RAOC Gazette - page 88
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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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3 Ordnance A Jyjk j^sjjHk jygMfik JwF^^j&L Jypflk y ^ H V ^^^^/nlpS^L Z—^immimimiti^^ Battalion EXERCISE looks like being the name of S a m e f ° r the Headquarters. At present Lance Corporal Mac O'Keefe and Privates Matt Blair and Cy Preece are undoubtedly giving their all on Exercise Odin Sun in Denmark. ° a somewhat more buoyant theme Major Keith Fisher is enjoying Baltic Waters on the Sailing Exercise Baltic triangle. Adding insult to possible injury he has now been renamed ' Key m a n ' of the Headquarters. Probable reason being his forgetting to leave his much needed keys to his much used cupboards to his much harassed Sergeant prior to departure to the Baltic. All hands are busily employed preparing for Exercises Red Deer and Summer Sales. Gratefully Staff Ride VII is now well behind us and more time seems to be available to con- centrate on ' things to come.' However, don't tell that to the Ancillary Inspection Team who firmly believe that some fiendish DRO has extended a normal working day from eight to twelve hours, Saturdays obligatory. Absent on his PQS 2 is Captain Sam Slade to whom we wish the very best of luck in his studies. Hopefully his unique style of dress (not to mention his specially tailored shirts) will not influence the results too much. Did I mention his spelingg?? Very little to say on sport this month except well done for the fine performances put up by our golfing pro's Staff Sergeant John Pascoe and Sergeant Tom Hart in the recent 3 Division Open Championships. Congratulations go to our young German Clerk Dagma on her recent marriage to local lad Frank. Sadly we say farewell to the DFAs wife Mrs Norma Mitchell who has returned to the UK. Husband Ray will be following in the not too distant future on completion of tour. Finally we welcome to our fold civilian Clerk Typist Helen Kennett and Gill Griffiths and on attachment Private Cy Preece. ,ne 31 ORDNANCE COMPANY FIRST of all this month our congratulations go to Lieutenant Peter Kearns on his marriage to Carol and to Private ' Yossa' Hughes on his marriage to Deborah. We wish you all the very best for the future. In a recent football match with 33 Ordnance Company our Stores Platoon under the watchful eye of their manager Private Spike Wyatt did well to draw two all and the goal- scorers were Corporal Foz Fazakerley and Private H. Jackson. Meanwhile on the ; running front our two ' Company Runners' CSM Thayre and Staff Sergeant Paul Dyson have had a couple of runs this month which deservedly merit a mention. First was the Hermanslauf, twenty two miles over the Bielefeld Ridge between Detmold and Bielefeld. This was followed by the 1st RAOC (BAOR) Marathon at Dulmen where both runners did extremely well with CSM Thayre seventeenth and Staff Sergeant Dyson twenty third with times of three hours twenty four minutes and three hours twenty seven minutes respectively. The next big one is the Copenhagen marathon but more of that next month. During April a party of the company ably commanded by our MTO Lieutenant Ray Le Var, took part in Civpop for 1 LI during which a few injuries were incurred by Privates John Coward and Jones, never mind lads that was just a softener for one in November. Lieutenant Ray Le Var gets another mention this month firstly for being awarded the ' Golden Maggott' while on Civpop and secondly for once again being the man who pioneered the Route Card for our lads who went up to Denmark. On the departures and arrivals scene, we welcome to the unit Corporal Tim Davis RAPC who takes over the appointment of Unit Pay NCO from Sergeant Cox who departs for the I7th/2Ist Lancers and sadly we say farewell to Lance Corporal Paul Hocquard and his wife, hope you have an enjoyable tour with the QRIH. 33 ORDNANCE COMPANY AFTER seeing Second Lieutenant Coveney's attempt at look- ing like a Russian on the CO's Testex, the OC decided to send him and the rest of his platoon on a border patrol so they could see the real thing. The sights obviously impressed all as they have been crying to