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AGC JOURNAL 2016

154 (Scottish) Regiment

Royal Logistic Corps

By Warrant Officer Class 2 Gill Stirling

The AGC detachment of 154 feedback on her experience, both from part. My main role was to give support to
(Scottish) Regiment Royal the activities undertaken and friendly the exercising troops of our unit, liaise with
welcome she received from the team.
the American exercise controllers, general
Logistic Corps comprises of This encouraged Sergeant Stacey Lee administration and other duties. I gained
two permanent staff and and Lance Corporal Charlene Westcott valuable experience in observing how the
seven reservists. We have to follow in her footsteps and go on an National Guard operate and manage an
exercise of this magnitude. The language
attachment with regular units.
had a full year with an barrier did prove to be a little difficult for
overseas exercise and several Visits the first few days as broad Glaswegian
wasn’t instantly understandable to other
events with our paired unit Last November we spent a few days nation’s delicate ears.
27 Regiment Royal Logistic visiting our detachment in Dunfermline
Corps. where we discussed our ways of working The weather was excellent for most of the
time, although we did encounter a tornado
to encourage the spread of best practice
between reserve and regular units. A during the exercise. Although we are used
Pairing reciprocal visit to Aldershot was carried out to wild weather in Scotland, this was on a
in April this year and we were blessed with different scale. Fortunately, I was ‘trapped’
great company and stunning weather, a in the PX store with a few others and we
As part of our pairing activities, Lance rarity in Scotland. waited out the tornado in some comfort.
Corporal Lizzie Meikle carried out her However, the tented area was not so lucky
annual camp with 27 Regiment Royal with several of the tents being demolished.
Logistic Corps. She was encouraged Exercise Golden Coyote - Lance Corporal Diane Clark and Lance
into participating in their Triple Crown USA Corporal Lizzie Meikle were also on this
Challenge team. She also participated in Exercise. This was a great opportunity
the day to day work within the Regiment. I had the pleasure of attending Exercise for us to gain experience in a different
On her return she was full of positive Golden Coyote with the United States environment, training with troops from
National Guard in South Dakota in June different countries.
this year. This was a major exercise with
approximately 3,000 personnel taking Adventure Training - USA

We were also fortunate enough in visiting
several tourist attractions and taking
part in Adventure Training. With visits to
Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse and Custer
State Park being top of the list.

Left: Mount Rushmore
Below: Command Tasks

Above: Urban Patrol
Below: Adventure Training

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