Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2002 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Army Video Diary for Spring 1998, presented by Captain Michael Collie, Media Ops Gp(V) assisted by Sergeant Simon Gill (Royal Logistic Corps) and Corporal Mark Ferrari (Parachute Regiment). This issue of the magazine focuses on aspects of combat support.
Description: I. Introduction by Captain Collie from inside an MLRS mobile rocket platform.
II. Royal Artillery equipment: AS90 guns in action, Air Defence Regiment with Rapier and HVM Starstreak missiles; Phoenix UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle) used for reconnaissance.
III. Sergeant Gill interviews Colonel R H T Aitken, Col Employment (Army), about the recruitment of women in a wider rôle in the wake of the new opportunities offered by the PSSR physical tests.
IV. At the Regimental Headquarters of 14 Regiment Royal Artillery, Sergeant Gill interviews Lieutenant-Colonel K M Harvey (CO) about teamwork and the possibility of female gunners.
V. The Royal Signal Regiment, showing their communications rôle, with illustrations of the Clansman and Ptarmigan communications system, and the use of electronic warfare.
VI. The Intelligence Corps and its rôle in the gathering and interpretation of information.
VII. The Royal Engineers. Corporal Ferrari visits Minley Combat Engineering School and witnesses the new BR90 bridging equipment; the Battlefield Engineering Wing and the Mine Information Centre are also seen, and General Sir Roger Wheeler is interviewed about SDR (the 2001 Strategic Defence Review).
VIII. Army news round-up. (a) Soldiers taking part in Exercise Ulan Eagle 97, Poland. (b) 1st Battalion the King's Regiment in Exercise Intrinsic Action 1997. (c) Exercise Guidemacher 98 in Senegal; British, Senegalese and French troops. (d) Royal Engineers bomb disposal. (e) UK exercises including Cambrian Patrol; Royal Artillery air defence exercise on Thorney Island; 1 Mech Brigade use M3 floating rig during Exercise Headfirst on the River Severn [although shots of the M3 in action here are those of Exercise Ulan Eagle 97]. (f) 30th Engineering Regiment in Bosnia. (g) British troops in Northern Ireland: visit by Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam; helping save livestock in Templepatrick. (h) Drive for ethnic recruiting in the Household Cavalry as part of the army's War on Racism; interview with Captain Felix Datson RA, CO of the Ethnic Recruiting Team, about the video "Changing of the Guard: The Household Cavalry". (i) Army Code of Conduct: Corporal Ferrari interviews Colonel P Lawless (CO Ag1).
IX. Sport. (a) British bobsleigh team (bronze Olympic medallists) featuring servicemen. (b) Rugby: Army beats Navy at Twickenham. (c) Soccer: 3 Battalion REME beat 7th Signals Regiment in the British Army Germany Cup Final. (d) Corporal Chris Bessie, boxer. (e) Major Debbie Kershaw, award winning dinghy sailor.
Alternative Title:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2002 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
