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SANDHURST 3
Commandant’s Foreword ..............................3
Commandant Bio ...........................................4
‘Two steps forward, one step back
– always moving forward’...........................5
Ode to Junior Term.........................................8
Impressions from an International Cadet.......10
Regular Commissioning Course 221 – Junior Term Reflections ......................................12
Night 4 Blues ...............................................14 Exercise SECOND ATTACK ..........................16 Exercise SELF RELIANCE.............................22 Exercise ALLENBY’S ADVANCE...................24 Intermediate Term Perspective......................27 Exercise MARTELLO SHARPSHOOTER
2022 ........................................................29
CC213 Exercise NORMANDY SCHOLAR.....30
Exercise NORMANDY SCHOLAR.................32
The Regimental Selection Board (RSB) process – an OCdt’s perspective...........................35
Exercise SLIM’S STAND ...............................36 El Alamein Charity Bike Ride.........................39 Burma 1000 .................................................40 Exercise DYNAMIC VICTORY .......................42 A Colour Sergeant’s Perspective ..................48 Fail, Learn, Win.............................................50 Inkerman International Cadet........................52 International Officer Cadets at Sandhurst......53 Exercise TEMPLER’S TRIUMPH ...................54 Commissioning Course Short 221 ................56 Exercise BROWNING STORM ......................59 Exercise CLOUDY CADET............................62 Exercise FIRST SKY .....................................62 Exercise FLOODED QUARRY CADET ..........64 Exercise MARITIME CADET..........................66 Exercise OUREAN CADET............................69 Exercise TRAILBLAZER ................................70 Exercise DISTRICT CADET...........................71 Exercise HIGHLAND WANDERER CADET....72 Exercise JURASSIC CADET .........................74 Exercise LIZARD CADET ..............................76
Exercise STINGRAY – braving the Welsh waters......................................................77
Exercise TREKKING CADET ........................78
Exercise CAMBRIAN FROSTBITE CADET ....79
Exercise FROSTY TRAIL ..............................80
Mulling It Over ..............................................82
Exercise SOLENT CADET.............................83
Exercise WANDERING SEAL CADET............84
Exercise WELSH PADDLE ............................85
Lucknow Platoon Estimate Week..................86
International Forum on Peace, Security and Prosperity, Agira, Sicily 2022 ....................87
The Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch 2022.......88
Lucknow Visit to National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) ......................................................89
Lucknow Platoon Platinum Jubilee Celebrations.............................................90
Lucknow Platoon Spring Term 2022.............91 Lucknow Platoon Summer Term 2022..........93 Cultural Visit to Bletchley Park ......................95 An Outstanding Opportunity .........................96 Lucknow Platoon Winter Term 2022 .............98 German Commemorative March.................100 Short Term Training Team To Iraq................102 Visit to the Greek Military Academy.............103 Exercise DYNAMIC INFLUENCE.................104 Impressions of a Platoon Commander .......106 Kosovo Army Exchange Instructor .............107 Kermit Roosevelt Lecture 2022 ..................109 Exercise BALEARIC WATCH.......................110 Exercise TIGER REDROCK.........................112
HISTORICAL 114
Famous Friday............................................114
A Brief History of the Current Officer Training Establishments (and their Predecessors) for the UK Armed Forces.............................118
WO1 (AcSM) Raymond Huggins.................136
SANDHURST TRUST 137
The Sandhurst Trust... double time! ............137
FOR THE RECORD 141
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