RAOC Gazette - page 71
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appear for another three months. Our congratulations to Sergeant Phil Skcd and his wife Anne on the birth of their daughter Joanna. How many is it now? Lance Corporal Cameron is still (impatiently) waiting for his addition. Move- ment is in the air, and Sergeant Skcd has just been granted a long leave in the Falklands! There is no truth in the rumour that Lance Corporal Cameron has volunteered to go so that he can avoid the early morning feeds. On the sporting scene Old College are confident that they could have won the five-a-sidc football competition—but with a total staff of three they weren't quite up to it. The Secretary of State for Defence has a go with Wheelbarrow during a visit to Northern Ireland. NO. 1 SECTION. Visitors this month range from the Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Michael Heseltine through to the Royal College of Defence Studies to Staff Sergeant Mick Swift. Mick was able to update himself with the aid of Captain O'Sullivans big one down the Falls Road. Hope you're satisfied Mick! The last week or so has seen the opposition letting their hair down. At one point, all three teams were deployed. Still, at least one operator was able at long last, to tick the magic box labelled ' 1ED ' on his F ORD 754. Lots of action on the end of tour celebrations front; we bid farewell to Corporals Mark Henry of Bobcat and Monty Lamont (TSM) of Flashcat, wishing them both well for the future. In their places, we welcome Corporals Griffiths and Anysley respectively. Have a happy and successful tour lads. NO. 2 SECTION. EPC fever have hit the Section this month, almost everyone can be seen bent over hot exam papers, practicing for the real thing. This is the first time that all of the RCT personnel with us have actually been working at the same time. The open day season is with us again, with wheelbarrow demonstrations by the No. 2s, followed by a free-for-all play time for the children. Corporal Wardman has still not recovered from the last open day held at Clooney base, having to watch numerous youngsters trying to break the wheelbarrows has given him nightmares ever since. We say farewell this month to Captain Di Inshaw, and Lance Corporal John King. A contest is being held in Derry between Captain Inshaw, Corporals Lilley and Wardman for the coveted ' Bish ' of the month award, the prize for the winner being a pair of flip flops and shorts. R M A Sandhurst ACADEMY HEADQUARTERS THE beginning of the Summer Term, which started in early May, sees the RAOC refreshed and ready to battle through another busy term. Superintending Clerk WOl Malcolm Wilde is seen about the Academy grounds smiling rather more than usual. Must be the thoughts of a new home of his own or maybe the recent IE(A) Inspection now over has given him more time to get his squash games in. A recent arrival has seen Sergeant Bob Mays slip easily into the chair as Chief Clerk Coord and Training taking over from Staff Sergeant Jack Black who goes downstairs to become Chief Clerk Pers and Log. OLD COLLEGE. Due to a vast renovation programme within the Academy, College Headquarters has had to move further into the unexplored ' warren' of corridors. The staff usually appear once or twice a term—for the Staff Drill Parade—then dis- NEW COLLEGE. Now that SMC 33 (Standard Military Course Number 33 for those of you unlucky enough not to be con- sidered good enough to serve at Sandhurst), have finally com- pleted their initial documentation, life here at New College is slowly getting back to normal (if there was any normality in New College in the first place). The Junior Term Clerks Lance Corporal Jock Carrey of Normandy Company and Lance Corporal John Brown of Alamein Company having yet again mastered the traditional backlog which follows recess and are busy planning and preparing for the long term ahead. Meanwhile over in the Senior Term, Private Garry Mason of Rhine Company and Lance Corporal Paul Gaston are putting the final touches for their forthcoming visit to Vogelsang on Exercise Eifel Tower. Although there is still the usual problems on the Overseas Cadets and their visas. In the College Headquarters, the Chief Clerk Sergeant Rab Proctor is all smiles knowing that he departs Sandhurst in Sep- tember (or so he hopes) for a better life style in Berlin. Corporal Steve Grinczer is still determined that his posting order must be on its way, although nothing has been heard, far less seen! Corporal Kev Brown still keeps saying that Sandhurst is the best posting there is. Mind you he was on recess when the statement was made. Some congratulations are in order to New College scribes! To Kev Brown we say well done on passing his RPC2 at the first attempt, to Paul Gaston on passing his BI and surprising us all (and his instructor) by attaining an 'A' Grade, to John Brown on his promotion, to Garry Mason on passing his B2 and finally to the SNCO escape committee Rab Proctor on his escape. Before we go we would just like to say thankyou to our civilian counter parts for their much appreciated help. Elaine (Chiefs right hand woman) Cowley, Yoland Bolton, Mary Coutts and Marie Spooner. VICTORY COLLEGE. The RAOC members of Victory College would like to open this article with a few amendments to an earlier edition. Lance Corporal Don McCutcheon asked me to mention that he has spent a great deal of time researching his family history and consequently is not qualified to be called ' Jock' and forthwith we are considering calling him ' Taffy.' Corporal Ken Reed has changed his sport from dominoes to golf after too many people were comparing him with Albert Tatlock. Corporal Andy Buchanan who armed with a golf club prefers to be called Sandy Lyle is recommended for a transfer to the Royal Pioneer Corps because he digs such good trenches with his golf clubs when practicing. I myself Staff Sergeant Steve Mason, am considering using thunderflashes for catching fish as the current flyfishing methods meets with little result. Private Paddy Lemon the stalwart of Victory College stores still maintains that Egyptian PT is the best sport and 1 must agree with him—if ever a World Championship was held at this event he would win it outright! RMCS Shrivenham AS reported last month certain lucky members of the course got away for a mini break holiday to P and EE Pendine. Un- fortunately we couldn't get our snaps back from the chemist in time for last month's issue but have included one with this month's notes. Apart from the fact that this photo proves we were all having a wonderful time it also substantiates the theory that if two officers appear identically dressed one of them goes away and changes. The weapon in the background is the pressure barrel mortar we used during our tests. This month has been almost exclusively devoted to our mortar project, its culmination came when each of the five — 58 — |
| Book number | R0406 |