go back ever since. Meanwhile Winterboume Barracks has taken on the ' ghost town' look again. Half of the Company are away on Exercise Roller Ball with the RCT whilst half of the remaining half are in Denmark on the Battalion exchange exercise. Exercise Odin Sun. Fortunately this month saw an influx of manpower and enabled us to fill both commitments. We welcome Staff Sergeant Anderson, Sergeant Jones, Corporal Sargison. Privates Jones and Hunter to whom we also say goodbye as he lasted on!y twelve hours in the unit before being ' stolen' by Battalion Head- quarters. The Dortmund Detachment has remained quiet with the main event being Sergeant Dunning's move of quarter prior to his Falklands tour. His wife Maureen, is pleased with the move and was able to inspect her new quarter from the living room window of her present quarter. HEADQUARTERS 6 ARMOURED BRIGADE THE Headquarters were quick to accept the challenge of a foot- ball match from 13 PC Squadron RE. Having finished victorious in our previous encounters everyone was quietly confident, un- fortunately things went wrong early in the match and the game ended in victory for the Engineers. However, an enjoyable day was had by everyone and there's always next time. Congratulations go this month to Corporal Ian Clark on his promotion to Sergeant, and his new appointment as Chief Clerk G2/G3, and to Private Stuart Lowe on passing his B2. With the BFT just over a week away everybody has been out trying to knock valuable seconds off their times and come the big day a one hundred per cent pass is expected. STORES PLATOON 6 ARMOURED WORKSHOP THE Stores Platoon was saddened in March by the sudden and tragic deaths of Lance Corporal Alan Greaves and Private John Turner in a traffic accident. Both soldiers were from the Soest Det of the Platoon and are greatly missed. Six members of the Platoon attended the funerals, commiserations are offered on behalf of the whole Platoon to the relatives and friends of both soldiers. The Platoon took part in the inaugural parade of 3 Ord- nance Battalion marching with 33 Ordnance Company. During the parade Staff Sergeant Bennie Gorbould was presented with his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Bennie Gorbould is in the news again. He has successfully completed backloading a selection of Stores to Stores Platoon 6 Armoured Workshop from Stores Platoon 6 Armoured Workshop. Well at least it saves FOD Dulmen a lot of un- necessary work! STORES SECTION 26 ENGINEER REGIMENT WORKSHOP WHEN we are out on Exercise Stormy Petrel III Corporal Druid Owen is keeping a low profile as Store Section Rear Party, (keep up the good work Druid), and Sergeant Roger Rudd and Private Scouse Kieran are keeping the stores flowing steadily out here. Corporal Ed Watson, Privates Barwick and Dailey are kept busy in the PC and A Trailer, mainly finding hot water for W02 Bowker's coffee. Private Gaz Crosswaite, our trusty driver now knows his way to almost every Store Section in the region, but still asks for more ' Runs Out.' We must not forget Lance Corporal Kev Finmore, who managed to get off the Exercise by going away on his RPC 2 course, Good Luck Kev! Last but not least we must mention the wives back home, so for Donna Rudd, Viv Owen and Ann Finmore, take care and we'll be back soon. We await the results of the fiercely contested (and argued) Golden Blanket Competition. 3 ARMOURED DIVISION TRANSPORT REGIMENT SINCE the last notes the detachment has increased in strength by twenty five per cent. In case you are wondering, that is one person, who said statistics don't mislead! Sergeant Graham Punchard and Corporal Jon Sharpe are now the URS for the Regiment replacing REME storemen in this vital department The wives and families are hereby notified officially that they really are working all that overtime at the moment! Preparations for Exercise Rollerball III are nearly complete, Staff Sergeant Willie Hepburn who has been working in the URS will join Captain Chris Hillier in 21 Squadron RCT to perform his Combat Supplies role. Staff Sergeant Ron Gray has left us, on promotion, for Fallingbostel—perhaps he'll now have time to improve his handicap. — 73 — |
| Book number | R0406 |