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Army Photographer of the Year Honoured Also Padres Corner Phantom Comes Back HIVE NEWS to HAUNT WATTISHAM SPRING 2012 YING Station THE COMMUNITY MAGAZINE OF WATTISHAM FL ARmy photogRapheR of the yeaR honouRED ALSO PADRes coRneR PhantoM comes BacK HIVE NEWS to HAUNT WATTISHAM UniT NEWS | MOD POLICE | AWArds | HERiTAGE | 107 GARRISON FM COLUMN THE EAGle CONTENTS THE EAGle CONTENTS 08 26 From the Editor: Lt Col (Retd) RW SILK MBE Station Staff Officer elcome to the Spring 2012 edition of The Eagle, our 12th issue, which covers another W extremely busy period for the AH Force at 12 Wattisham, including training, operations and numerous other activities. As you will see from Col Neale Moss’ foreword, he has provided a resumé of his two years as Station Commander, during which time so much has been achieved by the whole team, albeit he did not mention his sterling fundraising efforts for the Afghan Appeal Fund, which included his epic cycle ride and a charity concert. It is therefore with sadness that after some 37 years of military service that our second resident Station Commander has retired to pursue other challenges in the private sector. During his time at Wattisham, he has not only achieved a great deal to transform the Station, its facilities and 42 military capability, but by his unstinting support to the military and civilian communities alike. I am sure that you will join me in wishing Colonel Neale and Caron the very best of fortune. In his place we warmly welcome Colonel 06 I Foreword 18 I 7 Air Assault Battalion REME 36 I Welfare Matters Andy Cash who by the time this edition of The Eagle hits the streets will be firmly in command - read more in the Introduction by Colonel Neale Moss OBE, News and updates from 7 Air Assault News and updates from the various Unit next issue. Of course there have been many more activities AH Force Commander, Wattisham Flying Battalion REME, including Army Hockey Welfare Offices. which you can read about in The Eagle or by visiting us Station. Trip, Hong Kong & Malaysia. online at www.theeagleonline.co.uk Editorial Jane Weetman 8 I 3 Regiment AAC 28 I 132 AVN Sup Sqn RLC 47 I The HIVE Assistant Editor Team: Email: [email protected] News and updates from 3 Regiment News and updates from 132 AVN Sup News and updates from the Hive. HQ Tel: 01449 72(8210) or 8358 Army Air Corps, including Exercise Snow Sqn RLC. Wattisham Flying Station Email: [email protected] Eagle, aac snowboard training camp and Wattisham Airfield The editorial deadline for the next IPSWICH, Suffolk, IP7 7RA issue is 1st June. competition. Advertising by: Kayleigh, Tel: 01536 526666 Lance Designed by: Rowena Wilson and Danyella James, Tel: 01536 521126 12 I 4 Regiment AAC 29 I B Flt 22 (SAR) Sqn 48 I Honours & Awards Published by: Lance Publishing Ltd, 1st Floor, Tailby House, Bath Road, Kettering, NN16 8NL - Tel: 01536 512624 / Fax: 01536 515481 News and updates from 4 Regiment Army News and updates from B Flt 22 (SAR) Sqn Honours given out and Awards received www.lancepublishing.co.uk / Email: [email protected] Air Corps: A week of publicity and RAF Search & Rescue. at Wattisham Flying Station, also apache Printed by: Lance Print Ltd - Tel: 01480 492183 664 Sqn, 4 Regt AAC fishing day. engineer named young woman engineer of The views expressed by the contributors to The Eagle magazine are not necessarily the year. those of the Editor; MOD, or the publishers and do not reflect Station policy. All precautions are taken to ensure accuracy. Advertisements are accepted on the understanding that they conform to the British Code of Advertising Practice. This magazine is published by the kind permission of the Station Commander. THE EAGLE | 04 THE EAGLE | 05 THE EAGLE Soars Highland Motors Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich, IP6 0EG AH Force Comd: Getting to the Prince Charles, and attending Flight Deck Ops magic 100,000 flying hours on what we have nicknamed the Apache was a special moment ‘Chain Gang’ festivities. The Tel: 01473 830288 and allowed us to celebrate the ‘Chain Gang’ refers to the Mayors, The Best family run buisness since 1979. Team ethos we have built here at High Sheriffs, Councillors, MPs, Wattisham. I have spoken to many Chiefs of Police, Fire, Bishops people who joined us on the day and Lord Lieutenants all of whom (July 2011) and the things they we have been lucky enough all remember were the excellent to meet and get to know well flying display (well done Capt Stu through being the ‘headmaster’ Pearce and Mr Allen), and the at Wattisham. Everyone has been pyramid of personnel who support most welcoming and interested the AH: groundcrew, SATCO, in