9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2008 - Page 0026
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2008 |
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24 REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE ant/12m ROYAL LANCEES (PRINCE OF WALES’S) The ton to Armageddon I’hmun yos not mly enioyahe out hugly suozssrul Every Laneet yos nieiedat the beginning thet tot sixtoseven months he would haveto dieiate at the ahility uf the nnk 2bvve his own andnone dieppointed Not only did they do this hut theyan petiotmedanumhet oimwliy andincantty taslis whiehmany othetswill nevet expetieneeandthey didit with a telaxed and humhle attitude thet attncted hieh ptaise itom a numhet oipetsonalities ineludingathiee stat Ametiinn Genetal Austin the GOCmd DEAc lnspite oithese aecolades perhaps the most satisfying pmse mme inditeetly ttom opentional envy thtouehout thetout Most notaoly inthe totm oisheet siti-piise on the noes uf l-liehlandet Company Comntandets when they dis cotetedEth/lzth Laneets doing hettet thenthe lntantiy coild do After a lousy handovet to s ElELES it ms inetedioly etisrying to leave theatte with an enotmous amount orptide and etistace tion in what had heenaehieved Eut depite the fact the PMT wete in the tight plaee at the tight time the statistics do not lie andyou make yout own luek it was dietothe ptoiessionalism, humility andenthusiasmthat the Atmageddon I’hmun rimshed Operation TELlc lz having suocessrully completed o7 sttike opetations in the Easn aim detained x9 suspected ciiminals and pattinintedin the dEfiane neuttalising in contact ufslx 5mg Composite Eittei Section _ attached to Stiilte BG To contuse us all, a compoete Eittet Section ms iotmed to deploy at shott notice to an unknown location to fulfil an unknown tote with an unknown ileet vaehldes in suppott uf Eutute Opetations Souadton (whose taskings wete still in the planmng phase) eatly in June After a condensed rtee Deployment Tnining (PDT) package the ad‘nnne patty deployed to ltao Upon tl-eit atiml it hecame endent that theie wasaveiy limited Eouipment Suppott ieouitement (as the Souadtonyos to deployin omts onthe Shatt Al Atah yotetvuy ina countet lnditect Eite tole) The Fine Seetionwastheteiotesnamedoy l=itst Fusilieis Euttle Gtoup LAD toion-ittheit E Shop Toetole ms simple my out 2x dayeietyinspeetions andtepaits upto lht onall uflhe 7o E vehicles heldoy the Eattle Gtoitp ln vety shott otdet the state uf the vehicles dictated that a slightly mote tigotous apptmeh yos teuuiiedin otdet to allow the Eattle Gtoitp legal movement in any vehieles, and the E Shop telly gm stuek in With the scene set and Sgt Stone getting stuck into the weeds, those ttademen not ieouited tot Eouipnteni Suppoit within E Shop wete detached to the Souadion and gm involved with all tom-onetime someoeoeeoeois ‘1 mannet uf dismounted pattolling and guatd duties within the coE wotlong with the dogs, Petmanent Vehiele Check Palm: and out with the Km] Engineemewed hmts Lepls Meek and Taylot 211le the new challenges whilst G‘n Williams statted his hasic soldieting education Good fun was had by all, most notahly duting the totmation and ozuintion or Eoiwatd Openting Eases HENLEY and oxEoED out on Lmilsland anwhlle mek at the Eiist Fusilieis LAD Cfn chatltonyos whlulng thtoueh his aez ttaimng with Sgt Stone dtiving ttom the ttont Within a months he had completed his tnimng whieh statted mek in Getmany and ended his tight oipasege into competency with a piesentation hy the LAD hietatehy and mice Commanding c Suuadton B/IZL Etom this point onyotds he we (alheit inhis wwneyes‘)‘THEMAN’ Toetnimng didi-tt stop thete latet inthetout onee Eeomental administtation issues wete addiessed Cfn Williams ietutned ttom his ‘Wfler Watiiot Ttaimng to tutthet his tnde knowle edge l-letoowotkedtowatdsandaehievedhis class 2 duiing thetout and left theattea ‘Rezl Soldiet and Ttademan The Seetionhadto otganise itseliaccodinglyin otdet to delivet tl-e ieouited suppoit, out this yon-it simple as no one ieally knew what type vaehldes tl-e MlTT leans woildhave ot inwl-et nime hets We hadto aim Dfl‘znd plan to as many Evemuahues as pos, she andtiytosoueeiepeode ontoas manycouises as we coild sueh as EuLLDoc, Eemote meon System VEcToE, l-lmvy Maehine Cuinandany otl-et conses wecoildget A numhet oitl-e EEME team inelitding Cfn Williams and LOP! Eultotd hada go at some ‘rml soldieiing as they found dime selves deploying in the dismountedtole Duiing the tout Plane ty uf otheis also had the oppottumty to get theit hoots dusty A six man team undet Sgt Finlay went oiTto help suppott the Engade Suiveillanee oontlnny andAn-itageddon l=ittet Section Two uf the Km had the oppottumty to wotk alongside the Special Eotoes suppoiting eouipment sueh as the MASTlFE the Ametican Mine Eesistant Amoush Ptoteeted (MRAI’) vehicle High Mohility Multipittpose Wheeled Vehiele (HMMWV ot l-lumveel Land Eovet SNATcl-l anda latge numhet oiassoite ed gey fleet and civiliamsedMilitaty Vehicles lt pioved to he a hitsy toit with some very sttange teouests and taslis The team pionded a Vehiele Meehamc as suppoit and covet onalmost all orthe ops and it wasa goodexpetienee tosee how Special Eotoes operate and meet some stnnge and inteteste ins people The chanee to rill this tote is hlgh-‘y tecommended and plmse helieve us when we say the Sehool oilaeettiel and Mechamel Eigineenng has no eqmpnlem couises to some uf the kit that yos used |
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