It makes me proud!
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It makes me proud!
having read the Rules is rules! thread it brought to mind an incident that made me proud to wear light blue (beret at least....)
Kosovo, APOD Pristina early 2000
Comp A for one of our lads, sister VSI in Glasgow. Trooper delayed on the pan, so that he could join the flight.
All sections that came into contact with him expedited his movement as much as possible.
Arrives at BZN with a 125 waiting for onmove to GLA.
Three days later we receive an e-mail from our troop. He had made it back a couple of hours before she succumbed, and thanked all
for their efforts. Brought a lump to our collective throats.
There were no closed doors that day, no grumbling, no jobsworths, just everyone putting in extra effort to get one our own home when it was
really needed.
Four days later (IIRC) he was back Kosovo, he hadn't requested extra leave because he wanted to back on the job.
In these days of (ironically) the train to Glasgow, PVR records and an absence of morale, I look back and it makes me proud
Kosovo, APOD Pristina early 2000
Comp A for one of our lads, sister VSI in Glasgow. Trooper delayed on the pan, so that he could join the flight.
All sections that came into contact with him expedited his movement as much as possible.
Arrives at BZN with a 125 waiting for onmove to GLA.
Three days later we receive an e-mail from our troop. He had made it back a couple of hours before she succumbed, and thanked all
for their efforts. Brought a lump to our collective throats.
There were no closed doors that day, no grumbling, no jobsworths, just everyone putting in extra effort to get one our own home when it was
really needed.
Four days later (IIRC) he was back Kosovo, he hadn't requested extra leave because he wanted to back on the job.
In these days of (ironically) the train to Glasgow, PVR records and an absence of morale, I look back and it makes me proud
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From: South of Penge
1975. N.I.
Confused lad from 3 RRF walks into my purple unit at Aldergrove one evening, having missed the Brit Midland Viscount flight back to U.K. to see his VSI father in Newcastle General Hospital.
Beaver det. called up for advice as he's a Pongo. Within minutes flight planning starts. Geoff B..v*ll goes for a night flight from Aldergrove direct across into the Newcastle Hospital sports field.
Got him to his father's bedside earlier than in the original Viscount /taxi plan.
Confused lad from 3 RRF walks into my purple unit at Aldergrove one evening, having missed the Brit Midland Viscount flight back to U.K. to see his VSI father in Newcastle General Hospital.
Beaver det. called up for advice as he's a Pongo. Within minutes flight planning starts. Geoff B..v*ll goes for a night flight from Aldergrove direct across into the Newcastle Hospital sports field.
Got him to his father's bedside earlier than in the original Viscount /taxi plan.
