RAOC Gazette - page 18
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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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tation J^eto£ sat Homt Ministry of Defence MILITARY OPERATIONS NOW that BFTs are behind most of us for another year you can almost hear the sigh of relief throughout the corridor. Our Supt Clk, WOl Sam Johnston, was on leave again during the testing period. However, he did come in especially and passed. He ^aid he was taking leave because it was school half term, but we are more inclined to believe that he needed the time to recuperate afterwards. We say farewell this month to Lance Corporal Lynne Grundie and offer her our sincere congratulations on her forth- coming marriage and wish her all good fortune in the future. Staff Sergeant Tony Townsend, Chief Clerk M04. has been walking up and down the corridor smiling for the past week, after being informed that he is posted to IMS Brussels in March J am not surprised. Naturally his relief, Staff Sergeant Paul Payne, will now be wondering is he really smiling because of where he is going or because he is leaving Military Operations? John Gregan from CVHQ. It should be noted that he had already been firmly ensconsed in his office for three weeks when the Telegraph's Service Appointments announced his assumption of the job on 23rd November 1981. We have also said fare- well to Captain Colin Fuller who, with his posting to Don- ningtort, now attacks Cheltenham at weekends from the North instead of the South West. In his place we welcome Captain Tom Palin who arrived from RD Stirling. Lieutenant Colonel John Dyer recently had a week bobbing around at sea on Exercise Channel Chop. From our inshore impressions of the weather available to him he would have been more comfortable riding a square wheeled bike—still it takes all sorts. Anglo-French relations have been put under considerable strain and the whole concept of the Channel Tunnel reviewed after Paris was subjected to a recent weekend visit by our girls from the Registry Debbie Snape and Sue Vickery. By their account it was a fun trip—M. Mitterand was not available for comment. It is generally accepted that all the civilian staff of Ord 4 play a full part in the sporting and social activities of LE(A) but when a large green baize lined trophy cabinet appeared in the entrance way the other week eyebrows were raised to an all time high. Alas it was merely there for urgent repairs by our man of ail parts Mr Doug Baker, Never mind Doug— keep playing. May we close by wishing everyone a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year. Headquarters Director General of Ordnance Services ORD 1. We extend a belated welcome to Major Rodger Davy— He has been with us now for some two months, and un- mentioned—Sorry Rodger! After all that, he will be leaving us again in May, on posting, whilst in the meanwhile keeping the 'Special Projects* workload down to a reasonable level We welcome also to Ord la, Captain David Caldwell who has relieved Captain Richard Rook en route to the Staff College. Lieutenant Colonel Derek Yeats and Private Kathy Collier WRAC have also left us, to retirement and the WRAC Depot Guildford respectively. SSM Colin Bawd en, our Superintending Clerk, has recently returned from the Middle Management Development Course only to discover, he tells me, that no-one had even noticed he had been away i Private John Brown enjoyed the very successful Corps Rugby Team Winter Tour of BAOR after which he also played in the Army ' Under Twenty one ' team which defeated Sandhurst by thirteen points to twelve; Kineton please note, he is heading your way in April. Directorate of Land Service Ammunition APOLOGIES for the lack of notes last month, which is entirely due to the fact that the usual author was away on a Sums course at Beaconsfield (Maths and English—must be an Officer with a future!) Having recovered from the remarkably perpendicular (fifteen floors high) Officers Mess, he returned to the rigours of DLSA and the worlds press. Many will have seen over recent months the result of our press day at DLSA. Representa- tives of the BBC. ITV and all the major newspapers descended an us and were given a comprehensive briefing by the Director with a small EOD display by WOl Harper. It is surprising how journalists live up to the image of their papers. The Times wore a Tweed suit. Deerstalker and cane. The Telegraph wore a pinstripe and an extra two stone. The BBC wore a suit and RAOC tie and the ITV man wore jeans and three days growth of ORD 3. In October five stalwarts from Ord 3 went to war with log sheets, biros, planning documents and a variety of home comforts to man the DBD desk in the Supply Manage- ment Operations Centre during Exercise Live Log 1—a major UK logistic exercise involving the movement of stores, vehicles and ammunition by road, rail, air and sea. Two retired officers, Colonel Jack Hanion and Major Randolph Jones, Major Philip Lawson and Major Tony Rowe, and Captain Tony Bridges, shared this arduous duty on a shift system fighting their way between Andover and the Opera- tions Centre past convoys of heavily laden sixteen tenners and with Chinooks beating the air overhead; progressing the out- loading of the Central Depots and answering queries from visitors and staff branches. It was all too much for one officer who collapsed exhausted into an armchair at Andover only to be roused by the MOD Police in the early hours of the morning to be told that he should be on duty sixty miles away—he thought he was on duty tomorrow, and it was tomorrow. ORD 4. Without wishing to offend anyone, either in particular or in general, I reckon someone who slips down the league table from Colonel Ord 3, to Colonel Ord 4 to Colonel Ord 5 (currently Inspector RAOC) should be looking for a new manager! Seriously though, we wish all the best to Colonel Tony Futrell in his new appointment and to welcome Colonel — Part of our Parachute EOD Section w i t h Staff Sergeant Keith Praetor and Staff Sergeant Mulgrew talking to M r Peter Blake, Minister of State for the Armed Forces at the Q M G Study Period. W O l Harper looks on as Staff Sergeant Proctor speaks while Staff Sergeant Hugh Mutgrew wonders what the knot in his handker- chief is for. 289 — |
| Book number | R0250a |