9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1984 - Page 0093
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1984 |
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tHESTHrmH nomt LANCERS nEGtMENtAt .toonNAt At the end of the ttrst part of term they alt go home for a wetl , earned break, The same suitcase and hotdatl, bnty thts ttme tt contains a new untform whtch w:|t be shown to the famity, mates and otd sotdiers tn the t t tocat, ‘ Of the total nf 150 that arrived, between t and 20 have atready gtyen , up and gutte- ttume tot vattOus reasons, from ‘It’s tust ttke the cadets’, to ‘My Urtcte has a tab for me tn hrs ttrm’ Fottowtng the tong weekend break they alt return, havtng forgotten most of what they tearned Then off we go agent tttstmcttng the Common Mtlttary Sytlabus (CMS) which every recrtttt has to be taught before he can ftnatly pass off and catt tttmsetf a sotdter. However, not atl 4 terms spent by the Juntor Leader at Bovtngton (except for RMP, who onty have 3 terms) are att work.tn the test year ,, ‘ atone there have been some very Battte PT t tnteresttng trtps abroad and tt t5 worthwhtle to gtve a outck resume of these to describe some of the Opportutttttes open to tumors. tn Aprtl t983 a party of 6 Juntor Leaders and 3 Permanent Staff compteted a 6 day trek tn the Htgh Attas Mountatns of Morocco t cutnttnattng In the ascent of Jbet Foubkal tH! t3,435 It) On August 2nd t883 a srmtlar party teft for the Cattadtan Rocktes where they spent three entoyable weeks mottntatneertng tn the area of Mt Robson, culrntrtattng tn the ascent of Mt Resotendettt ttt,248 ftt. Irt Aprtt t984a party of 12 Jttntor Leaders and 5 Permanent Staff went to the South of France on e tutttl canoetrtg/t:ttmbtng expedttton on the Ardeotte Rtvet and Catartques Ctttfs - neat Marsetttes At the same ttnte a grout) of to Jut'ttor Leaders went t0 the Far East to get a brtef tr=troductton to ttvtng u. the ' tungte, tearntng tracktng, navtgatton [ and trapptng The group are stttt there ‘ and they hope to end thetr trtp by , cttrnbtng the Kola Ktnabatu tt3,455flt. St) ttfe tsn’t att that bad tor the Jtnttor Leaders at Bovxngtottt The boys also teatn one of the has t. RAC trades on etther MBT Dr CVR dependtng on t thetr eventuat deshnatton NH L 9t |
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