CAPTAIN WALES COMPLETES HIS APACHE TRAINING AND IS AWARDED AS BEST FRONT SEAT PILOT
Captain Wales was last night handed the prize of being best co-pilot gunner on completing 18 months of rigorous training on the Apache Attack Helicopter. During a dinner to mark the end of the what is officially known as the Conversion to Role (CTR) course, Captain Wales and his fellow students were congratulated by Apache [...]
WIVES CHOIR BE PART OF IT
After witnessing the inspirational journey of the Military Wives Choir I was determined to put together a choir for Wattisham wives. At the start of January this year I began looking for a venue, a choirmaster and a crèche facility and by the end of the month – thanks to an initial start-up grant from [...]
HONOUR FOR ARMY PHOTOGRAPHER
Outstanding pictures of operations and day-to-day life for troops in Afghanistan have won 16 Air Assault Brigade’s photographer the title as best in the Army. Sgt Rupert Frere won Army Professional Photographer of the Year (Portfolio), as well as Best Overall Image and the Multimedia category, in this year’s Army Photographic Competition – he [...]
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Padre’s corner SYMBOLS OF EASTER
The Easter Bunny is one of the best known Easter symbols. The first documented use of the bunny as a symbol of Easter appears in Germany in the 1500s. Not surprisingly, it was also the Germans who made the first edible Easter Bunnies in the 1800s. This also blended well with Celtic tradition, which viewed [...]
COMMAND TROOP 4 REGT AAC
It is early Wednesday morning and troops are already frantically working around a large tented structure. This is the 4 Regt AAC Battle Group complex and is made up of one large DRASH pod and four smaller DRASH pods attached to it. There are also two 9×9 tents and one 12×12 tent attached to the [...]
4 REGIMENT ARMY AIR CORPS WORKSHOP
Since taking command of 4 Regt AAC Wksp in Aug 10 the sub-unit has been increasingly committed to both supporting the Apache Force on Operations and at the Main Operating Base (MOB) at Wattisham. To give readers a taste of activities and achievements in the Workshop, I have had to dramatically cut down this article, [...]
4 Regiment ARMY AIR CORPS
It has been 11 months since I last wrote an article for the Eagle. In that article I promised to try and protect periods of leave and ensure we were all given time to share with our families. Unfortunately the unpredictability and volatility of world affairs conspired against me – Col Gaddafi’s actions in Libya [...]
653 Sqn 3 Regt AAC
It has been a fast paced 16 months since returning from Op HERRICK 10 and one which has seen significant change within 653 Squadron. Op HERRICK 10 was remembered by the press for Op MOSHTARAK, one of the largest aviation assault ever executed in Afghanistan. MOSHTARAK focused on the Poppy growing districts of Nad Ali [...]
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