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AGC JOURNAL 2016



           9 Regiment


           Royal Logistic Corps





           By Captain Nichola Mole




           This has been a full year for       of training outside of work for this and   really enjoy Exercise Shamal Storm as it
           the AGC detachment with a           when we deployed it was early hours in   gave me more experience in my job as I
                                                                                       have not been in the regiment long, but I
                                               the morning so we could do the attack at
           raft of exercises, deployments      0200 hrs. I took a trip to Petra, one of the   would definitely do it again.
           and readiness to maintain           Seven Wonders of the World. I thought this
                                               was a beautiful place to visit and I would
           alongside a plethora                definitely recommend this to anyone to   Panthers Piste
           of adventure training               go. Wadi Rum was also a place we visited
           opportunities and Battlefield        so we could take a                      By Corporal Adam Davies
           Studies.                                                                    I was lucky enough to
                                                                                       deploy on Exercise Panthers
                                                                                       Piste which was a skiing
           Exercise Shamal Storm                                                       opportunity in Val Thorens
                                                                                       in France where I gained
           By Private Jorja Wylie                                                      the Ski Foundation 1
                                                                                       qualification. The
           I deployed on Exercise Shamal Storm in   photograph in front                experience was
           February 2016. Whilst I was on exercise   of the Seven Pillars of           one of the
           my tasks consisted of personnel reports,   Wisdom.                          best, if
           squadron clerk duties, minute taking at
           meetings and to make sure each week no   On the days when there was
           one had lost anything in their operational   not much to do, I went out on
           wallets.                            a drive round Jordan. It was a
                                               good experience to get out and see
           I managed to get involved in a lot of   what others do on exercise. One of the
           infantry skills whilst out in Jordan. I   days I was taken to Camp Titan which is
           learnt how to shoot a pistol and a General   where first go to and I gave a presentation
           Purpose Machine Gun as well as taking   on pay and allowances to people that
           part in Fighting in Built Up Areas training   arrived. I was really nervous, but I got the
           which I really enjoyed. We had three days   information across that they needed. I did

























                                                                                    Left: Nichola Mole showing her ‘I’m not scared, honest’ smile
                                                                                    Right: Jorja Wylie briefing during Shamal Storm





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