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PEOPLE<br />
& PLACES<br />
Intensive training results in Green<br />
Berets for lucky 13<br />
It was definitely ‘ good luck ‘ for 13 Royal Marines Reservists who<br />
earned their coverted Green Berets after 18 months of intensive<br />
training. At their Passing Out Parade at RNHQ, the Salute was taken<br />
by their Honorary Colonel and Chairman of NW RFCA, Colonel Charles<br />
Hillock who was escorted by the new CO of RMR Merseyside, Lt Col Jeff<br />
Moulton. A large number of families witnessed the occasion and also<br />
heard Col Hillock congratulate the Reservists and welcome them into<br />
the elite ‘ Royal Marines Family’.<br />
After the Parade everyone retired to the Drill Deck and the 13<br />
narrated one by one their training, with slides, so that the families<br />
could see the outstanding performance, dedication and hardship they<br />
had gone through.<br />
Best Recruit<br />
on the course,<br />
Marine Anthony<br />
Pennington with<br />
his Trophy plus<br />
wife Sarah and<br />
Jack (age 3).<br />
TRAINING DAY FOR LUOTC<br />
A Management Development<br />
Training Day for LUOTC was<br />
arranged for all Regular, TA and<br />
civil servants, at Coed Llandegla<br />
North Wales, a Forestry<br />
Commission estate managed by<br />
Tinhill and run by ‘One Planet<br />
Adventure’.<br />
When we arrived groups where<br />
split. One half went off to sample<br />
the mountain bike experience<br />
on the purpose built trail, and<br />
tested themselves on the steep<br />
hills. <strong>The</strong> other group went on a<br />
wet walk along the ‘Orange’ Trail,<br />
to explore the eastern part of the<br />
forest and the reservoir.<br />
Nell, Lt Col Ed Flute’s dog,<br />
volunteered as the Unit Walking<br />
Leader, even though at one stage<br />
she lost the trail in the mist!<br />
Both groups met up after the<br />
activities for a much deserved<br />
excellent lunch<br />
A good day was had by all<br />
despite the weather conditions,<br />
which actually refreshed us for<br />
another day back in the office!<br />
Coed Llandegla is well worth<br />
a visit for anyone after ideas<br />
of where to go. It has just been<br />
voted ‘best MTB trail centre in<br />
Wales’, this is not just for the<br />
awesome MTB and walking<br />
trails but the food and drinks<br />
from it’s café.<br />
10 THE VOLUNTEER www.nwrfca.org.uk
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