9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2005 - Page 0027
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2005 |
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REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES’S) 25 June saw the squadron on Annual Live Firing and SHQ troop was there to supply the all important communications although Cpl Cassidy was whisked away to do some ‘gobbly-wobbly’ training. All returned after the end of a successful gunnery camp ready for the trials of the All Ranks Briefing and the In Barracks Training. It was also the time that we said some fond farewells to both the Sqn Ldr and the SSM. Maj Dom Goggs and his family who have gone to join the 9/l2L mafia down in Bovington 7 we wish them all the best. Maj Bill Fooks arrived at a very exciting time, and his enthusiasm has infected us all. WO2 Welborn, who left for a comfier office as the RQMS(T), has been replaced by WO2 ‘The Baron von’ Hatton, who has come from Tayforth OTC where he had been keeping his eye on the St Andrews students, very closely. OPTAG live firing ranges were an excellent opportunity for those who had little experience of Field Firing to really turn into a troop of Rambos with pairs, fire and manoeuvre through the woods as well as some top-cover shoots. The experience was enjoyed thoroughly by all. The OPTAG Confirmatory Exercise was seen by many as the highlight of the pre-tour preparations and saw the troop fairly dispersed among the multiples but with some of the hard nosed signaller manning, and in some cases building, the various Ops Rooms. LCpl ‘Bob’ De Mon found herself with the enviable job of a female searcher, and was occa- sionally forced to step away from the computer This happened sometimes for hours at a time and she returned a positively shell-shocked look on her faced.. It was the culmination of some hard training and once again enjoyed by all. The squadron deployed on Op TELIC 7 in October and the troop was split with half coming out with the advance party to do all the handover business, and the ‘short tourers’ arriving a few days later in the main body. Now that we are here in Iraq, there do not seem to be enough hours in the day for all we have to achieve; particularly for the OC’s rover group who seem to do a lot more work than the rest of us, so stag on, boys! We must also not forget to mention Sgt Coburn’s cohorts who beaver away in the G2 cell, to dream up with some interesting intelli- gence as well as keeping Tpr Pincott out of trouble. The troop wishes to“; W/sh / Was th/s b/g/ Ma/ FOOKS and Ms mterpreter, Mohammad, welcome all its new faces LCpls Rushton and Reid, Tprs Arbon, ,. Pile, Thompson, Fairbrother and ‘M ‘ ‘ ' Veal as well as wish those who have in» left us - all the best for the future. |
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