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Inside: Holdfast Special Managing the Pipeline Crane Training G N I R E E N I G N E Y R A T I L I M rsme F O L O O H C S L A Y matters O R E ISSUE 10 : AUGUST 2012 H T M O R F S W E N Inside: Holdfast special Managing the pipeline Crane training Working together to train our soldiers for operations 02 AUGUST 2012 rsme matters We’re always looking for new parts of the RSME to explore and share within RSME Matters. If you’d like us to tell your story then just let us know. IAN CLOWES, Editor, RSME Matters 07930 982 661 [email protected] AUGUST 2012 03 rsme matters Contents Features Introduction ........................................ 04 05 Pondorosa visit for new faces ............ 05 Construction ....................................... 07 Managing the pipeline ........................ 10 Holdfast Command Support .............. 14 Bicester bound ................................... 16 CONSTRUCTION There has been a recent flurry of activity across the RSME as several major Holdfast special construction projects have been completed. This includes the new reception centre and fitness suite at Minley... Read more on page 5 Minley support .................................... 17 Teamwork wins out ............................. 20 10 14 Hawley redevelopment ....................... 22 Crane training ..................................... 23 Rising stars ......................................... 27 Christchurch Troop ............................. 28 MANAGING THE PIPELINE HOLDFAST COMMAND SUPPORT With the headline stories of training Deep within the Burgoyne building at transformation, new build Gibraltar Barracks lies one of accommodation and training facilities Holdfast’s lesser known teams carrying it is easy to forget that there are many out essential work in support of the more teams of people working away RSME. Command Support is all about behind the scenes to make it all communications and that inevitably happen. Read more on page 10 relies on complex technology and equipment. Read more on page 14 23 28 CRANE TRAINING CHRISTCHURCH TROOP Carrying out lifting tasks during Continuing our look at the Main picture: The Holdfast team responsible for operations, often at night, presents Troops within 63 Sqn, 3 RSME supporting the BR90 vehicles during a recent real challenges and dangers. The Regt, the focus moves to training exercise. Holdfast team at Minley is Christchurch Troop, until recently responsible for all levels of crane known as Driver Training Troop. Photography: All images except where stated by Ian Clowes www.goldysolutions.co.uk training within the RSME, right up to Read more on page 28 Design and Production: Plain Design the advanced Appointed Persons www.plaindesign.co.uk course. Read more on page 23 04 AUGUST 2012 rsme matters Introduction Welcome to issue 10 of RSME strong partnership ethos within the Matters. There are some key new faces at RSME, their work is recognised across the RSME. Tim Redfern has taken on the the School as best practice and has role of Director, Land Training within already resulted in significant benefits Babcock and is replaced by John and efficiencies. We also meet the Wadham who takes on the role of Holdfast Holdfast crane training experts and the MD. Tim retains links with the School in his team responsible for the maintenance of new position and will be supporting John the complex BR90 bridging equipment. as he leads Holdfast through the challenging times ahead. At Brompton we Turning to the construction programme, also meet the new Chief of Staff, HQ the new site at Bicester is almost RSME and the new CO 1 RSME Regt. complete and Hawley Hard, the focus of much of the waterborne and bridging Now well into the fourth year of the training at Minley, is in the demolition contract seemed the right time to take a phase of a total redevelopment. Many closer look at Holdfast Training Services refurbished facilities are now coming Limited (Holdfast); exploring the back on-line and several new builds have structure, role, challenges and been completed ahead of schedule. successes of the last three years. The RSME has made tremendous progress Our Troop focus looks at the newly in training methodology and the renamed Christchurch Troop (formerly transformation process is well the Driver Training Troop) as they carry underway. Sweeping improvements to out a public bridging demonstration in the School’s technical infrastructure Christchurch and get to grips with the have been matched by newly newly launched Rapid Emplacement constructed or refurbished teaching Bridging System (REBS) and protected facilities and accommodation. Catering, Self Loading Dump Truck (SLDT) Pondoro facilities management and the Armoured, vehicles. engineering and technical support are second-to-none. And that’s not all. In a packed issue we meet more of the backroom teams for new Holdfast, working closely alongside the supporting training including the team at Authority in collocated teams, plays a Minley responsible for reception, post