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SOLDIERS and families of 35 Engineer Regiment enjoyed a fun-packed array of events at Barker Barracks cricket pitches as they celebrated their annual summer families day. TALKIN’ TRASHFull story, page 2

● A car headlight Anti-fl y-tipping campaign aims to combat was just one of many items dumping of personal waste on camps across BFG found dumped irresponsibly A CAMPAIGN is being Such containers are provided for the barracks in BFG, this cost falls to the on one of the barracks in launched to reduce fl y- disposal of rubbish from the activities British taxpayer. and processes carried out within the Mark Richmond, SO2 Safety, Health, BFG recently tipping on the MoD estate wire. Anything else is unauthorised waste Environment and Fire (SHEF) at HQ in BFG. disposal. BFG, said: “The German authorities take There are still incidents within OFFENCE a hard line against such behaviour as y-tipping. BFG where household items such as Fly-tipping is a criminal offence in as all additional costs involved “Personal bulk items should be taken fridge-freezers, old tyres and three- in the disposal of the waste must be paid to a Stadt recycling centre – or collection piece suites are being dumped in for by the owner of the area where it has arranged by the Stadt.” skips and bins in Army camps. been dumped. In the case of camps or ● Continued on page 8 WIN a cartoon strip book in picture caption competition – p13 20 TEL: (0521) 4179810 FAX: (0521) 41798129 www.sixth-sense-newspaper.de SIXTH SENSE · AUGUST 3, 2017 SIXTH SENSE · AUGUST 3, 2017 TEL: (0521) 4179810 FAX: (0521) 41798129 www.sixth-sense-newspaper.de 21 BUILDING BRIDGES

A TEAM from Mongolia So, at the end of oldest regular- overall victories for themselves: re- was the surprise guest at by Helmut Michelis ly organised military competition in serve soldiers from Marbach, Hessia, Europe nobody was really surprised took home the winner’s plate that bears a NATO competition held in about Mongolia having obtained the the engraved signature of the German Mönchengladbach. 609 West Riding Squadron RAF from irst place in the class Active Soldiers Minister of Defence, Ursula von der In spite of much applause dur- North Yorkshire did likewise, only International, followed by American Leyen. beaten by two very strong teams from soldiers from Grafenwöhr and the ing their patrol and best results on France and . RMP stationed at Paderborn. RUNNERS UP the obstacle course and in the rub- The national anthem of Mongolia The longest journey to the IMM Runners-up were active soldiers of ber dinghy, none of the eight Brit- may well have been played for the irst was undertaken by the four-man team the 2nd Company Paratroop Regiment British teams ish teams that entered succeeded in time on the premises of the Zentrale of the Latvian National Guard from 31 from Seedorf and of the 2nd Battal- becoming the winner of the 34th Militärkraftfahrstelle at Mönchenglad- Jekabpils, Jakobstadt. ion of the Air Force Regiment from bach-Rheindahlen. Schortens, both in Lower Saxony. impress at International Military Competition TOUGHNESS Markus Stops, 37, First Lieutenant (IMM) at Mönchengladbach on SURPRISE The 1,800km journey by car via Reserves in charge of the IMM, and in Lithuania and Poland was their irst July 15. Only hours before, four soldiers his civilian life the production manag- test of endurance and toughness, al- international However, the British teams per- from Asia had registered as surprise er at a company for electrical supply guests for the 34th IMM. though no trophies or medals were formed impressively and accomplished awarded for it. systems, described the aim of the com- two third places in the annual event. The Mongolians, who were at- petition. ● 609 West Riding Squadron RAF Team II, from North Yorkshire military tending a language course at the Bun- The IMM is considered to be a Placement was not the focus of meeting for and of nations; so far 23 He said: “The IMM is meant to interest; rather it was the teamwork dessprachenamt at Hürth, enthused build bridges between nations. There- spectators by their brilliant perfor- nations have participated, including of soldiers from eight nations and the New Zealand. fore, we were very happy when we competition mance. demanding physical challenge they en- This year, eight nations showed up. learnt that a team from Drammen in In spite of tropical temperatures dured during the day-long event. Still, teams of the German Bun- had enrolled for the irst time.” ● A member of 74 Sect SIB RMP from Paderborn Although the British teams did get they did not just jog the deswehr reserved the The 35th IMM, which will be or- runs the obstacle course to the victory rostrum; in the class In- 14.5km of the patrol ganised by the Mönchengladbach Re- ternational Active Soldiers the team course like many serve soldiers and the from 74th Section Special Intelligence other teams, they ran. Landeskommando Branch (SIB) of the Royal Military They also coped ad- Nordrhein-West- Police (RMP) from Paderborn proudly mirably with the 10 sta- falen of the Bun- claimed the third place after the teams tions, from pistol shooting, deswehr, is sched- from Mongolia and America. In the to a quiz on aspects of secu- uled to take place group, Reserve Soldiers, the team of rity politics. on June 30, 2018.

● Team 609 West Riding Squadron RAF, Team 1 during the rubber dinghy exercise

● An IMM participant on the assault course ● The Defence School of Policing and Guarding, Portsmouth, during a team event

● The participating nations and organisations at IMM 2017, held in Mönchengladbach last month ● 74 Sect SIB RMP Paderborn at one of the 10 stations at IMM