Page 29 - The KRH Year of 2023 (CREST Sharing)

The Regimental Journal of The King’s Royal Hussars 29
“WHAM” Cpl Elliott, NLAW God
guns and new shoots to the extent that A Squadron troop lead- ers stuffed all his kit in the bin and doused it in coffee and the vestiges of their lunch. The TES phase brought fresh chal- lenges for Command Troop, not least the totally unreasonable demands of the CO for three meals a day and an occasional brew. Led by Cpl Hatton, the crew of 0D’s often unusual meal- time choices became the object of a daily BGHQ sweepstake as well as some tuition from the RSM.
Despite it being a wholly new adventure for the Army, Command Troop acquitted itself extremely well on IRON CYCLONE and, in between helping host most of the hierarchy of the Army, found time to expand its knowledge beyond the traditional circles of command and control to become, mostly thanks to Sgt Kingston and Cpl Sikdar, a door-kicking, NLAW- shooting, bomb-throwing organisation that was more than capable of sticking up for itself against the beastly actions of
the enemy; many commented that they were as, if not more, competent than the “SAS on Tracks Recce Tp” that the RSM had led back in his war fighting days.
In the new year the reins of Command Troop will be handed over to Captain Ed Hill, and many of our number will be mov- ing on to different adventures, both military and civilian. Being in Command Troop is often a thankless task, but for those who have left the warm embrace and moved into civilian life, LCpl Adamson-Shannon, LCpl Walsh, LCpl Brinkler, Tpr Pyke, Tpr Clarke, Tpr House, or are transferring to other parts of the Regiment or Army, thank you for all of your work, dedication, late nights, cold brews, humour, courage, kindness, spares fitted, radios filled, maps marked, tents built, rations boiled, Bulldogs driven, weapons cleaned, cam nets erected, jokes told, and everything else that is to be in Command Troop.
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Sgt Kingston attempts an erection
Tpr Coates sees the world