RAOC Gazette - page 85
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1983 |
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| Early date | 1983 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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Sergeant Alan Riches has just arrived back from Bavaria (doing a recce for Exercise Backstop for the sailing), then competing in the Hockey International festival in Holland, now he must catch up with some work! O well, good times don't go on for ever. ASU RHINE AREA THE ASA Centenary this year has prompted a short contribution from this unit after an absence of many months. ASU Rhine Area is currently commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Derek Taylor, ably assisted by Major Peter Whitwham, Captain Marc Moody and CASOs, Mr Alex Mitchell and Mr Bunny Austin. The civilian element includes many long serving ASAs some of whom are shown displaying their long service certificates, in the enclosed photograph. Long serving ASAs at Viersen. Within BAOR Long Service Certificates are awarded by the C-in-C to local employees after twelve and twenty five years service. Of the thirty ASAs employed by this unit more than fifty per cent have qualified for such an award. In recognition of even longer service Ordnance Services Viersen, of which this unit is now a part, award certificates after thirty years. Two senior ASAs, Herr Piwecki and Herr Grell, have qualified for these. All in all quite an impressive and loyal service record well deserving mention. Forward Ordnance Depot Dulmen CDP 2. With Summer Camp approaching and a reduction of Military Staff inevitable, CDP 2 is still capable and confident of providing an efficient service. The staggered return of Corporal Geoff Adams, Lance Corporal Jock Cawley, Privates Yorlie Askew and Brian Taylor mean we are back to full strength during the meantime, able to cope with anything. Sergeants Tony Griffiths and Phil Walls will make sure of that. Private Rab Pollard goes to UK soon for his driving course. On his return, we hope he uses the opposite side of the road! Private Paul Johnson disappeared for a couple of days recently. He was later spotted wearing a Regimental Police- mans attire Will it last? Private Andy Sales and Corporal Ron Gant both entered the RAOC BAOR Marathon held here at Dulmen. They both finished the twenty six miles three hundred and eighty five yards course thus earning their medals and certificates. Well done. During all this activity WOl Smudge Smith has a smirk on his face. He knows who his replacement is and when he arrives Corporal Al Simpkin leaves us soon for a tour of the Falklands. We wish him all the best. Recently, there has been a Romantic change to Helga, one of our female civilian staff. After her marriage to Gerd she became Frau Ittner and all at CDP 2 wish her the best for the future. Finally we say farewell to Private Tanky Townsend. REGIMENTAL ADMIN. Lance Corporal Max Maxwell has just successfully completed a free fall parachutist course and is now doing well in the Rhine Area Shoot. — 70 Sergeant Nigel Radford can be seen practicing tipping his bowler and prodding his subordinates with a sharpened brollie— in preparation for his posting next month—I wonder where he's orf to? Corporal Tom Orrock has managed to squeeze in a Unit Docs Course in between interviews with the M and RO staff— (no luck with postings but he did pass the course). Congratulations go to Private Dick Tulley on his promotion to Lance Corporal—well deserved (so he keeps telling us). Some of our staff have been car crazy lately—our illustrious leader Captain Graham Wood (Sir) has already spent his pay rise, likewise, Lance Corporals Keith Waud and Colin Lea. Private Mitch Mitchell is thinking about it. The Chief Clerk, Staff Sergeant Clive Hitchcock knows something we don't, don't you, Sir!? We mustn't forget to mention Private Adrian Hayward- Wills who's on leave (wot again?)—the strain of the Registry must have been too much. The Leave and Movements desk will never be the same as we say farewell to Lance Corporal Ronnie Russell. I won't say where he's going, but should he ever get a bit p-p-p-peckish he could always p-p-p-pick up a penguin! W u l f e n Station ^rfjfrl AS each day passes the Station facelift ^^Kro continues as Works Services continue at B^t^^gfSju a frantic pace. Though more than one ? ^ W | ^ K person has been heard to say " I really do Wlsn t n c v ^SjT^/^WjBR would tell someone before ' " " jS^KnWk commencing work," I am sure that most ^ • H ^ n l of them are for the better. I do however j^mUtffJmr have reservations on the one that appears ^E^ZfiiW/F (o lock the Fire Brigade in the MT Park. ^M|Mv Be that as it may, we are well served in '*"' Wulfen by our resident PSA Works Officer—take a bow John Rivers, if anyone deserves a ' pat on the back,' you surely do. On the Sporting Scene, the runners and walkers have been busy exploring the countryside. However, mention must be made of Dorsten Marathon, the biggest event in the Westfalia walking calendar. Wulfen entered a team which included some of our ladies; namely Mrs Cuthbert, Mrs Frostick and Mrs White. The adverse weather and ground conditions throughout made going difficult to say the least. When you remember that the ladies were accompanied by young children it speaks volumes for their spirit. It would be amiss at this time not to mention the youngest entrant, Nicholas White who at the end of the event clung to his badge with pride and who no doubt felt a sense of achievement. A further noteworthy event during this period was the Braithwaite Bunker Bash. This entailed getting from FVD to the top of a Bunker in FAD. Originally thought up to commemorate the departure .of OC FVD the event raised nearly DM2,000 for the Station Kindergarten: ' Well done all con- cerned.' Additionally this month two teams from the Station took part in the Dulmen Marathon. Our first runner home was Private Micky Evans who finished a very creditable seventh. We are pleased to report that all members successfully com- pleted the course and in so doing raised the magnificent sum of DM3,000 for charity. The Cricketers have been limbering up under the leadership of Captain Whiteley though early reports suggest that performances this season may well finish up being best described as enthusiastic. On social scene the Officers entertained their ladies to a Dinner Night in the Mess. They took the opportunity to say farewell to Major David Braithwaite and his wife Liz, Major Brian Mills and his wife Diana and last but not least, our resident teacher Sue Aldrich. We wish them all the very best for the future. Congratulations are in order to our NAAFI Manager Tim Bennett and his wife Julie on the birth of their daughter Frances. 154 FORWARD AMMUNITION DEPOT OUR Fire Officer Captain Mitchell continues to take his new duties to heart. He does tell me to record however that he most certainly did not arrange the fires in the Sergeants Mess and MT Workshops in order to add a bit of realism to practice. A recent Unit Disco was well attended and was a con- spicuous success. May they continue to be a feature of life in the unit in the months to come. Many congratulations to Staff Sergeant Roy Wilkinson, Sergeant Frank Quinn, Corporals Dave Loynes and Keith Howes on their substantive promotions and to WOs2 John Stone, Ken — |
| Book number | R0406 |