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OC
6 Platoon Sergeant
6 Platoon WR Sergeant
Lieutenant Ollie Elliot
Sergeant Andy ‘Mmmm’ McCabe Sergeant ‘Millsy’ Mills / Corporal Knowles
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6 Platoon
My time as the Officer Commanding
6 Platoon is now drawing to a close and I only have six weeks left of my 22 months in command of the platoon. We’ve had a busy training year building up to BATUS, but I’m sure that has been covered by the OC. Therefore, I’ll tell you about the most important thing in 6 Platoon; which is not what we’ve been up to, but about the men that have been doing it.
We spent the tail end of 2014 gaining Warrior qualifications, so January was our first chance to test ourselves on the Annual Crew test. Lance Corporal Smith and Private Pritchard - both new to the turret - got a level 6 (the highest score possible), showing that even though we were a newly
created armoured infantry platoon, we certainly had the potential to do well.
CT1 in January was the first opportunity that our newest arrivals from ITC (Private’s Howden, Willis and Whaley) got to see a Warrior, and under the guidance of their mentors (Private’s Pritchard, Simcox and
6 Platoon patrol through Copehill Down
LCpl Smith and Pte Jones 66 command Warrior
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the assault tanks
Sgt McCabe during a dawn attack
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