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AGC JOURNAL 2016

Leadership Training

and Team Building

By Private Joseph Boateng

As part of the detachment The Journey mock parachute descent. We hooked in
training plan, Captain individually to the safety rope and climbed
to the top of the scaffold to perch on the
Simon Foster planted the The journey was embarked on by the seven edge of the launch platform. For those
most junior personnel in the detachment,
seed with all of the juniors headed by Captain Simon Foster and that looked out, the view was amazing.
to encourage leadership Warrant Officer 2 Gillian Ralley. During For those that looked down, the view was
terrifying. Some had a moment to gather
the journey, we were briefed on how
development through the to set objectives and how to recognise their thoughts whilst others just walked to
planning and organising of opportunities to demonstrate leadership the edge and took the leap of faith. It was
truly exhilarating.
events and activities. The first ability. Captain Foster also gave a short
brief on Peninsula Barracks explaining
event embarked on by the that the AGC Museum was housed in the
detachment of 4 Armoured original guardroom.
Medical Regiment was a AGC Museum
trip to Winchester to foster
team bonding and to develop After a quick bite to eat in the café, we

leadership skills. were fortunate to be escorted around the
museum by the Museum Assistant, Bianca
Taubert. She started by telling us about the
Trip to Winchester history of the museum and the part that
military spouses played in the Army when
units were deployed. It was fascinating
To avoid a day where the whole to hear anecdotes of all of the antecedent
detachment was out of office at the same cap badges. Bianca rounded off the tour
time, the event was staggered with the by taking some questions. Usman Ibad
juniors leading the way first; the seniors thanked Bianca for an excellent tour and
would follow on at a later date. The outing we proceeded to retrace our steps back
to Winchester was organised by Lance through the museum to take in some of the
Corporal Usman Ibad and was divided into more interesting pay related exhibits.
two distinct parts. The first part was a visit
to the Adjutant General’s Corps Museum Army Training Regiment
at Peninsula Barracks and the second part
was a demanding session on the high wire We made our way to the Army Training
confidence course at the Army Training Regiment for the main event, the high
Regiment Winchester. wire confidence course. In groups of four
we had to climb up a telegraph pole and
then balance on a very small platform at
the top. It’s a good job it wasn’t too windy.
Once all four were huddled together on
the platform, we held onto each other’s
arms and leaned back out over the edge.
We were quite stable and safe and had
complete trust in all members of the
team. We followed up by taking on the
next obstacle; it was like climbing the
rigging on a sail boat and again required
confidence and trust in the team. The
highlight and real test of courage was the

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