RAOC Gazette - page 127
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| Corps | RAOC |
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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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Every Petroleum Operator and pi Officer who has passed through the School of Petroleum in the past ten years knows Mary Walker our courses clerk and School clerical officer. She retires at the end of June and we are grateful for all her support and hard work. We wish her and her husband a long and happy retirement. On 17th June the Officers Mess dined out Brigadier Crawley and we learnt with pleasure that the occasion was the first on which he had worn his newly awarded CBE and the last on which he would wear mess kit as a serving officer. Another guest was Major Douglas Reed for the past three and a half years OC School and perpetual PMC. It seemed very strange not to have him at the end of the table. Douglas is joining the Sultan of Oman's Forces as a combat supplies staff officer with special responsibility for POL. He was presented with a water colour by a local artist and in turn presented a new gavel to the Mess for the exclusive use of the PMC. (He was not com- plimentary about the old gavel!). We wish them both every success in their new careers. Sergeant Whitelaw returned from the Falklands looking fit, tanned and—his normal self. SSM Symonds passed through between 4 Petroleum Depot and Ascension Island. He had the temerity to present himself as a student on a course. We soon put paid to that by making him do half of the instruction. New arrivals include Privates Paul Bums, Grant Baldwin, Steven Bennett and Carlton Potts potential pet ops all from Depot and Training Battalion. We have said goodbye to Lance Corporal and Mrs Michael Ogden who have left us for 51 Ordnance Company and the good life of Oberkirchen. Final congratulations to Lance Corporal Paul Phipps on his promotion and to Private Alan Hames who married Frances Anne Forster on 14th May at St Stephens Parish Church Saltash, and to Lance Corporal David Menary who married Nicola Raine on 9th June at Portsmouth. We look forward to meeting the brides. RAOC at JARIC (with friend). two distinctions and hopes to fill in an otherwise dreary October attending RPC1. Lance Corporal Drake who arrived at JARIC in December '80 has just asked for and got an extension of tour till 1986 (that's correct!), and Lance Corporal Bousefield has just passed his Al Printer's trade test despite having an argument with some of the equipment—well done. RPC2 is now firmly in his sights. The other printer's post is vacant but is hoped to be filled before the end of the year. Everyone is so exhausted after a hard day's work that there is little energy left for free time activities, however, the SQMS has played a game of cricket, and manages to get to the multi-gym twice a week (whether he's ever been inside it is another matter), has helped to build (and move each night— seven days slog) the scenery for the recent Brampton Choral Society Epic, and with the help of his wife Ellie continues to improve the breed of Siamese cats (that's Pepperpot Siamese folks!). Phil Cridge plays squash, giving up smoking, his radio, and has actually been seen entering the multi-gym and leaving (perspiring) twenty minutes later. The printers out of hours activities remain a mystery at the moment—more about them perhaps in our next thrilling instalment, from inside the blue cocoon. JARIC I'M not sure how long it's been since an input from JARIC has been included in THE GAZETTE, so let this rendition be treated as an update/eye opener/yawn depending on the individual reader. JARIC, formerly JARIC (UK) is situated within the perimeter of RAF Brampton, near Huntingdon, and spelled out lengthways reads ' Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre.' We are a tri-service unit consisting of approximately five hundred personnel, including civilian employees, both male and female. The main trade group of all three services (both Officer and OR) is that of photographic interpreter (PI). Of the Army strength, only seven are RAOC capbadged; the remainder being mainly Int Corps with a size- able RE chunk. The RAOC vacancies are that of W 2 Staff Clerk, Corporal and Lance Corporal Staff Clerk, Corporal and three Lance Corporal Printers. Filling the posts at the moment are SQMS Stuart Jackson, fresh from the playing fields of RMAS where he finally got a mention in THE GAZETTE after years of low profile, the month after he'd left! He now rules in the title of WOIC Army Admin/RAF General Duties, formerly a Captain (QM) Int Corps post, the IE(A) team having visited in 1981 and upgraded the position. A bit different from the usual Staff Clerk way of life to be sure, but having to cope with RAF Admin pro- cedures, duty rosters and the various DOE/PSA elements of the works services empire leave him enough to do. He is ably supported on Army Admin (Documentation) matters by Corporal Phil Cridge. Phil has been here quite a while and knows the system backwards, both in the general office and on the squash court where he had steadily progressed from novice up the station ladder to be considered for the RAF Brampton team this coming league season. He goes at the end of this year, being replaced in December by Corporal King ex-Falkland Islands. The imminent posting order is for Hong Kong he says, his marriage (yet to be) depends on it, he says! Just what is meant by that can be left to the reader to determine. The Lance Corporal Staff Clerk post is at the moment unfilled. It's at the ' Ops end ' of the building—any volunteers? Now to the printers, Corporal Kevin Rochelle and Lance Corporals Steve Drake and Bob Bousefield. All seem to be extremely happy men. A/Corporal Rochelle is just biding time for his sub Corporal to come through, has gained EPC with — VACANCY ASSISTANT MANAGER (WAREHOUSE METHODS) R. C. COMPONENTS EUROPE are premier distributors of electrical and electronic components and seek an assistant manager. The post will initially be at Milton Keynes ware- house and transfer to the new Corby site early 1984. Reporting to the Assistant Operations Manager, the success- ful applicant will be registered either with the National Industrial Truck Training and Certification Committee or the British Industrial Truck Association as a qualified instructor on the operation of warehouse mechanised handling equipment in- clusive of high level order pickers. Applicants should have sound managerial experience in a warehouse environment as responsibilities will include manage- ment of a perpetual stocktake, the hire and control of contract transport, the maintenance of a material handling inventory, and the supervision of the warehousing and accounting of new product ranges. Opportunities for advancement are excellent in this rapidly expanding company and benefits will include an attractive salary, contributory pension scheme, free private medical insurance, and a travel allowance whilst employed at Milton Keynes. Please send full career details to:—Mrs M. A. Ludbrook, Senior Personnel Officer, R. S. Components Limited, PO Box 99, Corby, Northants. 106 — |
| Book number | R0406 |