9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2002 - Page 0033
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2002 |
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REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES’S) 31 During the month of August the Maint Group change over took place. This involved several tradesmen arriving in Germany to replace current members of the Maint Group. Those staying for the full nine months in BATUS had high hopes that the replace- ments would continue to produce the high standards set by their predecessors. Their fears were put to rest on the next round of beat up training. After beat up training it was again time for more R&R. A lot of people took the RAF flight back to UK and Germany. The remainder stayed and spent one week adventure training at Trails End Camp and the second week doing their own thing. Some brave members of the Maint Group decided to take their BATUS banger to Las Vegas and beyond. It subsequentlybroke down near Vegas with transmission failure and cost a fortune to repair. But the adventure did carry on as far as Los Angeles and back, so it did have a happy ending. With R&R at an end it was time to focus on the highlight of the BATUS training year, MM4/5. A bolstered OPFOR would not face a mere battlegroup but an entire brigade. For the Maint Group this meant that OPFOR would be moving around a lot more, therefore there was more chance of automotive failure. As always, we attacked it with the same amount of enthusiasm and proved relatively painless, but one incident does spring to mind. During the exercise a recce callsign slipped onto its side and a SAMSON, C/S 43, commanded by myself, was duly tasked. After assessing the situation I decided that another recovery vehicle was required to assist me. As always when you ask for one, two arrive. Using a SAMSON and the FODEN the task was completed. Little did we know that the fun was not over yet. The FODEN attempted to move away from the task and subsequently got bogged in. The crew, Cpl Chris Gill and Cfn Dan Austin, attempted self-recovery with the aid of the SAM- SON but with no success. Cpl Gill had to eventually admit defeat and Red Top recovery was called in. The BATUS training year was now at an end and all that remained was to prepare the vehicles for handover to the incom- ing OPFOR. I think it is safe to say that everyone had a great time in Canada and gained valuable experience. It is a tour that I certainly will not forget. Training Wing .- The Tram/Hg Off/oer demonstrates hrs robust att/tude to paperwork ith the deployment to BATUS over the past year the Training Wing has found itself with a series of new faces to replace the old. Out went SSgt Wright quietly to his old stomping ground in Bovington, ready to talk D&M and use his experiences in the Library to good effect. SSgt Clarke replaced him on promotion and then moved into his office before swiftly moving out again to practice handovers between another two departments. SSgt Snowy White joined the team in time to return to BATUS, before handing over to Sgt McKelvey who (fingers crossed) will stay in the wing long enough to pay Sqn subs at least twice!!! Other departures saw WOZ Welborn take over from WOZ Denton who took over in turn from WOZ Morton. All three managed trips away during the year, two to BATUS and WOZ Denton on promotion to WOl in Sarajevo. SSgt Emery then took on the responsibilities of running Gunnery training for the Regiment. For a considerable amount Prob/em so/vrng |
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