RAOC Gazette - page 91
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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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STORES SECTION 16 TANK TRANSPORTER WORKSHOP AS it is so long since the Stores Section last had a mention in THE GAZETTE let me first introduce everyone. The section says hello to W02 Ron Gray, Corporal Phil Wilson, Lance Corporals Davy Muldoon and Percy Pcrcival. Other members of the section arc Sergeant John Lcgg, Corporal Colin Brothwcll, Privates Ken Wishart and Snowy Snowdon, (the baby of the section). The section has never had it so good. On the other hand wc say farewell to W02 Tony Matthews and Corporal Steve Foster, good luck in your new units. How the work gets done when our MSO Hcnryk Matysiak and Wladyslaw Jagiela are away 1 don't know, what with W02 Gray away playing golf, Private Snowdon playing football, Corporal Brothwell playing cricket, Corporal Wilson playing hockey and Lance Corporal Pcrcival running marathons! Lance Corporal Muldoon and Private Wishart take an active interest in Egyptian PT. The Stores Section has just done its half yearly BFT and Private Wishart was running around telling everyone he had passed more to his amazement than ours! Sergeant Lcgg has decided that Lance Corporal Pcrcival is just a little bit too fast for him. Finally the section wishes to congratulate Private Wishart on his campaign medal for the Falkland Islands last year. Aviation Supply 1 (BR) Corps # HEADQUARTERS AAC 1 (BR) CORPS. All the work that piled up over the recent exercises has been sorted out and cleared so that Corporal Pete Yardlcy could go on leave for two weeks. He came back six weeks later having caught chicken pox in the first week. There is a rumour that it took his wife ages to paint on all those spots and even longer (six weeks) to scrub them all off, we understand Mrs Yardlcy used indelible ink! Staff Sergeant Del Wauter passed his BFT (which now stands for ' Bloomin Fatiguing Trial'). He is now mad on fishing, taking it easy after his efforts running on the banks of the rivers and streams. Brigadier Skinner kindly invited the three of us down for coffee to meet the new Commander Supply and we actually met some of the RAOC staff that work so hard below us—well that's what they told me. What's more there were no cress sandwiches, much to the annoyance of ever hungry S02 Aviation Supply. The burning question going round this Headquarters at the moment is did Corporal Yardley really model for the S0s2 coffee mug? THE FAACO's. At Hildersheim we have 1 Regiment AAC with Staff Sergeant Outhwaite, and Sergeants Fullager and Crawford only it seems that our ' gungho' hero Sergeant Crawford spends his time defending the shores of the empire by serving in Falk- land Islands and Northern Ireland. It must be that SNCOs Outhwaite and Fullager are either paying for Sergeant Crawford to remain away or playing records to keep him there. S02 Aviation Supply keeps wondering who this Crawford feller is! In 3 Regiment AAC Sergeant Ellis seems to be holding the fort (I think Sergeant Hall is doing his Akela bit again) and fending off demands for the RAOC Prospectus 1983! Sergeant Wilbourne must be having a rest. In Detmold with 4 Regiment AAC, Staff Ginge Hicks rules the roost but for some unaccountable reason is not there at the moment, but has recently taken an interest in the Wild West. Sergeant Cass has packed up his camera and gone off to the Falklands and Sergeant Hart is running the show again, well he said he liked helicopters! Sergeant Reppe is doing great stuff in Minden with 664 Squadron. He has so impressed his OC with all the hard work he does, that he has been allowed to have his own telephone — 76 again. He can even manage standing at the hangar door with steaming mugs of coffee when SOI Ord Air, Lieutenant Colonel Franklin and S02 Supply Scourfield-Evans in expectedly RAOC Wildenrath Needless flag dropped flying to and say Aviation and in! Corporal our as two we outpost Brown, don't Major men hear 7 Fit Corporal much in Berlin from Finer, keep them 12 un- the Fit or their clients wc hopefully assume all is well. Corporal Finer must have pleased the Gods as he is off to Cyprus. Wc arc trying to quash the rumour that Corporal Brown was un- officially trying to backload his excess holdings of ' C class items only it was unfortunate that (he previous OC's caravan spilled the lot over the autobahn. 