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AGC JOURNAL 2016

Regimental Secretary’s

Foreword

By Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Mick Cotton MBE

Realistic Working Environments and 60 There were record attendances at both the
generic classrooms. Be reassured however, AGC Alpine Ski Championships in Austria
that Worthy Down will remain your home. in March and the Triple Crown Challenge
in Worthy Down in May.
Corps Secretariat
Anniversaries
From a Corps Secretariat perspective, we
are seeing the benefits of the newly formed In 2017 the Corps will be celebrating
AGC Regimental Trustees Committee its 25th Anniversary and Regimental
and one of their primary functions is ‘to Headquarters, in conjunction with all four
promote the efficiency and wellbeing of Branches will be organising celebratory
the Corps through the AGC Association, events around the country. There will be
Institution and Regimental events’. There one near you and we have invited local
have been some wonderful events in AGC Representative Commanders to
2016: Her Royal Highness the Duchess of identify the type of event that will attract
Gloucester GCVO kindly visited Worthy and appeal to our officers and soldiers.
I am now in my fifth year as Down in October and spent an enjoyable Next year is also the 20th Anniversary
few hours with both Officers and Soldiers
of the Military Provost Guard Service
Regimental Secretary and who were attending trade training courses. and a suitable commemoration is being
I continue to be conscious We are immensely proud to have her commissioned in celebration.
of the important role that as our Deputy Colonel-in-Chief and are Endnote
grateful for her generosity in supporting
Regimental Headquarters the Corps.
Adjutant General’s Corps has The AGC Sports Excellence Awards this The contents of this Journal are clear
to play in your professional year clearly indicated the exceptional evidence of your operational effectiveness
and willingness to enjoy yourselves when
and social lives. To use the sporting talent we have in the Corps and the opportunity arises. No doubt 2017
words of my predecessor “your the diversity of the sports. Sergeant Luke will bring more challenges and I also
Russell was deservedly awarded AGC Sports
morale, your sport, your Person of the Year for his achievements hope wonderful opportunities and I have
absolute confidence that with ‘resolution
adventure training, your in Powerlifting; he is an international and fidelity’ we will together ensure that
representative and is also the current
team events and so much British and World Champion in the bench the Corps continues to provide the best
possible support to the British Army.
more is our business”. press discipline. Various other Corps Sports
have won individual and team Army
Championships and it is evidence that the
Changes £260,000 awarded this year to Corps Sports
from the AGC Association is well invested.
To begin with your ‘home’ is changing: The National Memorial Arboretum is a
under Project Wellesley Worthy Down will special place for reflection and allows
be the new Defence College of Logistics, both old and young officers and soldiers to
Policing and Administration which will fully understand their standing within the
include the relocation of units from nation. Once again this year we had our
the Royal Logistic Corps in Deepcut, annual Dedication Service in July. Almost
the Defence Maritime Logistic School 200 personnel attended, and as always
from HMS Raleigh and the Supply and it is a very humbling experience and an Lieutenant Colonel (Retired)
Movements Training Wing from RAF opportunity to honour the memory of Mick Cotton MBE
Halton. The site is being transformed into colleagues and friends who have lost their Regimental Secretary
a modern training environment including
lives.

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