Three Peaks Challenge 1 RGR - Ex ANNAPURNA KUKRI Gurkhas Officers Ride Across America the Army Reserves Are Recruiting Gurkhas Now
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www.gurkhabde.com/publication/parbate Vol 65 No 5: Sep 2013 The magazine for Gurkha Soldiers and their Families QGE - Three Peaks Challenge 1 RGR - Ex ANNAPURNA KUKRI Gurkhas Officers ride across America The Army Reserves are Recruiting Gurkhas NOW. Opportunity The Army Reserve is keen to recruit Gurkhas, if you are either retired or about to retire from the regular service. There are a range of opportunities, if you are still looking for a challenging and dynamic role then apply now to become a soldier again. The Army Reserve will give you the opportunity to do something different, get paid to train in your spare time and earn an annual tax free bounty. Commitment How much time you give depends on you and you can adjust according to your main employment. The average training requirement for most Army reservists will be about 40 days per year, depending on their role. Training is usually conducted in evenings and at weekends Support and during an annual camp of up to 16 days. The Government supports you and your employer so you don’t have to worry about Scheme putting your job at risk when you join the Army If you join the Army Reserve within 3 years of Reserve. discharge you will enjoy a number of callout liabilities, a reduced MATT and annual training A few bullets for your information: attendance requirement and potentially a Bounty of up to £1691 tax free. • A regular programme of instruction over 12 months Alternatively, if you commit to undertake • It is bounty earning the full range of Army Reserve training and call out liability, you may be eligible for a • Early commitment bonus payable Commitment Bonus of £5000 (tax payable) – • Individuals will receive travel costs paid over 4 years. This scheme will provide an for attending training initial payment of a £2000 lump sum, followed • Opportunity for exciting training, by three annual payments of £1000. including overseas The Scheme will run between 1 April 2013 and • Weekend work only 31 March 2016. It is recommended that you • Requirement for all cap badges and skill sets complete the Army Reserve application process at least 10 weeks prior to leaving the Regular Further detail and application forms can be Army as this will make your passage into the found on the website link below or through Army Reserve as straightforward as possible. the unit RCMOs For further detail and application forms call 08456008080. http://defenceintranet.diif.r.mil.uk/Organisations/Orgs/Army/Home/Pages/ArmyHome. aspx - Defence Intranet www.armyjobs.mod.uk/join/20080.aspx The Army Reserves are Recruiting Gurkhas NOW. Vol 65 No. 5 September 2013 Editorial Staff Contents Opportunity Editor: Mrs Janette Patterson GWT 2 - 3 The Army Reserve is keen to recruit Gurkhas, Assistant Editor: Cpl Rakam Thamshuhang GSPS QGE 4 - 7 Telephone: 01980 618012 (94344 8012) if you are either retired or about to retire GBA 8 from the regular service. There are a range Fax: 01980 618938 (94344 8938) of opportunities, if you are still looking for a e-mail: [email protected] QOGLR 8,15 challenging and dynamic role then apply now MOD Users: [email protected] BGN 9,16 to become a soldier again. The Army Reserve Please send your articles together with good quality QGS 9, 12 - 13 will give you the opportunity to do something photographs (300 dpi), through your unit’s Parbate Rep, to: different, get paid to train in your spare time Photo News 10 - 11 The Editor, Parbate Office, HQBG, Trenchard Lines, and earn an annual tax free bounty. Upavon, Pewsey, Wiltshire SN9 6BE GSPS 14 GCS 17 Commitment Parbate is published every month by kind permission of HQBG. It is not an official publication and the views expressed, unless specifically stated otherwise, do not reflect 1 RGR 17 - 20 How much time you give depends on you MOD or Army policy and are the personal views of the author. No part of this publication and you can adjust according to your main may be reproduced without the permission of the Editorial Staff. No responsibility for the quality of goods or services advertised in this magazine can be accepted by the Editorial employment. The average training requirement Staff or Publishers and advertisements are accepted on the express condition that they in no Front Cover: for most Army reservists will be about 40 days way contravene the provisions of the Trades Descriptions Act 1968 nor any other prevailing QGE 3 Peaks Challenge - on the way to Ben Nevis Consumer Legislation. The Editorial Staff and Publishers cannot accept responsibility for the per year, depending