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GC JOURNAL
2018
A AGC JOURNAL 2018

Central Reserve

Headquarters

By Staff Sergeant Clare Howatt
Central Reserve Headquarters is the National
Reserve Headquarters of the Adjutant General’s
Corps National Reserves.

The Team Adventure Training and Shooting
We are responsible for ensuring our National Reserves are As part of our adventure training, I skippered a yacht for
trained and administratively ready for deployment. All four Exercise Solent Adventure while Lance Corporal Stu Harris
Branches of the Corps have a National Reserve element. and Captain Roland Lee were crew on another yacht, both

This year we have also taken on the Army Media and obtaining their Competent Crew qualification. Not to be
Communications Reserve capability. outdone Captain Irene Batley also completed her Competent
Crew qualification and went on to gain her Day Skipper

A Varied Year qualification. Thirteen personnel travelled to Cornwall to
take part in a week’s Adventure Training in glorious weather

This year has been a full and successful year. There have on Exercise Bantam Gold. Nine intrepid souls headed off
been several deployments in support of operations to to Austria on Exercise Golden Lion for a week’s adventure
Ukraine, Columbia, Cyprus and Kuwait with further tasks training amongst the mountains of Neustift. Captain Roland
being carried out in Brunei, Italy, Gibraltar, Estonia and Lee was part of the Corps Open Water Swim Team who
Germany. Several Adventure Training expeditions as both successfully swam the English Channel.
participants and facilitators have seen personnel travelling
to Austria, Nepal and The Canary Islands to name but a few Deployments
locations.
Warrant Officer Class One Daz Davis deployed to Cyprus Various Roles

Skiing with the Royal Anglian Regiment where in addition to his
duties he completely overhauled their electronic ways of
January saw fifteen personnel, head out to Val Thorens working. Captain Gary Painter deployed to Italy on Exercise All personnel have continued to undertake their

roles for the various branches on special to arm
on Exercise Tigers Pole for a week’s skiing to either Roman Star as a translator on a joint military exercise tasks and have delivered some real outputs
work towards their Ski Foundation One or take part in between Royal Anglian Regiment and the Third Battalion in their core activities. This includes some
consolidation training having completed this award the Italian Alpini. Major Phil Green deployed as part of a Short significant contributions from individuals worthy

previous year. February into March saw three instructors, Term Training Team to review Officer Training for the Kuwaiti of mention: Major Pauline Murray-Knight has

including Staff Sergeant Nick Biggs who also provided the Army. led with the update of the Army’s Mental Health
support element, and four participants attend Exercise Policy and Training Package. Major Morag Payne
White Lion in Austria. The highlight was Lance Corporal Aled Sport was nominated for a prize at the Annual Women
Edwards winning the Male Veterans prize and then gaining in Defence Awards and Company Sergeant Major,
selection for the Corps Alpine Team; this is the first time a We entered a team into the Corps Orienteering Warrant Officer Class Two Andy Long with Staff

Reserve has been selected for the Corps Team. Championships which as in previous years resulted in Sergeant Nick Biggs provided significant support

several prizes. Individually, the Male Champion was Staff to the National Games of Remembrance in
Annual Seminar Sergeant Calvin Routledge and the Overall Female Veteran Nottingham in November.
went to Captain Anne-Marie Watson. Overall the team
Our annual Seminar took place in the New Forest and hosted came a close second to Army Headquarters while the Joiners and Leavers
the daytime events which consisted of a series of command Ladies team of Captain Anne-Marie Watson and myself

tasks which were both testing and enjoyable for all. The achieved a creditable third overall. Staff Sergeant Calvin The flow of people out of the Unit through mainly

evening saw the Regimental Dinner and presentation of the Routledge along with his last-minute replacement partner reaching retirement age, is matched by the steady
prestigious award for Reserve to have contributed the most, Major Rob Ashton went on the following weekend to the stream of those joining, making for a diverse
this year a well deserving winner was Staff Sergeant Alison championships to take part in the Original Mountain collection of personnel from all the Branches

Bennion. Marathon in the Black Mountains. The event tests fitness, enjoying the opportunities available to all. Ably
teamwork and navigational ability of pairs covering long supported by the Permanent Staff both in a

Cycling and Supporting distances in mountainous terrain over two days. As part Military Training and Administration capacity.
of the Long Score Class there is a military class held in
memory of Marine Jamie Hutton who sadly passed away in
In April, Captain Anna Delves brought home a silver medal in service. This is a highly competitive class with teams from Farewell and Hello
the Corps Cycling championships. We were again involved all three services competing for the Jamie Hutton Trophy.
in supporting the Triple Crown once with the Headquarter Tremendous effort and tactical route choices from the team During the year we said goodbye to the Officer

element hard at work on the Military Skills Stands while allowed them to run into third place overall and be top Commanding Major William Waller, and

Staff Sergeant Calvin Routledge was out on the ground Military Team. Thus, retaining the military trophy won last welcomed Major James Gaywood into the post for
motivating his team to yet another victory in the March and year. the next two years.
Shoot as First Reserve Team.
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