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Wire August 2013 THE wire August 2013 www.royalsignals.mod.uk The Magazine of The Royal Corps of Signals HONOURS AND AWARDS We congratulate the following Royal Signals personnel who have been granted state honours by Her Majesty The Queen in her annual Birthday Honours List: Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) Maj CN Cooper Maj RJ Craig Lt Col MS Dooley Maj SJ Perrett Queen’s Volunteer Reserves Medal (QVRM) Lt Col JA Allan, TD Meritorious Service Medal WO1 MP Clish WO1 PD Hounsell WO2 SV Reynolds WO2 PM Robins AUGUST 2013 Vol. 67 No: 4 The Magazine of the Royal Corps of Signals Established in 1920 Find us on The Wire Published bi-monthly Annual subscription £12.00 plus postage Editor: Mr Keith Pritchard Editor Deputy Editor: Ms J Burke Mr Keith Pritchard Tel: 01258 482817 All correspondence and material for publication in The Wire should be addressed to: The Wire, RHQ Royal Signals, Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8RH Email: [email protected] Contributors Deadline for The Wire : 15th February for publication in the April. 15th April for publication in the June. 15th June for publication in the August. 15th August for publication in the October. 15th October for publication in the December. Accounts / Subscriptions 10th December for publication in the February. Mrs Jess Lawson To see The Wire on line or to refer to Guidelines for Contributors, go to: Tel: 01258 482087 http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/25070.aspx Subscribers All enquiries regarding subscriptions and changes of address of The Wire should be made to: 01258 482087 or 94371 2087 (mil) or [email protected]. Remittances should be made payable to Royal Signals Benevolent Fund CONTENTS Page Other Notable Articles Page News from Operations 2 Honours and Awards IFC News from Blandford 5 News from Training 10 Lanyard Trophy 2013 98 News from Regiments 19 News from Squadrons 78 RSA Reunion 100 Other Units 91 Sport 93 7th Armoured Division 111 Adventure Training 96 Royal Signals Association 102 Last Post 110 Obituaries 110 FRONT COVER BACK COVER Lanyard 2013 - The mass start The end of the Devizes to Westminster canoe race Authors alone are responsible for the content of their articles. The opinions expressed in the articles of this publication are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the policy and views, official or otherwise, of the Royal Corps of Signals or the Ministry of Defence. All articles and submissions are published at the discretion of the Editor. This publication may contain official information. It should be treated with discretion by the recipient. 1 Printed by Holbrook Printers Ltd, Norway Road, Hilsea, Portsmouth © Crown Copyright NEWS FROM OPERATIONS 3rd (UNITED KINGDOM) DIVISION HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL REGIMENT OP HERRICK 18 6-7 Months had completed their package and it was the out dets turn to endure some tier 2 pelvic Personal Protective HELMAND ICS SIGNAL SQUADRON (202 SIGNAL SQUADRON) Equipment in the sun for the next 3 days. OC Maj C M Dixon SSM WO2 (SSM) K Brown The Deployment – by Sig ‘Dodger’ Rodger and Lt ‘Ice Man’ McGrath It took me a lot longer to sort my kit out than I expected, but as it was my first time out I thought it was best to be thorough. My girlfriend was nagging me to help and I said she could spray paint a black patch on my daysack so I could mark it up, let's just say she didn’t have any other jobs after that. After months and months of STA courses, ranges, CFX and FTX, Deployment Day had finally arrived and the time came to leave my accommodation. I was nearly half way to SHQ before I realised I had not taken any phone numbers! I ditched my kit and ran back, it was a close call, it would have been an embarrassing Facebook message to the girlfriend 2 weeks after arriving, ‘…I do love you, but I just forgot to take your number, honestly!’ That wouldn’t go down well. RSOI 25m CQM Range At 2104hrs we set off, leaving sunny Bulford for warmer climes. RAF Brize Norton was very much like a very small Days 3-5 was the Cat 2 package consisting of lots of C-IED, airport, unsurprisingly it had a small departure lounge, ECM (FP) and Patrolling elements with all possible scenarios security checking area, and a few can machines. It was thrown in. However, it was primarily based around today’s getting late so we were getting pretty sedate, just reading, threat of C-IED. The training was extensive, we covered lane chatting and a wee game of cards. It seemed like an eternity clearance with and without vehicles, VCPs and Op BARMA. waiting for our aircraft which was due to leave at 0200hrs. I The periods on finds, confirmation and search were was surprised to see that the aircraft was very much like any outstanding. There were individual lanes set up for each other passenger aircraft I had flown on before and when I member of the team to search independently and also larger closed my eyes I imagined landing in Tenerife or Mexico, but lanes to search as a multiple. From there, the training over, alas, it wasn’t to be. Our destination had sun and sand but I the 3 days progressed to clearing HLS, night drills, wadi didn’t suspect that we would have much time for sand crossings and compound clearance. On the surface on Day 2 castles. it looked like Days 3-5 were going to be horrendous, but for those of us that did it, we had a great time and learned a The Reception Staging and Onward Integration (RSOI) package compromised of Operational update briefs, current Tactics Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) and the use of specialist equipment. For some of us, this is our first tour and it was a steep learning curve. The first words were spoken to the start of a 10 hour lecture, “Keep hydrated throughout the day and stay with it. If anyone falls asleep then please stand up at the back of the lecture hall.” LCpl Ryan Hughes then commented, “How do you know to stand if you’re asleep already?” The Day 1 briefs ranged from practical areas like driving in Theatre to the Brigade Commander's Brief, Media Awareness and Afghan culture. To give a better understanding of the day, there are 30 separate presentations in one lecture hall, you be the judge. Day 2 was as long as Day 1, but on the bright side it was very informative. It was all outside like the remainder of the RSOI. It started with Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) check by the RSOI instructors then a short 2 mile TAB to the range for Grouping and Zeroing. We also covered briefings on Health and Hygiene, vehicles in use in Theatre, Op LAW and many Maj Dixon and WO2 (SSM) Brown Complete the Takeover by more. By the end of the day the Bastion dwellers for the next raising the 202 Sig Sqn Flag 2 THE WIRE, AUGUST 2013 great deal in the process. The only drawback was that we with help from a few other teams, have to prepare this huge were all so keen to just get in and do the job we came here to couple-of-hundred-laptop room for the move, including the do. cabling and trunking for said cables and phones. After only two weeks in the chair we’ve had a member Small Projects Section – by LCpl ‘Broadsword’ Main hospitalised. LCpl Scott ‘Scotty’ McArthur managed to cut half of his pinky finger off with a Gerber whilst attempting to It’s been a fast start for the Small Projects Team, if you can cut the excess from a zip-tie. Five stitches later he’s back with call it that, as the tour built up and we were informed of our the team and ready to rock and roll on our first project. PIDs our 4-man team looked at the title and scratched our heads. We assumed it would be putting out the odd laptop, Our job predominantly sits at a Telemech level. Our one maybe running a few cables around a room. We couldn’t Telemech on the team, LCpl Alex ‘Al’ Hopkins, has had have been more wrong. The “Small” part depicts the number evenings pulling his hair out as he attempts to monitor, of people in the team. The work is massive. For instance, an supervise and control three technicians let loose with power entire Headquarters is changing location. Our small team, tools. We’re surprised no one else has been hospitalised yet, but you can bet your bottom dollar the Med Centre hasn’t seen the last of us yet. As our first project comes to a steady close, we won’t be sat down 5 minutes before the hundreds of people board a few helicopters and expect to walk into a huge building filled to the brim with laptops and phones ready to go. It’s going to be hard in this 40 degree heat (not to mention it’s only May!) but we’re steaming on, determined to beat every deadline set before us. A unique way to get out of the sun Sgt Ware, Cpl Nye, LCpl Wilson, LCpl Doyle-Thorpe and LCpl Harper LCpl McArthur making the most of his time spent in the Med WO2 SSM Brown mucks in on the help desk Centre THE WIRE, AUGUST 2013 3 Life for the New Guy in a FOB, TSU NDA ICS Det, FOB SUPPORT SQUADRON SHAWQAT – by Sig Doyle-Thorpe OC Maj A McKenna Arriving in FOB Shawqat we were greeted at the HLS by Sgt SSM WO2 (SSM) S Perry Ware and given a tour of the FOB.
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