RAOC Gazette - page 34
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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narrowly five one to FRG despite a brave fight. Later in the week against even stiffer opposition we lost eight to one to Production Company. In true fighting form however the lads came back in a fine hard match to beat 16 Tank Transporter Squadron RCT six goals to three. Great to see that our spirits weren't too badly hit by our earlier defeats. On the individual front Sergeant Walsh continues to do well in the Workshop Cross Country matches and actually seems to enjoy the sport! Private Knight has just gone to UK to take part in the Army White Water Championship at Rich- mond. Let's hope we have a repetition of his performance at the BAOR competition when he brought home three trophies including the BAOR Novice Trophy and the BAOR Individual runner-up. Devotees of this column will recall that our canoe- ing pair consisted of Lance Corporal Dirk Wilson as well as Private Knight. Sadly Dirk decided to swallow something very unsavoury produced by an extremely insanitary rodent while training, and has been in hospital for three weeks now. This knocked him out of both competitions. However, when last seen he was recovering fast. We welcome back from Canada Privates Mark Elkington and Rosco Tanner. The ' Elk ' has enjoyed a six month stint on the prairie and seems to have thoroughly enjoyed him- self. Private Tanner's stay was a shorter one of one month on Medicine Man and he also seems to have had a good time, although he expounded much of his energy in growing his hair. The Officer Commanding and Second-in-Command could not stand the competition and so he's now sporting a very fetching short back and sides once more. We would like to welcome Sergeant Mick Sorrenson to the Mechanised Transport to keep the Drivers under control, Corporal Frank Byrne and his family and Private Jed Gosney who has just arrived ' shiny and fresh-faced' from training. We hope all of you will enjoy your stay here. 2 n d Armoured Division CORPORAL BRUMMY THYNNE now has his family with him in Lubbecke and this reflects in his work as he sings and whistles happily preparing maps for the next year's exercises! ! With the im- pending departure of Sergeant Dave Dupree to other pastures, Sergeant Fred Pittman has now taken over the position of being the branch ten pin bowler. We have two new civilian members to the branch. Mrs Jackie Tickell our typist and Mrs Belinda Cotton our new Administration Clerk. We hope they have an enjoyable stay with us. Departures: Major Lawton, Major McDermott and Lance Corporal Harnott. Arrivals: Major Stacey and Captain Southworth. OD G BRANCH. We wish to congratulate Private Mick Harvey on successfully completing his B2 also wish good luck to Corporal Keith Davis and Lance Corporal Shaun Gavin who are shortly going on an 'All Arms Clerical Upgrading B2-B1 ' and RAPC 2 respectively. Hear no evil—see no evil—speak no evil. Private Pasola, Corporal Green and Private Bellamy. I don't believe it! A hearty welcome to Lance Corporal Roy Richards who has joined us on attachment from 3 Para pending transfer to the Corps as a Staff Clerk (sensible chap). ORDNANCE COMPANY HEAR no evil, see no evil, speak no evil, a typical pose during Exercise Keystone. The exercise was a great success from both the technical and tactical sides of operations. Feedback from the Units supplied by the company was like music to W02 McGowan's ears. There were some strange sights around with Lance Corporal Benson wearing his tin hat to meals and steering clear of flying jam cans and the CSM. The film crew visited complete with ' Michael,' ' Dug ' and the now famous Sun Guns. The Second-in-Command hasn't recovered yet, and surprisingly most of the budding Steve Mc- Queens disappeared. ' Our Mum' Sergeant Taylor detached on Combat Supplies was pleasantly surprised to be presented with a birthday cake in the shape of a ' T ' kindly supplied by the Chief Catering Advisor. All in all a good exercise but even Corporal Crowshaw ('Pathfinder' to his packet) was pleased to eventually return to the comparative comfort of barracks. The Unit football team who are competing in the DOS cup, BAOR Minor Units cup and 2nd Division Minor Units cup have been prolificly scoring goals with one of our new arrivals Lance Corporal Sutcliffe scoring a hat-trick against BMH Munster with the final score six two in our favour. The following week saw RAOC Bielefeld defeated six three and with score lines like those, there can be no doubt about the entertainment value and enthusiasm put into the games that have been played. Congratulations to Private Leach and his wife on their new born daughter, and finally welcome to Private Long who joins us from Kineton. 3rd Armoured Division ORDNANCE DEPOT THIS month the Company offers to you an uncensored account of a day in the life of a Supply Specialist in the Field. This article is dedicated to those hard working Supply Specialists who through all weathers moan and think that their lot is unarguably the worst. Late one afternoon Ken Todd, a scientific genius now working for a highly classified, totally insecure, government body known as the R and I was perched alongside the Operations Wagon which was safely camouflaged, blending into the background of the German Hinterland. Ken was contemplating his next mission. He was to carry out a daylight raid on 7R, a seemingly impregnable fortress. He glanced at his manilla envelope, which contained all the information with which to successfully complete his mission. Two hours later, with the speed of a cat he glided through the village keeping his elf like physique well and truly hidden in the shadows. He reached the final RV alongside his ob- jective, he immediately went to ground and carefully scanned the surrounding area. A quick dash and he reached the corner of the vehicle. A bead of sweat began to trickle down his face, the face of an experienced man of iron. He leapt for the tail board, missed and found himself sprawling uncharacteristic- ally in the mud. A fleeting moment of panic passed through him—but this was immediately dismissed. Equally as quickly he remembered the tough physical training he had received from Marine Povey—within a few seconds Ken Todd had managed to achieve his objective. Proudly he stood on the edge of the tail board, two and a half feet off the ground. Toddy was too good a Supply Specialist to let success go to his head. He quickly located the 6434 Battery which was his goal for the mission tonight Storeman Todd decided he would begin his return route to the Operations Wagon in two minutes. During this time he busied himself wiping the steam from the triple lenses of his glasses. He leapt off the tailboard, forgetting that he had already discovered the deep muddy puddle below. He uttered an oath, and inwardly cursed himself for'so doing. He headed for the gap in the camouflage, couldn't find it and his SLR foresight was the first thing to get caught in the net, then the sleeve buttons, then his webbing itself—he remained calm—well as calm as a Supply Specialist could be expected to remain when the perpetual — 259 — |
| Book number | R0403a |