Page 91 - RAPTC Year of 2019

5Armoured Medical Regiment’s mission is to deploy and recover the right people, to the right place in the right time, with the right equipment in order to support all Regt and Bde
Operations, exercises, tasks and trawls, and they certainly do that. With over 95% of the Regiment being deployed or detached at some point throughout the year from Uganda to Nepal.
This year after a few months of “bedding in” I began to fulfil the ERI aspect of my dual role appointment, which certainly wasn’t easy when patients disappear for 6 weeks at the drop of a hat to help support the Bde. Being part of the rehabilitation chain and the physical development side of recovery has allowed me to ensure that injured personnel always have an easily accessible POC throughout their recovery.
Even though deployments have been thick and fast, the Regiment managed to arrange and participate in several blocks of AT, in
Med representation at the Army Individual Cross-Country Championships (SSgt (SSI) Woodman centre in green vest
Kenya, France, Northern Ireland, Scotland and the Lake District. With over 40 personnel achieving foundation qualifications.
The Regiment managed to field and partake in numerous sporting events and I personally had a successful year, winning the Army marathon championships in London, placing second in the Army 10km Championships and I only needed to run 4500 miles for the year to achieve it.
I am due posting at the end of this year but doubt very the pace of life will slow down between now and then with further Regimental deployments to Kenya and Canada. I look forward to seeing out my time here and what challenges I have in store next.
COs PT stretcher race
5 ARMOURED MEDICAL REGIMENT
SSgt (SSI) A Woodman RAPTC
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6 ARMOURED CLOSE SUPPORT BATTALION REME
SSgt (SSI) J Miller RAPTC
Having moved 6 months ago from the Engineers at Perham Down to 6 Armd CS BN REME down the road at Tidworth Garrison Gym, I was unsure of what to expect moving to a
REME Bn. Apart from the cap badge and TRF, the Bn are just as busy with their working routine as any other unit.
Just before the end of the summer the Bn took a trip to Newquay to conduct some surf kayaking. As we all know Adventurous Training is designed to push people out of their comfort zones and in this case, it certainly pushed the soldiers; predominately underwater.
Whilst deployed on Ex PRAIRIE PHOENIX 2 in BATUS, exercising personnel got the opportunity to conduct some Adventurous Training in and around the Banff area. Individuals were able to complete their Nordic foundation 1, Ski foundation 1,2 and 3 courses as well as Winter Climbing Foundation.
6 Armd CS Bn REME have been successful in a number of sporting events in the last year. Over the Christmas period and at the start of 2020, Ex SUPREME GLACIER saw members of
the Bn compete in a variety of Nordic and Alpine skiing events. In another event, Capt Holmes of 13 Fd Coy took a bronze medal in the 2-man Bob at the Army Ice Sports Championships.
In Orienteering Maj Ashton (3 Armd OC) took 2 wins in the day and night events at the Inter Corps Orienteering Championships. For the 4th year in a row the Bn were victorious at the REME Water polo Champs, with members of the Bn being selected to represent the Corps Team.
One of the main sports conducted by the Bn is Tug of War. Over the year the Bn competed in the Army League coming 1st and 2nd in the 640 categories (Open & Closed). Following this the Bn team had the honour of competing at the Princess Royals’ Tug of War and then at the Royal Highland Games in front of the Queen.
As with the rest of the Army, 6 Armd CS Bn REME will have another busy year with The Corps Boxing event, several training serials and an overseas exercise to Gambia. Hopefully the Bn will be able to keep up their sporting prowess.
Catching waves in Newquay Nordic Skiing 6 CS Bn REME Tug of War Team