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AGC JOURNAL 2018

1 Regiment Royal Nicholas Amo

proudly displaying
his General Officer
Logistic Corps Commanding’s Coin

By Staff Sergeant Amanda Ross
The regiment has had an interesting and diverse year, with members of
the detachment having been deployed on various exercises, in a variety of
domestic and overseas locations.

Personnel Support Transformation the Regimental football team as it is a sport that I enjoy. It
Programme has been amazing experience and I have developed greatly
in the short time I have been here. It was a proud moment
for me when I was selected to play for the Corps team as this
In March, the Detachment Commander, Captain Ronnie
Jones, was selected to take part in the Personnel Support is something I have always wanted to achieve since I joined
Transformation Programme Sub-Unit Tiger Team. This was the Army. I was strongly supported by the Regiment and the
a unique opportunity to be able to contribute positively Detachment who encouraged me and allowed for me to attend

to how the Branch functions in the delivery of Personnel all training and fixtures. It was a great opportunity and an
Administration at a Sub-Unit level. The Tiger Team was based experience I have been fortunate to get.
out of Army Headquarters and lasted for a little over 3 months.

During his time there the Detachment Commander conducted Exercise Warfighter
a number of working groups and unit visits to ascertain exactly By Private Nicholas Amo
how Personnel Administration was being delivered and what
could be done to improve it. The Sub-Unit Tiger Team will I deployed on Exercise Warfighter to work with 3 (United Libby Matthews representing

be followed by subsequent Tiger Teams that will look at the Kingdom) Division in the United States of America for four the regiment in the Royal Operation Catan
remainder of the Staff and Personnel Support structure. weeks. I was employed as the Division’s Forward Command Logistic Corps Championships

Post Current Operations Team as Information Support By Corporal Pete Garrett
Skiing Assistant. My role was to maintain the coherence and
passage of information within the Command Post and other I deployed on Operation Catan working
By Lance Corporal Libby Matthews administrative tasks. This role exposed me to a variety of for the United Nations in Somalia
different people and I gained a lot of experience, knowledge having volunteered for a trawl as

I was fortunate enough to represent both the Corps and 1 and working skills. I was awarded the General Officer movements Senior Non-Commissioned

Regiment in Nordic skiing. As it was my first competitive Commanding’s Coin after the exercise; this was a very proud Officer. Mogadishu International

season, I was nervous yet excited to see what the event would moment for me. Airport was home to numerous interior
have in store for me. After a three-day drive, we finally arrived compounds. The one I was going to

in a bitterly cold Norway. We were split down into ability was the United Nations compound
groups and started the training. Training consisted of six weeks where I would be based for the next
spent with the Royal Artillery team, in two different locations. two months. One of my weekly tasks,

The first two weeks at ski Kampen and the final four weeks in was to clean and maintain our fleet

Sjusjoen. of high performance British Army
Land Rovers, painted in white with the
When we weren’t on the slopes beating ourselves up, on the distinctive ‘UN’ lettering. If one of these
weekends we were lucky enough to be able to venture into vehicles wasn’t fit to deploy onto the

some of the local towns and cities. This provided the perfect ground at a moment’s notice it could
opportunity to try the local cuisine, meet the local population have adversely affected the entire

and take in some of the amazing scenery. We then moved mission.
onto France and spent a further few weeks training, which
was limited due to us getting snowed in after an avalanche Finally, it was time for me to fully
blocked the road. Racing at the Divisional Championships was understand my role here in Somalia;
extremely rewarding and tiring at the same time, we did very sadly the job I had deployed for was
well as a team as we had people go on to represent the Corps already filled by an experienced

at the Army Championships. After this I moved onto Germany operator, however, I was able to adapt
where I joined the Regimental Ski team to continue to train to any role requested of me. On one
and compete with the Regiment. It was amazing to be able to occasion, I was required to work out
not only represent my Corps but also my Regiment in my first the United Nations pay entitlement for

skiing session. the UK 70 formations, an incredibly
important task, which I managed.
Corps Football Down time on this tour was mainly
spent utilising the dining facilities
By Private Milan Limbu which was run by an Italian company
Pete Garrett called Ciano, thus the pizza and ice

After I finished my training at Worthy Down, I arrived in enjoying down time cream were extremely good. All too
Bicester where I have been working in 23 General Support on Operation Catan quickly my 2 months had passed and it
Squadron as a Junior Military Personnel Administrator. I was was time to leave.
fortunate enough to get an early opportunity to represent
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