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colleagues from 4 Mech Brigade. In fact, for one two-month window the only officer in D Squadron was the Squadron Leader. For a large period of time this has left
SHQ in camp with only a handful of junior troopers; it is a great credit to the young soldiers of the squadron that they coped so well with no top cover to deflect either the Squadron Leader’s good ideas or the SSM’s keen eye! Luckily there has been plenty
to keep us busy, with the rather significant challenge of the Combined Inspection Week in early February to overcome. CES checks and rifle cleaning anyone?!
The year since the last journal has seen several changes to the ORBAT. We said
Fare Thee Well to Capt Walton-Rees, who became the ultimate gamekeeper and is now the Adjutant. SSgt Beck left us on promotion and moved
The 2IC taking cam & concealment to a whole new level
Birch is lining himself up for a job in North Yorkshire Constabulary and could well be
to be C SSM. Also
leaving us have been
Lt Amir and Lt O’Shea
who become Troop
Leaders in the new C&S
(A) Sqn. LCpl Willet
moves away on posting,
as does LCpl Paul.
Leaving the Squadron,
but also the Army, we
said goodbye to Sgt McCartney and Cpl Wood, who both take redundancy, and LCpl
Brushing up on mounted skills on the back door training area
goes to print. However, every cloud has a sliver lining and we welcomed several new additions to the Squadron,
both in uniform and
as part of our wider family. We said hello
to 2Lt Morris, 2Lt Jack and 2Lt Saunders (don’t mention the Ashes) as new Troop Leaders.
WO2 Lavery moved on to bigger and better things as the RQMS (T), to be replaced in
However, every cloud has a sliver lining and we welcomed several new additions to the Squadron...
out by the time this
Tpr Tallentire having a good day