2 AIRCRAFT SUPPORT UNIT. All RAOC members of the Air Corps BAOR gave Brigadier Skinner an engraved silver eagle on his leaving I (BR) Corps, and for the support he has given to us in the Aviation World as Commander Supply. Sky-diving scene has taken off with Privates Williams and Wilkinson both getting on to free-fall on the recent Basic Para- chute course they attended, while the OC Captain Hawthorne and Sergeant Frew jumped into the Berlin Olympic Stadium for the Berlin Marathon, but were promptly arrested when they jumped into Detmold Airfield a few days later for the visit of the REME senior officers secretaries, some fast talking and dealing finally settled the confusion. The new racking has arrived; much to the delight of WOl Candlin and Sergeant Dave Burton who can now put the new design of the Storehouse into practice. Sergeant Stan Burton, Corporal McDouall and Privates Doughty and Tyler arc now working night shift to complete the relocation of some eighteen thousand items. The unit also paid an educational visit to Hcrforder Brewery with everyone wearing lifejackcts and Staff Sergeant Danahcr having a few take aways to have on the bus back to Detmold. Congratulations arc in order to Corporal Mick and Diane Kcmblc on the birth of their son Michael and also on his posting to Hong Kong as a Sergeant. Also posted out are Corporal Morrall to Middle Wallop, Lance Corporal Pawsey to Kincton and our CRB Clerk Lynnc Kelly to Knightsbridge. (She's married to a Life Guardsman you see.) Postings in arc Sergeant Lythgoc, Corporal McCauley and Private Cupitt back from the Falklands. RAOC Cyprus r*^ ^ s ^ ^t 1 w I 1 ,--> 1 \ Q*X J <CT / •P[i7~Y|lBP WJlfe>^W ^^£kw# ^^E^T ^^^r BITs, NESAM, TICKLE SAA, ASA Centenary Dinners, ARUs, PQS results, Depot Modernisa- tion, SATO injuries. Fire Officers Handovers, OIC Inventory Control handovers, planning and preparation for the Queen's Birthday Celebrations and Exercise Venus Rock, to name but a few, have all added to our sunshine tours this month. You will note there is no mention of the cross country team! However, this small quote from astronaut Neil Armstrong reflects a certain view on the subject—though not one commonly held in this Unit: ' / believe that every human being lias a definite number of heart-beats available to him, and I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercise.' AMMUNITION DEPOT. Being the turn of the Ammunition Depot to produce notes, we start with the Depot's ' personae dramatis.' Major Fitzsimmons, having been extended at the end of his tour for a further seven months, has been relieving the boredom by breaking his arm in a sailing accident (he's now miserable because he can't drive his brand new Chevette). WOl Roger Hubbard has received the good news of acceptance for commissioning which perked the family up, having consigned Dougal dog to kennels in UK to await their return. Staff Sergeant Tony Thorogood also has had the good news about promotion. Not to be out-done, Sergeant Dave Fordyce has caught the promotion bug and he is not too despondent about it. Perhaps it will make up for missing out on the pilot train- ing. Our other AT, Sergeant Mick Finan, is busy breeding birds of the feathered variety—he's played so much darts that he needs feathers for flights. An active participator in ' any- thing going,' he's attended (and passed) EPC Advanced, a pro- jectionist course, is to attend a sub-aqua course and is con- templating a Greek Islands Cruise on an adventurous training scheme. Our storage expert, Sergeant Keith Walker, keeps mentally busy with the Buffs and physically fit chasing his wife Sadie, who has now got going a ladies' jogging group. Corporal John McLellan is another course addict, having completed RPC1, EPC and Fire Prevention Courses—in addition to learning to drive and now looking at HGV3 prospects. Corporal Ginge Caldwell is temporarily a bachelor, whilst his wife returns to UK for the birth of their second baby. He is on his third car in Cyprus—too much smoking is filling up the — |
| Book number | R0406 |