RAOC Gazette - page 202
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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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A get well soon note should go to Private Lofty Walton who unfortunately was involved in a motoring accident, and also to Private Tye who has not recovered from shock since receiving his posting order. We lose Private Barstow and welcome Staff Sergeant Leach, Sergeant Higham and Privates M. R. Brown, Marshall, Miller and Reynolds who hopefully will find their feet on Exercise Iron Band, more about which, later. 87 SUPPLY DEPOT WE recently said farewell to three Officers from the Food Technology Course at the end of their two week attachment We wish every success to Major Ken Collins, Captain Roger Wyborn and Captain Derek Sumpa as they tackle the next phase of the course at the College for the Distributive Trades. During the final week of the attachment the course witnessed their instructors and guides quickly change into physical train- ing kit before competing in the Tickle Fitness Competition. A few days before the event we were told by the DOPT staff that our Unit was barred from winning any of the prizes due to its small size. A one hundred per cent pass was the result of hard training, how about some flexibility in the rules in future? The list of inspections to which we have been subjected grows steadily. Perhaps we should have a sign by the gate (as for pedigree herds in UK) now that we are physical training tested, classified, injected and certified free from PVR. We have said farewell to W02 Williams, and wish him even' success in his new post, on promotion to WOl, at the School of Ordnance. We welcome in his place W02 Arthur. Another new arrival is Corporal Anderson. We hope that they have a happy tour here. 4fh Armoured Division ^^•j^^. ^ ^ • ^ ^ k ^^^H^^^^ ^^^™ ^ ^ ^ * HEADQUARTERS RAOC THE major event of the month was the RAOC BAOR Shooting Competition which was organised by Materiel Branch under the guidance of CRAOC. The results of several weeks of intensive planning are reported upon separately in this edition of TUP. GAZETTE. A notable achievement also came in the form of RAOC 4th Armoured Divisions victory in the RAOC BAOR Squash Competition in Rhein- dahlen. We congratulate our team of Major Jarman. Sergeant Montgomery and Corporal Bennett on their fine win. Last month we reported on the departure of Staff Sergeant and Mrs Jim Burnett and this month we include a photograph of the couple, with the Senior NCOs of the branch, at the occasion of their farewell drinks. Readers will gather that the opportunity was also taken to present Staff Sergeant Burnett with his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. In fact, the medal had been earned some months earlier and Jim was under the impression that he had escaped a formal presentation. (Better luck with your MSM!). 5 Field Force ORDNANCE COMPANY CONGRATULATIONS t O the Unit football team on winning the Garri- son M i n o r U n i t s L e a g u e . Ably skip- pered by Lance Corporal Phil Hussey and managed by W02 Ron Ferguson this feat was achieved without conceding a single match. The lead- ing goalscorer was Lance Corporal Martin Smith with nine goals. The Unit Orienteering team of Corporal Pete Learmonth, Corporal Eric Blunn. Lance Corporal Martin Stevens, Private Martin Noonan. Private ' Scotty' McNairn and Private Steve Duffield came a very creditable second in the Divisional Championships. The new OC, Major Peter Haden, has decided to exercise both his prerogative and his Unit by taking us all (well almost all) into the field. Four days back in camp and then out again on CRAOCs exercise. Don't miss next month's exciting edition when you can read all about our exciting adventures. Corporal ' Jimmy' James is off to set up an Indent Clear- ing Point for the 1 Royal Hampshires in Portugal. Everyone feels so sorry for him! ! Who wants to spend eight weeks there? I really must mention the rest of the Unit. The CQMSs Department is still there, PC and A are sometimes there, and the Chief Clerk and CSM are never there. Now that the Unit PRE is over we occasionally see Staff Sergeant John Keefe and his merry men with clean hands and coveralls. Finally we say farewell to Sergeant Mick Higham off to 2 ADOC and Privates Steve Wagstaff and ' Elvis' Biddell to civvy street. Welcome back to Sergeant Dave Jamieson from BATUS and welcome also to Sergeants Jack Frost and Brian Robertson, Corporals Stan Glover and Ron Damen, Privates Mark Greenaway and John Reid who have just joined us. We wish them all well in their new posts. Stop Press: Congratulations to Corporal Eric and Mrs Peggy Blunn on the arrival of a nine pound three quarter ounce bouncing baby boy. POST YOUR NEWSLETTERS IN TIME TO REACH THE EDITOR BY THE END OF EACH MONTH LEAVING ONE MONTH FOR PUBLICATION The senior ranks of Headquarters RAOC 4 t h Armoured Division at the presentation of the Long Service and Cood Conduct Medal to Staff Sergeant Jim Burnett. Left to right: Sergeant Knight, Sergeant Carey, Staff Sergeant Burnett, W O l (Conductor) Sutton, Mrs Jan Burnett, W 2 (SQMS) Strugnell, W 2 (SQMS) Tait, Sergeant Noonan. ORDNANCE COMPANY REGULAR readers of our monthly offering will have noticed that we missed our notes for April's edition. Our apologies please but with good reason, as we were enjoying a highly vigorous fortnights camp at Vogelsang. The motto greeting us on arrival at Camp Vogelsang was ' More Sweat Less Blood' spelled out in two foot lettering which we could not miss. Fortunately, although there was plenty of sweat, there was little blood which was drawn only once, by Private Knight who gashed a finger—believe it or not— on the First Aid Box. The fortnight was one of continuous activity with the emphasis on weapon skills, physical fitness, junior leadership and many other military pursuits. In order to maintain interest and high standards an inter-platoon com- petition embraced all events and was eventually won by Alpha Platoon under command of Lieutenant Stamps who also won the coveted award of ' Dirtiest Officer' in the face of his fellows, Captain White, loaned by CRAOC, and Second Lieu- tenant Whittaker; this being after a muddy crawl through the Battle Innoculation Range. One of several ' interest' activities was a short period of Tank Killing which consisted of two phases. The first, a practical lesson in making and throwing fire bombs at a tank and the second, simply standing in front of a moving tank, freely driven by a hairy Belgian, grasping the front to adopt an inverse prone position between the tracks and letting go at the appropriate moment. All judged their timing satisfactorily so there were no amendments to the ration role. CRAOC, Lieutenant Colonel Willis, came along for a couple of days during which he managed to lead the training — 393 — |
| Book number | R0403a |