stags, positions, everywhere we went it was all dig, dig, dig. This was not the most enjoyable part of the phase plus rat-packs were wearing thin; Yorkie bars just didn’t have the same appeal any more. All I wanted was a burger or a pizza and I would have been happy.
When we finally made it to Sennelager, there was a big sigh of relief, we were back into hardened accommodation and there was a NAAFI just down the road. Happy days but, after a couple of days of administration, it was straight back into the graft with a live-firing package. The blokes were getting fed up and tired by this point; out of the sixty nine blokes we started with, we lost the majority during the exercise phase due to injury, sickness and
compassionate reasons - mainly the first two. People were snapping everyday and it was getting harder to keep control. When the news came that we were staying out in a FOB on a live range and it turned out that we would be getting attacked through the day and night, always on standby and never knowing whether if you tried to get your head down, you would be woken up and told you had to go and get the ammunition or it was your turn to be on QRF. It was now just a case of counting down the days till it was all over; waiting for that word everyone loves to hear regardless of rank “ENDEX!”. This is the point where you know all the hard work you’ve put in has paid off, you have finished the Cadre and all that is left now is admin and interviews. It feels like a whole weight has been lifted off
‘C’ Company
OC: 2IC:
CSM: WSM:
CQMS (M): CQMS (T):
7 Platoon 8 Platoon 9 Platoon
Maj A McKay
Capt M Odell/Capt K Koniarski WO2 M Brown/WO2 D Thompson WO2 M Price
CSgt C Midwinter/CSgt E Hughes
CSgt P Mulingani Pl Comd
Lt O Flackett Lt J Coutts Lt J Codling
Pl Sgt
Sgt D Moss Sgt A O’Gara
Sgt J Timperley
One Indian Summer and a Baltic Winter down, C Company are now well settled in Fallingbostel. Since leaving Tidworth last July, we’ve kept ourselves busy but also enjoyed a fairly steady and recuperative period. Our Autumn flew by exploring Lumsden Barracks, Niedersachsen, Hamburg, Hannover, Berlin, Amsterdam, and... Stoke (looked after by the Potters during a great day’s football). Five of C Company’s finest passed the Battalion JNCO Cadre, a few more passed Warrior Gunner and Driver Courses and the remainder set about sorting out our new home in Lumsden Barracks. Not before time, we also deployed most of the Company on Adventure Training to South Africa (climbing), the Hartz Mountains (walking, biking and climbing), Wales (walking), or the Channel (sailing).
Special congratulations are due to many of our soldiers for their work during the first few months in Fallingbostel, but especially to LCpl Bryan for achieving Best in Course on the Battalion JNCO Cadre, to LCpl Mason
The Mercian Eagle WR Sgt
Sgt G Smith Sgt L Howdle Sgt C Scott
for achieving Best in Course following Infantry Assault Pioneer Basic Training and
to Lt Coutts for being crowned the Elite Class Winner at the British Army (Germany) Climbing Championships. The Company has said goodbye to some good friends this year (WO2 “Bomber” Brown, WO2 “Frosty” Midwinter, Sgt “Veggie” Venables, Pte “Kappa” Capodici and Capt Matt Odell and said hello to a whole load more.
Since Christmas, C Company has been very busy. Most of January and February was spent in Sennelager fighting through a five week dismounted battle camp concurrent with two weeks in CATT (an enormous tactical training simulator (think Play Station 6_), two weeks at CAST (an equally enormous decision trainer, lovingly described
your shoulders. Now I have done it once I will hopefully never have to do another one again, ever. Congratulations to all those who passed and made it all the way through to the end.
Cpl Sinclair giving a Section Formations lesson
Pte Batey AGC leading the Coy on the ACFT2 October 2010 65
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