9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2003 - Page 0027
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2003 |
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REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES’S) 25 GW Tp after EX ARAB CONFUS/ON m G/yn Hughes Barracks Allen brought an experienced touch to the dismounted skills and Cpl Hicks amazed us with his inability to successfully set up the new ‘idiot proof’ trip-flares. Tprs Mukungunugwa and Grant proved menacing deterrents as they manned GI’MGs on vehicle check points, and listening to the chatter of Tprs Grant and Lewis on the personal role radios, combined with the 30 degree North German heat, almost made it possible to believe that we were exercising in on a Caribbean Island 7 at least it did after several days without sleep. Inevitably between the exercise, a couple of small arms range packages and the time of writing there have been a few changes in personnel. Reluctantly we adopted a new force structure despatching a Spartan to each of the Sabre Troops and receiving in return three battered Scimitars of our own. Sadly this meant that LCpl Allen had to move with his vehicle to 2 Tp but we got a fair return with LCpl Payne 7 Tpr Fowkes has never been so keen on ensuring that tools are locked and secured away expe- diently. We are currently resisting the move to rename ourselves as 4th Troop. As we say goodbye to our kit we are reminded that in four weeks time we will be in Iraq and finally being able to get on with what we have trained hard for. Every man is look- ing forward to it and we all look forward to being able to swing the lantern on our return. GW Troop 2003 has been an all over the place kind of a year for the god’s weapons. The beginning of the year saw us all being stood up for a potential deployment to Iraq only to be politely jacked and stood down! Then came the promise of maybe putting a few fires out in Sheffield, after completing the entire Special To Arms Fireman Sam training. On returning to Hohne we deployed on EX RUSTY LANCER in Uelzen, teaching the new guys how to live on the wagons and all the basic skills and drills that have been neglected over the course of many Bosnia tours and various OPFOR exercises in BATUS. There has been many comings and goings into and from the Troop. We lost Cpl Johnson and Tpr Stephens to B Sqn for yet another tour of Bosnia. LCpl Bissett and Tpr Harding went on six-month cheers easy on the Regimental Recruiting Team in Sp Tp on co//ect/ve tram/Hg W/th the L/ght mfantfl/ |
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