RAOC Gazette - page 35
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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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hazard of the man eating cam net looms large yet again. Toddy remembered the training he had gone through at the Regimental Depot—he switched down to first gear and moved forward as fast as he could. He cleared himself of the net and was dropped where he stood by a collapsing cam pole. He was temporarily dazed, but Toddy finally struggled back to the Operations Wagon with the prize from the mission, the 6434 battery. Ken sat on the steps of the Wagon feeling men- tally and physically battered—this had been a tough one he thought to himself, but he had achieved his aim. Ken Todd, like many other Supply Specialists had yet again found himself the victor over the many forces opposing him. The inky darkness, the cold, rain, fatigue, the possessive cam net and the inevitable difficulty in finding the exact location of the demand that he must find\ Welcome to Sergeant Rutter REME, Lance Corporal Kierney, Lance Corporal Mellor and Private Pettener. 4th Armoured Division HEADQUARTERS RAOC WE have said a temporary farewell to Mrs Penny Yetis, our combat supplies clerk, who is taking maternity leave. We wish her well and look forward to seeing her back in the branch in eight months time. In the meantime we have been fortunate in recruiting Mr Joe Clarke (late 4 RTR) who will hold the fort. The highlight of the month was the appearance in Bad Salzuflen of the RAOC Staff Band, The band excelled themselves in front of a packed audience at the Konzerthalle im Kurpark, and we send our thanks to Major Tom Griffiths and his musicians. (See page 235). Finally, we offer our congratulations to Major and Mrs Richard Jarman on the birth of their daughter, yet to be named, and say farewell to Corporal Neil Quin and family who have left us for Northern Ireland. ORDNANCE COMPANY THE approach of winter has seen the return of several mem- bers of the Unit from stations far afield; Sergeant Skekel and Private Cameron having been in Suffield, and Lance Corporals Wilson and Walters with Privates Parker and Goddard after doing their bit in Ulster. All the aforementioned are telling tall stories of their adventures but those of us who have stayed behind and withstood the rigours of Detmold remain singularly unimpressed. The main event of the past four weeks has been Exercise Keystone which involved the whole Company. This was a unique experience for the majority'who found themselves having to cope with the problems of operating in villages and barns instead of the woods and forests of North West Germany to which they have previously become so accustomed. A highly successful exercise was enjoyed by all except perhaps CRAOC who suffered a loss of dignity by poor message passing when we inadvertently changed his title to Chinook. Our apologies Sir. Amazing though it may sound to the old hands we managed to keep the bath Unit (1950 pattern) on the boil throughout the twelve days of the exercise during which some one thousand five hundred customers came out smelling of roses. The high- light for the Bath Unit chaps was a captive market of four hundred and fifty Officers and men of the Danish Tank Regi- ment who removed their dirt and grime, accumulated over several tank battles, during a frantic six hours before they entrained for their homeward journey. None of our Danish allies had ever seen such a contraption before and our picture shows two of their officers inspecting the boiler with Lanee Corporal Cooke and Private Hunter. Domestic activities proceed with the facts of life in evidence by the marriage of Private Young and the birth of a girl to Private and Mrs Cannon. Congratulations from us all to both couples. The past few weeks have also seen the sad departures of Sergeants Buchan and Reeves (both REME), Lance Corporal Wilson, Privates Goddard and Culleton. Arrivals are Sergeant Fox (REME) and Private Jordan. Sport continues to flourish and at long last the rugby team has just won its first game! They beat the Blues and Royals ten to four. The newly formed hockey team have made their mark and are now equal to the rugger boys already. Con- gratulations to Corporal Montgomery in winning the Divisional Squash Plate having qualified for this by unexpectedly losing in the main competition. ASU MJNDEN MAJOR EDDY JENNINGS noticed that one of his young clerks was getting more than her normal share of attention, usually young Corporals and Sergeants, ageing Majors and young Colonels—even Brigadiers stand and chat to her. A check soon revealed the key, the young lady in question was driving her new car to work—a 1979 Porsche. CRAOC when hearing the news was heard to say—OC driving a new Mercedes, clerk with a new Porsche, CASO George Humphreys a new Princess 2200, I must visit "Minden again soon! A n d it comes out here of the Mobile The Danes marvel at the workings Bath Unit ( 1 9 5 pattern). Combat Supplies Battalion THE DLSA Inspection was carried out by Brigadier D. F. A. Cowdrey assisted by Major Megson. The Brigadier spent a week (including evenings) looking at the storage of am- munition. Our Second-in-Command Major Bradley organised yet another training day for Battalion Officers and SNCOs. The theme on this occasion was the completion of AFs B 2048. Individuals were required to complete their own Confidential Reports. The end result was amazing! 43 RP COMPANY. What a busy month it's been with every- one involved in inloads and outloads or that is what they keep telling us all. Sports have been going well both at Company and Battalion level. Hockey has been in the limelight with the Battalion team, captained by Q Calvert, drawing with BMH Iserlohn (Corporal Williamson scoring one goal) and a six one win against 3rd Armoured Division Field Ambulance. At the time of writing Sergeant Ross is taking a number of Privates and Lance Corporals on a mock RPC2 Course, the effect of which is to cause much amusement to those not so gainfully employed. Captain Ward has done the impossible and doubled the vigilance of the Depot and the lads wish to thank him for the heater in their new sentry box. We welcome back Privates Fontana and Deacon from a \ very successful RPC2 Course and congratulate Private Fontana j on his recent promotion to Lance Corporal. Welcome Privates Holmes, Winstanley, Turnbull and a sad farewell to Corporal Finan. Finally, Q Burkin still can't play dominoes, but rumour has it that he beat the CSM. 44 RP COMPANY. The Company continues to provide stones for exercises, but recently we have expanded our activities in order to provide a new service. At the request of SATO, Major Nigel Lampard, Captain Mark Wickham ably assisted by Lieutenant Neal Jobbings provided an enemy force for Exercise Keystone. Due to the success of the enemy force we are now un- ; likely to be required to provide this service again. The RCT element of the Exercise were definitely not amused at the idea of an enemy disrupting their exercise. It was evident that the Combat Supplies Company were taking the enemy seriously. In fact it became very evident to |
| Book number | R0403a |