RAOC Gazette - page 110
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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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| Colour | Yes |
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| Early date | 1983 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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APPRENTICES SUMMER BY A hell of a place to lose a cow! it. This smallness is good, it creates more of a family atmos- phere and of necessity every soldier and officer becomes more flexible, for instance I have been Company Commander on a Battalion parade to welcome a senior visiting Officer and I have already attended two Tactical Study weekends doing Battalion and Brigade battle drills. Part of my day to day job is plan- ning and training for all Band 2 soldiers (band 1 is basic training and band 2 the first pay level for trade personnel). This is six months on the job training in the Battalion plus a further six months experience, after which a posting to a Supply Com- pany is normal. Currently there are eight Band 2 trainees and another ten are due in from basic training every two months. SKRGEANT COLLEGE CAMP .T. P . SELF OVER one hundred and twenty RAOC Apprentices and ninety permanent staff departed Dettingen Barracks. Decpcut, near Camberley. the home of RAOC Apprentices College, for annual Summer Camp at Penally, Nr Tenby. The camp, which is situated just on the western edge of the village of Penally and approximately two miles from the thirteenth-century walled town of Tenby, is only a few minutes walk from the sea. Its situation offers numerous opportunities for various activities. During the two-week summer camp the apprentices took part in all activities offered, which included rock climbing. fishing, canoeing, sailing, windsurfing, mountain walking, para- scending as well as swimming and beach games. In off-duty hours some took the opportunity to play a round of golf on the superb eighteen-hole championship links close to Tenby beach, or attempted walking a part of the one hundred and sixty seven mile Pembrokeshire coastal path, which stretches from Amroth to Cardigan. Others explored the old-world atmosphere of Tenby, where one can visit the remains of its thirteenth century Norman Castle. However, mostly they searched the narrow streets for souvenirs, gifts and Tenby rock. Rock climbing, abseiling and mountain rescue practise took place on the limestone crags and one hundred foot high cliffs less than half a mile from the camp. There they dangled on ropes or clung to rocks accompanied by soaring Crows, Gulls and Kittiwakes. Canoeing, windsurfing, sailing, swimming and beach games took place on the extreme western end of Tenby beach. Over one mile long and some one hundred metres wide (when the tide is out), this all-sandy beach also offers some fine sunbathing. which nobody missed when the opportunity arose. PT is for an hour every Tuesday and Thursday for all ranks, normally a five or six mile run, Log training or sprints. V\ 1! The New Zealand Army followed the British lead in most things up to the seventies but now gets much of its doctrine from Australia and the United States. Consequently all the abbrevia- tions are different as is much of the equipment and philosophy. I will try to highlight more of the differences in my next letter. l! ira l J. D. ROSS, MAJOR RNZAOC. SMALL BORE SHOOTING T A R G E T RIFLE 1983 THE CORPS established its lead in Army Small Bore Shooting by retaining for the second year The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment Cup. The Inter-Corps Match was won for a number' of years by the Royal Artillery until the Corps breakthrough last year. This years team average of almost ninety nine per card is an outstanding performance. Order of Merit first ten places Score HPS 3200 3163 Royal Army Ordnance Corps 3154 2. Royal Artillery . 3137 3. The Queens Division 3130 4. Royal Army Pay Corps 3129 5. The Prince of Wales Division 3123 6. Royal Electrical and Mechanical Eng: 3112 7. Ulster Defence Regiment 3103 8. Royal Signals 3032 9. Womens Royal Army Corps ... 3015 10. Army Catering Corps The Corps team was: — Major A. V. Glasby GM HQ BAOR WOl C. Krimpton Ord Services Berlin WOl K. Watson MOD Stats (E)l Lance Corporal J.Kirby Petroleum Centre RAOC Major L. Bean CAD Kineton Sergeant P. Mullen RAOC Trg Centre Major S. Pincher (Team Captain) Petroleum Centre— RAOC Sergeant W. Boxall No. 1 Area QM Aldershot 398 398 397 397 395 394 392 392 — 91 T h e Apprentices College Corps of Drums playing in fhe streets of Tenby. The College Corps of Drums gave the residents and holiday- makers of Tenby, a surprise treat when they played in the towns' cliff-top streets one evening during the first week of camp. On the following evening the Mayor and Mayoress of Tenby along with a host of other local dignitaries, were invited to a Beating of the Retreat on Penally Camp Parade Square. This was followed by an informal cocktail party in the Sergeants Mess where the senior permanent staff were able to thank the townspeople for their cooperation. There were occasions when bad weather prevented ad- venturous training taking place. This gave the boys an oppor- tunity to see a bit of Welsh history during organised visits to various museums and the many interesting buildings in the area. One such visit was to the Laughame Boathouse. home and place of inspiration of the great Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas. Fourteen days adventurous training and hard work came to an end when the coaches arrived to take them all back to Deepcut, where they would return to military normality. — |
| Book number | R0406 |