RAOC Gazette - page 149
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
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he access to a computer?). Captain Carl Hoe having won the DSCS Chess Championship has just completed a course on celestial navigation in preparation for the ' Observer' two- handed transatlantic race in which he and Major John Ross are hoping to enter the Corps yacht ' Thunderer R A O C He is off on a qualifying sail shortly. Recent arrivals to DSCS include Colonel Spackman as Head of Division 1, Captain Jim Bridle, WOsl Hobson and Thomas (ex Hong Kong!) and W02 Gordon. We say farewell to Colonel Barratt on promotion, Major Richard Hazlerigg, Cap- tain Pete Atkinson and WOl Kevon Furby on completion of his service and wish him luck in his new job in Sussex. Finally, contrary to any rumours which might be circulating, Snoopy is alive and well—he has had his moments though as the cartoon shows. You don't keep a dog and bark yourself!! RIP 2 / 8 1 . Directorate of Land Service Ammunition FOR those who are interested in DLSA events, fear not, Am- munition (Ops and Plans) Branch have gone into a deep hypnotic trance. This is not their normal state, but an attempt to rid themselves of the awful weed. They went, en masse, to an Oxford hypnotist who for £6 each persuaded them that smoking was nasty. Somebody who was brave enough to walk into the Branch reported that everybody seemed to be bearing up in the circumstances, however conversations are very tense. The DLSA hockey team has risen from the ashes of last year. One game so far, which was a tremendous success in arranging the meeting of eleven DLSA players. The result, a loss, was rather an anticlimax after the excitement of raising a team. However, watch this space for further sporting events. DLSA Heavy Weapons Branch welcomes W02 Bill Barber from Tidworth and says farewell to ' Q ' Munro who goes to CAD Kineton. Farewell also to Major John Bennett who some- how wangled a posting to Viersen, after only a year back from Belize. Left to run Heavy Weapons Branch are Freda Forshew and Inge Harper who command all they survey. They are sup- ported by Kathy Abery and Val Saunders whose knowledge of receipts from production is almost irreplaceable. Val has taken a leaf from her own job and gone into production herself. The Managers Major Alec Lamb and Major Dickie Henderson sit bashing their calculators trying to convince the staff that two by two does not equal five no matter what they say in Whitehall. On the technical side, Major Derek Waterworth is technically planning his resettlement courses, ready for the end of the year. GM Branch is currently boasting of being up to strength for the first time in two years. Apparently this is all due to the arrival of Staff Sergeant Sylvester from 3 BAD. This warm glow of being up to strength lasted but a few moments before Captain Mike Wharmby went to Northern Ireland. Congratulations to Captain Mike Parle and Ruth on the birth of their son Adam. On the sporting side, W02 Dolman and Staff Sergeant M. Davies are active on the squash court. GM Branch also mention their Staff Sergeant Mountney's fishing trips. We will let them take all the credit for these fishing trips; fishing, like smoking are emotive subjects here. The Vauxhall Barracks Rifle Club is currently going through a great deal of activity. Staff Sergeants Clark, Wrotchford and Proctor are all through to the second stage of the Army Individual Championship and the Unit Team is through to the semi-final of the UKLF Knockout com- petition having won the last round seven hundred and seventy six to seven hundred and seventy five. Directorate of Supply Management CONTROL DIVISION WE start this month by congratulating Sergeant Colin Guilfoyle on his engagement to Private Sue Purdew of the WRAC. Colin has very generously invited all members of DSM(A) to a free drinks evening on his stag night sometime in September. It seems to have been a month for courses, Corporals Jock Brown, Cliff Paton and Lance Corporal Kevin Glasspool all recently successfully completed their EPC Examinations. Sergeant Pete Heap successfully sat and passed the ADPI aptitude test. He is now awaiting the brain transplant as soon as a recipient is found. Captain Mike Murphy is at the School of Ordnance completing his Ordnance Officers Course and Staff Sergeant Taff Stallard is at present studying for his final subject in EPC(A). The Sergeants Mess is going to be a much quieter place in April as Sergeant Dave Gartside will be taking part in a charity walk across the Pennine Way. Postings out are W02 Guy Adams, Staff Sergeant Graham Chapman and Corporal Geoff Miller. Welcome to Staff Sergeant Gregory from Viersen and Lance Corporal Skinner from Belize. VEHICLE DIVISION MAJOR GENERAL GERRARD-WRIGHT, GOC Eastern District, visited The Division and after initial briefing by Colonel David Porter toured MTSP, including the Video Terminal room, Vehicle Branch and Direct Procurement Group meeting military and civilian staff and discussing their work. He was duly im- pressed by the ' shape ' of the DSM Sweatshirt modelled by Miss Valerie Goodman of gaming machine fame! Mr Charles Flint, HEO, OIC Gen Admin of Management Services Branch, has ' retired' at sixty although he remains with the Division in the Finance Section. His ' leaving ' prompted a series of parties including a formal lunching out in the Officers Mess attended by most Grade Two military and civilian officers of the Division. We wish him well as he enters a new era in his considerable service to the Army Department and welcome Mr Colin Wright in his place from MTSP. We congratulate Mr Ron Sutcliffe on his promotion to HEO and Corporal Nick Marshall on his substantive promotion. We say farewell and thank you to the UKLF Fleet Manager, Captain Nick and Mrs Rosalind Bell on posting to BAOR and welcome Captain Colin and Mrs Helen Airdrie and family from that theatre. We welcome Mr Peter Newlove and the staff of Technical Records Group to the fold. Colonel Vehicle Division assumed technical responsibility for this Group on 9th February 1981. We have received visits from Mr Bernard Trevelyan, DP(FVE)3, and Mr Frank Tarry, the PM GAV, and Miss Pat Barrow and her Exchequer and Audit Team from Andover as well as a host of representatives from manufacturing firms reflecting the industrial recession and general tightening up of Defence expenditure. The provision machine is moving again with PRFs flowing and some money becoming available to buy spares. However, the techniques are slightly different and ' accountability' is definitely the watchword! VACANCY A VACANCY exists now for an ex-WOl (AT) to command a Bahrain Government EOD Team in the rank of Captain. The contract is for two years and can be renegotiated. The tour is accompanied and a car is provided. Salary £11,628 per annum plus car allowance. STOP PRESS. The salary is now negotiable in excess of this figure for a W 1 / W 2 AT prepared to sign contract. Applications to DLSA Secretariat. — 364 — |
| Book number | R0404a |