. GAZETTE. To save space we will feature our gladiators one sport at a time and this month we kick-off with the rugby club. Although the AFCENT * Knights * have both American and German players, the majority are drawn from the three British services and, in particular, the British Army. The Corps boasts six players including the captain W02 Colin Bawden, the vice-captain, Sergeant Paddy Stanway, and the club secretary Sergeant Phil Jeffery. Helping to put seme weight behind the pack are Corporals Pete Marley, Paul Newton and Lance Corporal Ian Balfour. The * Knights ' play against military and civilian teams from, many countries but are particularly well known in Holland for their typically British style of play. They are often called upon to give demonstration games at sports festivals through- out the Netherlands. They have started this season well r scoring one hundred and thirty six points in their last three games with only six points scored against them. Congratulations to Staff Sergeant Roger Evans and his wife Fit on the birth of their daughter Amanda, to Lance Corporal *^n Balfour and his wife Car on on the birth of their son Ian, and finally to Lance Corporal Kevin Smith and his wife Carole on the birth of their son Kevin. Welcome to Corporal Neil Cox on joining the Unit — 213 W 2 Colin Bawden, centre, w i t h his w i f e Maureen, after he had been presented w i t h the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal by Brigadier J . M. Palmer, right, Commander of AFCENTs British Army Element. Ammunition Inspectorate BAOR HERFORD. The 'hallowed halls' are still relatively deserted, even though our contributions to the Divisional Dump Companies of 2nd and 3rd Armoured Divisions have returned from their respective exercises; both parties insisting that theirs — |
| Book number | R0247 |