on their role. Training is result of errors or omissions in articles or advertisements. usually conducted in evenings and at weekends Support Picture Below: Parbate is designed by AMC Creative Media Design, Members of Brigade of Gurkhas Steering Group meeting which took and during an annual camp of up to 16 days. The Government supports you and your and produced using recycled paper. employer so you don’t have to worry about ADR002934 place at Gurkha Museum, Winchester on 30 October 2013. Scheme putting your job at risk when you join the Army Photo courtesy of LCpl Dipak Rai QOGLR. If you join the Army Reserve within 3 years of Reserve. discharge you will enjoy a number of callout liabilities, a reduced MATT and annual training A few bullets for your information: attendance requirement and potentially a Bounty of up to £1691 tax free. • A regular programme of instruction over 12 months Alternatively, if you commit to undertake • It is bounty earning the full range of Army Reserve training and call out liability, you may be eligible for a • Early commitment bonus payable Commitment Bonus of £5000 (tax payable) – • Individuals will receive travel costs paid over 4 years. This scheme will provide an for attending training initial payment of a £2000 lump sum, followed • Opportunity for exciting training, by three annual payments of £1000. including overseas The Scheme will run between 1 April 2013 and • Weekend work only 31 March 2016. It is recommended that you • Requirement for all cap badges and skill sets complete the Army Reserve application process at least 10 weeks prior to leaving the Regular Further detail and application forms can be Army as this will make your passage into the found on the website link below or through Army Reserve as straightforward as possible. the unit RCMOs For further detail and application forms call 08456008080. http://defenceintranet.diif.r.mil.uk/Organisations/Orgs/Army/Home/Pages/ArmyHome. aspx - Defence Intranet www.armyjobs.mod.uk/join/20080.aspx GWT ver the 2013 Summer leave period RGR Lieutenants Jon Armstrong Oand Mike Reardon cycled, unsupported, the 3,005 miles between New Jersey and San Diego to raise money for the Gurkha Welfare Trust. Passing through 13 states, the ride took the pair 37 days to complete during which they climbed 144,762 feet, dealt with around 40 punctures (most of them Lt Armstrong’s) and managed to raise over £6,200. Inspiration for the Gurkha Officers Ride Across America (GORAA) project came in early 2013 when Lt Reardon and I were in Pokhara, Nepal undergoing our Nepali language training course. At the conclusion Gurkha Officers of the course we were given the privilege of undertaking Duty Treks in the remote hills Ride Across America and villages where we were able to see the work that the GWT has undertaken with the local communities. Having seen the positive I set off from the east coast in New Jersey on The first phase included cycling across five impact they have had on these communities 15 July. Riding with me was Steve, a close family states, from New Jersey to Ohio, in nearly we decided to raise money to support the friend, who lived in the area and wanted to unbearable heat. On the third day I drank GWT. The scale of the event needed to reflect cycle the first ten or so miles with me. close to twelve litres of water and quickly the amount of money we wanted to raise Things were going well for the first two miles realised that cycling during the day was going and despite the fact that neither of us had until one of my kit bags fell off the bike. to be unsustainable. I therefore opted to actually spent much time on bikes, I recovered it and carried on but only a short cycle at night, despite the obvious risks. This (Lt Reardon only bought his 12 days before while later, having forgotten to unclip my cleats, new tactic proved to be effective but would he flew to America) we decided that a cycle I fell off my bike at a traffic light. I soon realised also bring new challenges of isolation and across America would be a suitable challenge. that it was going to be a steep learning curve boredom as the only people I would speak and Steve probably wondered how on earth to throughout the day would be the hotel The journey would be split into three phases I was going to survive the next 60 miles let alone receptionist and perhaps a waitress. of roughly 1000 miles each. Based on the next 2990! cycling approximately 80 – 100 miles a day It was however during this first phase that the journey would take around 40 days to It was a baptism of fire and regular punctures I started to encounter the famous American complete. Phase one would bring with it the and a few tumbles added to the challenge.