RAOC Gazette - page 65
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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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tattott J^ttosi Training Centre Ministry of Defence ^ ^ ^ MILITARY OPERATIONS. This ^ ^ ^ pktfz&ts^r month we seem to have quite a few ^^fw§§^ new faces around the Directorate. We J/yj^X would like to welcome them all and w s 1 tnern an e ^^ScJiSSS^ 9 ' ' enjoyable tour. Sergeant J&^TgJgSgr^j?? Dave Bellew, on transfer into the ^^% Igglijj c ^ ' W Corps from the Grenadier Guards, has been attached to M03 for six months to assist in Exercise Wintex 81 planning. Until now I had thought that the Infantry marched at ninety per minute, not typed at that speed (perhaps a little exaggerated, but I can assure you, only a little). Sergeant Pam Dibben has arrived to take over from Sergeant Irene Lockwood who is posted to Germany. We wish Irene good fortune for the future and hope Pam settles quickly into the Secretariat. Lance Corporal Diane West has joined us from Catterick and Private Marjorie Dudman direct from Blackdown. Staff Sergeant Cliff Lee has just been informed of his posting to LIVEOAK; Sergeant Chris Morris of DI4 will relieve him. I gather both parties are looking forward to their impending moves. No doubt it is the thought of LOA that draws Cliff away from the bright lights of Military Operations. He will find more time in LIVEOAK to pursue his outside interests, but wonders what on earth he will find to talk to his wife about when he gets home at lunchtime and shortly after five in the evening. Staff Sergeant Denis Palmer is now posted to 16 Battalion at Bicester and not to Woolwich as previously reported. Directorate of Supply Computer Services THE silly season is upon us again and Branch and Team parties are in full swing. Captain Barry Morgan has been act- ing on behalf of Egon Ronay (unpaid) to find out just which establishment in a radius of six miles around Graven Hill offers the finest cuisine and value for money. His guide should be very useful for next year. The winter weather has brought its usual spate of road accidents. W02 Dave Kuester was involved in a serious accident on his way to work at the beginning of December. His left hand drive mini-bus had an argument with a coach—the right hand part of the mini-bus was crushed completely and it took firemen an hour to cut him free. However, to nobodys surprise, he talked the whole time. Dave Kuester is now out of hospital (minus a knee cap) and was even seen at the Sergeants Mess Draw recently. He still plans to continue his javelin throwing in 1981, and we wish him a speedy and com- plete recovery. VESPER'S annual military versus civilian Potted Sports were held early in December. I understand it was a military victory with the Civilian team winning the soccer eleven to four despite W02 Les Govan's valiant attempt to elminate Graham Howe. There is still time to wish all our readers a Happy New Year and to welcome our newcomers; Major John West, Major John Livingstone, Major John Elphinstone (from Australia), Lieutenant Simon Ginn, WOs2 Shaw and Stacey and Sergeants Hendon and Beck. By the time this newsletter appears in THE GAZETTE we will have said farewell to Major David Marks, Major David Reid (all the best on his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel on return to Australia), Captain Sue Rollo and Cap- tain Warwick Stanton. To all we wish them good luck in t h e i r new appointments. Finally my apologies to Lieutenant Colonel Louis John— welcome to DSCS. SCHOOL OF ORDNANCE THIS month has been a relatively quiet one for the School, especially for the Logistics Branch. The new Senior Instructor Logistics, Lieutenant Colonel Bradley, has already made his mark in the branch. He placed ' THE GAZETTE Notes' file in our tray, marked ' T o the Captains Cabal.' We didn't under- stand the statement but we assume that it means the ' Loglets have been lemoned again!' Firstly our foreign news. Major Ray Ansel recently won the RAOC Autumn Golf Meeting adding yet. another trophy, a rose bowl, to his growing collection. He also assures us that he and the Commandant won a unique game of golf when they beat their opposite numbers from the Army Catering Corps. In typical American fashion, Ray actually reported this match as the ' first Annual Exchange Officers Golf Meet!' He also reported that he has taught one period this month. His tour has recently been extended to 1982 so that he can teach about six more. Sergeant Binks took part in the International Cross Country Event at the Crystal Palace recently. He spent a few days touting for ' viewers' when he heard that the race was to be televised. Unfortunately, he was nowhere to be seen, beaten by eighty two lucky runners. Lance Corporal Wrigley was selling badges on the following Monday titled ' I didn't see Mick Binks on the Tele!' He was more fortunate in the HMS Collingwood six mile road race coming first. He was also in the team which came second in the Army Cross Country Relay. There were no Ethiopians in either of these events! W02 Madden has attended an RQMS' Course and has been seen shaking his head relentlessly. After ?? years in RAOC and having spent all that time accounting for what he had, he has now found that the units account for what they haven't! He ended up with a B grading so something must have rubbed off. Major Stephen Roberts has spent some time with us in our office recently. He keeps promising us slides if we part with information, notably about the Divisional Ordnance Companies. Soest beware! Those who know the School well may know that Super- clerk, ie Carol Foxon, has finally passed her driving test at the nth attempt. She has even driven to work by herself since and even parked the car in the School car park. Carol has now expressed a wish to become a driving instructor, her first student being Captain Geoff Lynn from the OOs course! We wait with bated breath for the arrival of Major Reggie Von Zugbach de Sugg. He is not as the name suggests a. train driver but the replacement for the new Lieutenant Colonel Dai Davies. The typists are already Upset because there isn't space to write his initials R. G. L. V. Z de S. on the course pro- grammes. Finally Major Frank Warren would like it publicly known that he is still here! EMPLOYMENT TRAINING SCHOOL BASIC CLERKS. The number of students attending the All Arms Clerk Class 3 and the Supply Clerks Class 3 courses continue to rise. Additional courses are being crammed into an already heavily loaded course year. Instructors and students alike continue to thrive and all is well and happy at the Employ- ment Training School RAOC. Welcome to Sergeant Alan Cooper, R Signals, soon to be- come RAOC, and Sergeant Malcome Sharpe new arrival at the School. Fond farewells to Staff Sergeant Tony Rolfe on posting to Antwerp and Sergeant Ron Cooper on posting to Germany. Congratulations to Staff Sergeant Alan Coulbeck on the award of the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal which he almost swallowed at the drinks party after the parade. SUPPLY SPECIALISTS. All that can be heard from our leader WOl Keith Williams is "who has Precis No?" also "what happened to View Foils for lesson?" |
| Book number | R0404a |