RAOC Gazette - page 283
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| Publication date | 1983 |
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| Early date | 1983 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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STORKS PLATOON 16 AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT WORKSHOP CAPTAIN GEOFF EVANS: Sergeant Sangster! GAZI . T O Notes? Sergeant S: Sir, with all due respect, I've been so busy with the stocktaking and generally working nl quenching the REME's insatiable thirst for spares, that 1 have to confess that the more essential tasks like drafting Corps GA/.I-ITI; notes has failed to capture my undivided attention. My ' I N ' tray looks like the north face of the Eiger. (Resigning himself to his fate). Anything in particular you'd like me to mention'.' OC: Not really. Just anything of topical interest. Ytiu could put in the odd whimsy like the time Private Anderson, on the Workshop shakedown exercise, was seen running in the same direction as the enemy when we were attacked. You could also mention the March and Shoot, when we split the platoon down into three teams and marched the four miles to Napier Harracks, fired on the twenty five metre range, and then marched back. ' Q ' Duprcc's team won eventually, didn't they? It was also one of the hottest days of the year, as I recall. 11 Armoured Brigade LIFE at Brigade Headquarters this month has been quite hectic. The build up to Exercise Eternal Triangle and the heavy leave commitment have not helped matters at all. Sergeant Martin Brown was delighted to sec that M and RO have remembered he was selected for StalT Sergeant, he is to be posted to Headquarters Northern Ireland as PA to GOC in January. BIT time is once again creeping up on us. The head- quarters stair can be seen on Wednesday afternoons pounding the same old trail in order to knock a few seconds off their best time. Judging by the determination of some I am sure they will succeed—update next month. Private Mick Nolan has been out sailing again—straight after two weeks leave I might add. The plan was to sail from Keil to Gosport but unfortunately bad weather forced them in to harbour in Ostcnd. After being stranded for five days they finally accepted defeat and moored the yacht there for the winter. He is adamant that it was adventure training and he in no way had a good time while ashore! Aviation Supply 1 (BR) Corps # Photo Private Hickman. Resting after the run and shoot to Napier Barracks. Sergeant S: (Frantically taking notes and cursing his lack of shorthand) That it was, sir. I remembered I followed the teams in a Land Rover and doused any potential dehydration cases with water. Corporal McCabe and Private Anderson were forced to pull out with heat exhaustion. It was hard work but the lads enjoyed it. OC: Don't forget to include a list of those who supported two batteries in the Falklands earlier this year. Sergeant Elliott, Corporal Freeman, Privates Heaps, Anderson, Chisholm, Kennedy and Walker went with the first battery and then Sergeant Stanhope, Corporal Sheffield and Privates Anderson, Pascoe and Porter replaced them when the second battery took over. Of course, Lance Corporal Steve Davics is in Port Stanley at the moment attached to Logistic Battalion Falkland Islands. OC: Yes, there's Private Geordie Thompson's marriage to Sheila. Private Garry and Mrs Julie Pascoe's children, Richard and Shelley, have recently been christened. You'll have to men- tion Private Mark Hickman's unusual talent of driving Bedfords into ditches on battery exercises. Then, of course, there's the obligatory list of arrivals and departures for the benefit of ex- members of the platoon. Sergeant S: You'll have to refresh my memory, sir. OC: Well, let's see. Arrivals include myself. I took over from Captain Jim Carr. There's ' Q ' Dupree, Corporal Horsman, Lance Corporal Evans, Privates Botting, Bowcn, Clark, Hill, Hodgson, Currie, George and Thompson. Oh, and you, of course! WOl Hartley has left us for Bielefeld, Sergeant Vaniqi's gone, so too have Corporal Freeman, Lance Corporals Petrie and Dodsworth, Privates Heaps, Duckworth, Farley, Large, Chisholm, Lloyd, Morrison and Bent. I didn't realise our turnover had been so great over the last few months. Finally, you could include the fact that several members of the platoon were amongst the Workshop athletics team which crushingly defeated the regiment on the recent Inter-Battery athletics day. We also sent Privates George and Hodgson to Nijmegen as part of the Workshop team in the marches. Sergeant S: Well, if that's all, sir, I'll take this across to the workshop and ask the typist to run this up for me. OC: Sorry, she's on leave, I'm afraid you'll have to type it yourself. HEADQUARTERS ARMY AIR CORPS 1 (BR) CORPS THE highlight of the post summer period was the week long visit from the erst- while Major Roger Bcnsaid who now says he is going to sell his motor boat and buy a windsurfer. At the time of writing he has gone somewhere to get in some more windsurfing practice. Oh what it is to work in Wallop! He was escorted over here by two RAF Squadron Leaders, John Mace and Mike Lc Marie, especially appointed to keep an eye on him. John also took to windsurfing like a DUK.W to water (pronounced DUCK), whereas Mike Lc Marie preferred capsize drills in Bosun dinghies! It was most unfortunate that day one of the Inspection of 2 Ac Sp Unit was designated Army Aviation Day so we all had the day off. Oh what it is to work in Bielefeld! The Inspection also involved a visit by the team to all three AAC Regiments. Sony Sergeant Rcppc but we couldn't get to you in 664 Squadron despite four re-writes of the programme! During the inspection week we also managed to squeeze in the FAACO conference which now by popular request and with the blessing of Comd Avn BAOR we will now hold twice yearly. The whole day was rounded off by an Ord Air barbeque. Great fun, a family affair. But in retrospect perhaps the BATUS de- tachment could have ' containered' us some winter woollies! Many thanks to the chaps of 2 Ac Sp Unit for hosting and organising the conference and barbeque. Staff Sergeant Wautier is now into cycling (the peddling type but as yet he doesn't quite come into the office in those tight black long shorts and with an inner tube over his left shoulder!) There is probably truth in the rumour that the — 236 — Corporal Brown puts it out. |
| Book number | R0406 |