9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1984 - Page 0021
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1984 |
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The months tollowmg Ex Mountain Goat were taken up With varlous close recce troops in turn going to Sollau torpre , BATUS tratntng, before tlying to Suffteld Canada wtth thetr Battle Groups on Exerctse Medicine Man What some at the Squadron thought would be a ntce holiday, to fact, turned out to be a busy and demanrltng tratnrrtg exerctse, during WllIUlI a great deal was learnt (not least the dtlttculty ol rnap reading outside red areas) Free movement, IG ~ lrce qiinnery and ’real We lire missions lroin arttllery to mortars were all much aporeclated All the troops earned nigh oratse at Sullteld lot seemtng [0 know what would happen next lrhat‘s what recce troops are tor'l Brrgadrer Naylor, Crrntrnander 22 Armoured Brigade. when Inspecltng 3rd Troop during his Visit to BATUS was interested to learn tn response to one of his questions. that 3 RGJ were ’not durrrg too badly Tor grurttsl' The troops spent approxtmalely 17 days on the Drama wrth their respective Battle - Groups 4th Trooo’s time coincided wrtli one of the hottest spells the area had known In years, the temperature averaging 33% Many new friends were made, tnctudtng ‘Satnmv the rattlesnake’ and 'Grett the gopher’ Alter the axercrse on the prairte, there followed a hecttc period of cleanan and prepanng the vehicle tor handover to the tncomtng Battle AGroup Havtrtg completed the handover, there was nine tor some R and R wrth vrslts to Calgary, Edmonton and the Rockies. before returntng to BAOR The return flight tor 6th Troop was made on the RAF‘s new TRlSTARS, Needless to say RAF stewards dtdn't compare With the Brttrsh Caledonian stewardesses who had pandered to thelr wrshes on the outward tourney Howevert Sgt Bond unloved the ’thts is not a drtll’ emergency landing on the return leg ‘ The return lrotn BATUS brought wtth rt several changes Captain lewrs lett 5th Troop on posting to Uganda while SSgt Fegasse tttoved to lst Troop In the middle nl all this aCllVIlVr those that rematned rtr BAOR depolved to France on Exercise Happy Voltigeur, A Regtmentalty run adventure training exercrse at La Courttrie. Facllttles lot climbtng, canoetng, trekking, Wind surltng and ‘entente cordiale‘ were all available The exerctse Will be remembered tor a number at reasons, not the least being lHE 9m lZTH noyAt tANCERS RlGlMENYAt JOURNAL Exrtrnsu Happy vnttigeur in Flfltlce provided a welcome bleak. Li C E A Cooke’s dubious behaviour tn the local discos helore berng patntully dropped down the side at a mountain by Tpr Darmola whtlst ahsetling Several people escaped from SHO, it only temporarily , Sgt McIntyre was attached to C Squadron as a canoetng tnstructor, LCpl thhardson detached himself to hosptlal, Tpr lnow LCpll McGaiin drsapoeared on a course and Tpi Pitcher was detached to one of the groups on the adventure training Circuit. lt was only LCol Barron, With his cltmbtng oiialtlloattons, who was left behind to look after the vehicles Whilst the remainder of the Regiment suntanned themselves tn Fiance enjoying the cheap Wine, 3rd Troop, havrng iusi returned lrom BATUS, took some well earned leave and said farewell to Captarrt Routledge, who became Squadron ZTC and to Sgt Raid who was posted to A Squadron The cltrnax ot the training season last year was Exercrse Eternal Triangle, the lst Armoured diviston FTX For 8H0 II also meant deploying on a CPX called Exercrse Grand Canyon lr was during this exercrse that Mator Strudley reltnqutshed command and departed on posltng to UK, leavtng behind him thousands of tracksurts SHQ was attached to RHO and Mayor Chappell took over command temporartly For the remainder of the exercise SHO were deployed on the succession ol drllerent tasks whrch rncluded lookrng alter a CVRlTl Squadron lrnrn the RAF Regtment at Laarbruch, who were attached to the 9th/l2th Royal Lancers The highlights ol tlirs exetcrse lor T31 Troop were One trying to ltnd out under whose command they were each day lit changed so often” Two avoiding the hordes 0t pressmen lollowrng the Royal Hussar Squadron equipped wrrlt the new Challenger tank. Lt Reed departed lst Troop tor an emergency 6 month tour tn Beirut and 55g! Day took over command Wllh only 2 Scrmlrars tell on the road 2nd Troop were ordered to clear 2 routes through a wood thh 4 hours to go Cpl Wixon's Scimitar broke down and wrlh ortly 2 hours to go LCpl Hewttt's also broke down, hoth vehicles sullering wtth inator assemhly problemsl no wonder the Amerlcans gm Plrrthtlshortl 4th Troop deployed as usual wrth The Coldslroam Guards on Exercrse Eternal Trtangle but once or twtce tt seemed they were going to detect to the Orange Forces. Cpl Hancock totned an enemy recce trnop l‘Well they looked llke oursl‘l, and Sgt Hayes, whilst monitoring enemy movement‘ turned an enemy column (‘Just to see where they were goirtitl'l SSgt Hallsworth and Cpl Gaylor also spent a whole Sunday chasrng German TA Paras around the woods l'Just for the hell of ttl'l Allin all an exercise worth remembering! |
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