Altcar Camp
Altcar Camp - No Ordinary Weekend
Today Flt Lt Falconer, Fg Off Gallagher and C.I Harper headed off,along with 8 cadets, to Altcar Training Camp near Liverpool for a weekend camp run by 2175 (Rolls-Royce) sqn. This was no ordinary camp, it had three seperate programmes running for cadets at differing stages in their career.
The Camp was very busy over this weekend with several units using it for a variety of purposes. West Mercian Wing ATC had an annual camp here and also they were running an NCO course. Mersyside ACF were on camp for adventure training and also some regular Army and TA personnel were using the facilities. In total there were 600 people on camp! Using a combined mess was a little chaotic but added to the experience of living and working on a Training Camp. Below is a brief outline of the three programmes:
The New Recruits Course - Designed to introduce new recruits to the basics of Adventure Training, Cam & Concealment & Life on an MoD (Ministry of Defence) Establishment.
Junior NCO Course - As the title suggests, a course for JNCO's. Aiming to give CPL's the tarining & skills necessary to be successfull in their role as a junior manager on their squadron.
Main Programme - This was where everyone else went. With Adventure Training, Cam & Concealment, Tactical Movement and much more.
All in all the weekend was fantastic, the weather stayed dry (most of the time) and all 48 cadets (and 10 staff ... ) behaved themselves and above all everyone learned something new.
Staff:
Flt Lt McVean - OC 2175 (RR) Sqn - Camp Commandant
Flt Lt Falconer - OC 1701 (Johnstone) Sqn
Flt Lt MacMillan - OC 449 (Lanark) Sqn
Fg Off Gallagher - 1701 Sqn
Fg Off Callan - 2175 Sqn
Plt Off Brown - 449 Sqn
ASgt Miller C - 32F Sqn
ASgt Miller K - 449 Sqn
C.I. Harper - 1701 Sqn
C.I. Kayani - 2175 Sqn
C.I. Gladwell - 2175 Sqn
Senior NCO's:
Instructor Flight Sergeant Hussain Kayani - 2175
Flight Sergeant Scott Gralko - 1701
Sergeant Quasim Hanif - 32F
Sergeant Neil Finnie - 2175
Sergeant Robin Sweeney - 32F