what we do here. There is a technicians, contractors, palpable sense of local pride firemen, aircrew, flight in the AH Force, SAR planners, Met THE THING I AM Flight and Police officers etc etc. I Unit. The ground Introduction by MOst prOUD OF IS was also hugely SEttING UP THE NEW AH breaking work Colonel Neale Moss OBE that we have AH Force Commander Wattisham Flying Station proud when FOrcE HQ And WAttISHAM we picked up FLYING STATION HQ. THIS done (well done four prestigious TOOK A HUGE AMOUnt OF Lt Col Robbie Eagle: You are coming up to the AH Force Comd: I do hope so, Officers were doing their own Eagle: Is there anything that Guild of Air EffOrt, BUT AS ALWAYS IT Silk) with end of your time in Command otherwise we may as well all go thing sitting in misused MQs. We can be done to enhance our Pilots and WAS A TEAM AffAIR... Suffolk Council SERVICING ALL MAKES OF CARS, M.O.T, here, which started in April 2010, home. I genuinely believe that have built a new Welfare Centre infrastructure? Navigators and the Emergency what are your proudest moments we are working much better as a and put the HIVE in there, so that (GAPAN) awards at The Services in creating PREP UP TO DATE DIAGNOSTICS, our families can use a centralised Well, I think Guildhall in October last year. the Fire-fighting training and memories? Command Team now – we must AH Force Comd: FULLY QUALIFIED TECHNICIANS be because we did not really have facility without losing the contact there is, but I sometimes feel like One of the awards (The Johnstone area in the old air defence AH Force Comd: The thing I am a Command group to speak of or confidence of their own unit a lone voice in the wilderness. I Memorial Trophy) was first won site has been extremely well most proud of is setting up the before I arrived. I detect that network. In a way, this microcosm believe that the MoD and Army HQ by Sir Francis Chichester in 1931 received. I think that we must do new AH Force HQ and Wattisham there is far less friction now sums up my philosophy of needs to start looking at our bases and sits in my office; I only say this everything within our power to Flying Station HQ. This took a between units compared to two combining effort where necessary, in a much more entrepreneurial to underline how prestigious these be seen to act as good neighbours huge amount of effort, but as years ago – we are trying to share without breaking the strong esprit way. If we take Wattisham as an sorts of awards are. Next door to and within the constraints of always it was a team affair. Much commitments equitably and fight de corps of the individual units. example, we should invite a support my office, in the Dauncey Room, security, share our successes credit must got to my predecessor, them off together. And, that is the firm in here (SERCO is an example there hangs three Military Crosses with the locals. The Station Colonel David Turner OBE for real point: we need to be heard Eagle: But, there must have been that comes to mind) and ask them and four Distinguished Flying Visitors Days pay enormous setting a solid foundation from as one voice when talking to the frustrations along the way! to run our infrastructure out of Crosses – with their recipients’ dividends (well done to Judy which to build. But, credit is Joint Helicopter Command or the profits made from a hotel-type citations and mug shots. There Bugg and Tracey Wadley for also due to my first Chief of 16 Air Asslt Bde, otherwise we AH Force Comd: Not kidding – facility (rather like the Americans is an Air Force Cross ready to coordinating these). Staff (Simon De La Billiere) just confuse our leaders. The new where do I start? Probably the have on their bases). To that end join them and I am hopeful that and DCOS (Dave McGee). The HQ is designed to be that ‘one number one frustration (and AgustaWestlands and SERCO have HERRICK and ELLAMY may bring Eagle: Is there anything else latter two really rolled up their voice’. Also, sometimes we need I have shared this with Comd teamed up and are completing a us some more National Awards you would like to say to close sleeves to make sure that the to coordinate activities across JHC and CGS) is not being able Pilot Study (not a helpful label on soon. All these awards highlight this interview? building was ready for us and Wattisham Flying Station. A good to fund a decent Sergeants’ an airfield) by doing deep dives into the massive effort and not the establishment matched our example is the annual SSAFA Mess or Child Care Facility to specific areas of our operations here: insignificant bravery that the AH AH Force Comd: As you know, outputs.
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