and key role in the management and graphics support. Finally we speak to the planning of the training process. In this team recently praised by CO 3 RSME 2 issue we meet the team responsible for Regt for their fantastic efforts that kept MD Holdfast developing and improving the planning the site running earlier this year when a pipeline. A team that epitomizes the major water supply pipeline fractured. John Wadham’s previous appointments span both military and commercial areas. He served in the Royal Navy (RN), including the role of New Holdfast MD John Director of Training at a major shore-based Wadham with Holdfast training establishment, Project Director of a Training and Services large construction project and was a member Director Peter Sheridan of the Directing Staff at the RN College, Greenwich. In 2005 he became Head of Services for Fleet Support Ltd in Portsmouth Naval Base, responsible for the delivery of facilities management and infrastructure services. This was followed, in 2006, by his appointment as Director of Operations with Flagship where he was responsible for both support and training services. He took up his post as Holdfast MD in June 2012. AUGUST 2012 05 rsme matters 2 1 osa visit faces Chief of Staff, HQ RSME 1 Colonel David Brambell (Late RE), studied His Grade 2 staff appointments included a In 2007 he assumed command of 62 Wks civil engineering at Southampton University technical role in the Naval Base Design Gp RE based in Chilwell, Nottingham. His before commissioning into the Royal Authority, HM Naval Base Clyde, Chief of Unit deployed elements concurrently on Ops Engineers in 1988. Tours as a Tp Comd in Staff, 12 (Air Sp) Engr Bde and a brief stint HERRICK and TELIC. In May 2009 he Germany and in the training environment in the Permanent Joint HQ. He has been deployed as Joint Force Engineer in followed, before a posting as Adjt 38 Engr lucky enough to command at sub-unit level Command of the TELIC Engr Gp for the Regt based in Ripon, North Yorkshire. He twice: 34 Fd Sqn (Air Support) in the completion of Op BROCKDALE, the then completed Professional Engineer Middle East and 535 Specialist Team RE, redeployment of UK forces from Iraq. He Training at the RSME. This included an 18 based in Antrim. then completed the Advanced Command month attachment to the United States and Staff Course before returning to the Army Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District Promoting to Lt Col in February 2005, he Permanent Joint HQ in July 2010 as SO1 J4 in Mississippi. He also gained Membership deployed for 8 months as SO1 J4 Infrastructure. A demanding but rewarding 18 of the Institution of Civil Engineers as a Infrastructure on Op TELIC. On return from months culminated with his appointment, on Chartered Engineer and promotion to Maj. Iraq he moved to Virginia for a tour in NATO’s promotion to Col, as Chief of Staff, RSME in Allied Command Transformation. February 2012. 06 AUGUST 2012 rsme matters New faces continued... CO 1 RSME Regt Lt Col Gareth Baker was commissioned went to HQ RE Land as SO2 O&D Infra into the Royal Engineers in 1990. On during the Op TELIC 1 period. A completion of the Royal Engineer Young fascinating tour followed, as the Russia Officers’ Course he was posted as a Tp desk officer in PDRN, orchestrating the Comd in 77 Armd Engr Sqn before Russian submarine rescue, before having completing an in-service degree and a the privilege to command 20 Fd Sqn on a subsequent Sp Tp Comd post in 34 Fd construction tour in Canada and then Op Sqn (Air Support). Following a tour in HERRICK 7. Whilst in HQ EinC(A) as SO2 Bosnia conducting humanitarian demining O&D he was heavily involved in FAS(NS) with the UN, he deployed on Op planning, Op ENTIRETY restructuring and AGRICOLA 1 as Adjt 21 Engr Regt before implementation of the RSME Regimental pursuing technical career training on the establishment as part of the Public Private PET(C) course. This included an 18 month Partnership. After a short stint in the industrial attachment in Australia followed Defence Intelligence Fusion Centre by a 12 month post within the Royal (Afghanistan) he went on to spend 12 Engineer Professional Engineer Wing months as SO1 Operational Welfare for having secured his Chartered Engineer DCDS (Pers&Trg). In January 2012 he took status. Having been selected for ACSC, he up his current post as CO 1 RSME Regt. AUGUST 2012 07 rsme matters Construction There has been a recent flurry of activity The new-build Junior Ranks’ Single Living The JRSLA was completed eight weeks across the RSME as several major Accommodation (JRSLA) at Brompton was ahead of schedule and is already in full use, construction projects have been constructed using the modular system a real achievement as the construction site completed. This includes the new reception deployed previously at the RSME and featured lies right in the middle of the busy Brompton centre and fitness suite at Minley, new-build in RSME Matters issue two which can be site.
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