RAOC Gazette - page 125
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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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We were recently engaged in mortal combat with the Work- shop participating in the ARU military skills competition. Sergeant Sorrenson and our B team came creditable runners-up, only sixteen points behind the winning REME team. Rumour has it that we let them win as the OC's new trophy case is full already. Private Knight has returned once again with the Army White Water Championship Cup and he should be allowed to keep it, well done Alan. Lance Corporal Dirk Wilson is now a proud father of a daughter Marlies and a sad owner of a bent Colt, any offers? We welcome back Lance Corporal Jessop from his detach- ment at BATUS, judging by his skills on the bowling lane his time has not been wasted. Fond farewells are said to Lance Corporal and Mrs Guest on posting to Westmoors, and Private Mick Bennett on pro- motion and posting. We also said farewell to Second Lieutenant Gorsuch last month but like all bad pennies he turned up again just to get in the last of his extras as 3RRF had a slack week. Good luck in Northern Ireland Sir. STORES SECTION 45 FIELD REGIMENT WORKSHOP THE main event this month was the visit by Brigadier Skinner to the Stores Section. During his visit he presented the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to W02 Brian Frater. Some postings news this month, W02 Brian Frater is going to BATUS, Lance Corporal Jock Miller is joining 3 ADOC and Sergeant Barry Moore, Corporal Tom Laverick and Lance Corporal Jock Shields are still awaiting posting orders. Finally we would all like to extend a warm welcome lo Private Hogan who joins us from Kineton. drivers are as good as they would have us believe. It's just as well some of us arc Arctic Trained! The recent change to NATO titles has provided some amuse- ment, not least at the expense of our Adjutant Captain Mike Southworth who answers to S03 Supply (Co-Ord), It may make him famous at last although Tom remains unimpressed. We await with trepidation the return of our S02 Supply (Materiel) Major Jim Steele from his management course at the School of Ordnance. Will we all fall prey to the latest techniques provided by the School? Perhaps Simon will be the first to succumb. Talking of courses leads us to offer congratulations to Corporal Brummie Thynne on successfully obtaining EPC with a distinction in Man Management. It appears to be catching! Lance Corporal Chris Dick recently enjoyed an attachment to Exercise Key Slope, the Divisional ski meet. His hard work on administrative duties earned him the respect and thanks of the organisers. Sergeant Mick Haverty our effervescent Chief Clerk has left his boxing training in favour of some hard earned leave. Any member of the Corps who is familiar with his home town is invited to a ' drink on him ' at the Sportsman. Speculation on forthcoming postings is rife, W02 Roger Evans is brushing up on the recipe for Moose Milk! DOWOl, WOl Alan Pedley still awaits confirmation of his destination after commissioning. His only clues are that the name begins with a ' B ' and it's in the Oxford area. Can anyone help to solve the mystery? 87 SUPPLY DEPOT ASU Munster do not feature in THE GAZETTE notes and as they are located in our barracks and administered by us, we would like to welcome, albeit rather belatedly, Captain John Dale and family. A hearty welcome is also extended to Major Gerald Elcombe and family who arrived just in time to participate in our Christmas festivities. His predecessor, Major John Launchbury has now retired and taken up his new post as Bursar of a girls public school in Liverpool. We wish him and his family good fortune in their second career. 5 Field Force Photo Bombardier Humphries. W02 Brian Frater and his wife after the presentation. 2nd Armoured Division HEADQUARTERS RAOC WINTER has decided to play its full sup- porting role, the effects of which are widely felt. Heavy snowflakes add a wintry wonderland touch to the attractive small town on which we are located. WOl Jim Prior the Superintending clerk and his improvised gang of snow clearers ruthlessly attack each new fall with total dedication and a firm belief that eventually they will triumph. Plummeting temperatures and hazardous road conditions often make daily routine more difficult for our Commander Supply Lieutenant Colonel Baughan now firmly established, tackling the numerous problems, associated with. supply in these frustrating times, together with a full programme of Ordnance Ancillary Inspections which have to be completed. Neither he nor his team are deterred by the conditions and venture forth from base with confidence and a small prayer that OD ORDNANCE COMPANY THE CSM has drafted these notes; unkind jokes from staff clerks about the literacy of CSMs notwithstanding, ^ - a quick cosmetic job on the original has converted it to the required joined-up writing containing news, views and a sense of humour which is perhaps more barbed than pointed. Four people recently did a sponsored run, circuits of the local civilian trimpfad (a sort of diluted assault course but still one thousand five hundred metres long) in order to raise money for the Italian Earthquake fund. The target was forty laps, but over thirty were managed before rain and darkness stopped play. The result, by Lance Corporals Ray Rowland and ' B. B.' Bolden, Privates Steve Duffield and Luigi (ear ring) Best, was a magnificent DM700. Rumour has it that Luigi the Lug has been offered an HGV2 course but only if he stops wearing it. The wives club (note for single soldiers, this is an all powerful society never to be crossed: motto ' The Female of the Species is Deadlier than the male') has decided to grace the fair city of Berlin for a weekend. Ladies search for passports, night club brochures and train timetables in hand, as husbands apprehensively eye the children (a whole weekend, Friday to Monday without remission). The OC is laughing; all the way to the Dusseldorf boat show which happens to coincide with the same weekend. See either the Sunday tabloids or, failing that, the next issue of THE GAZETTE for news of our intrepid explorers. The Admin Officer.was hit on the head in the gym by CQMS Staff Sergeant Paul Thayre. Fortunately, the scientific law of sense to feeling ratio held good, so both were unhurt. Captain Martin went for a check-up later, but we think he was just swanking. He has other things on his mind. He has been posted to Berlin in May to run the ration account. We are not jealous, but his only knowledge of the subject so far is a daily quality control check on the Unit Club's cheeseburgers. This has to be the last paragraph—CSM has no more fingers left. We have two new officers, Second Lieutenant Phillip (lasted a week then off to a Unit Service Funds Accounts Course) and Second Lieutenant Lovegrove (failed to make it to the aircraft steps, told to qualify on NBC course before drawing LOA). — 346 — |
| Book number | R0404a |