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Exercise Blue Patrouilles des Glaciers 2014 – Oxford UOTC

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Last year, Captain Tania Noakes, The Oxford University Officer Training Corps Adventure Training Officer and IFMGA British Mountain Guide, approached several Officer Cadets with the idea of competing in the Patrouilles des Glaciers. The race is a demanding and challenging ski-mountaineering competition for three-member rope parties run by the Swiss Military. The course, which runs …

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Exercise Cockney Arctic Odyssey – Combined Service Reservists

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‘Cockney Arctic Odyssey’ was an adventurous training expedition sponsored and paid for by the Ulysses Trust.  It was organised by Sqn Ldr Jonathan White and LSgt. Barnes and involved 7 members of the HAC and a Lieutenant from the RNR. The expedition leader with the requisite adventurous training qualifications was John Howie, a professional expedition …

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CCF RM 350 Adventure Sail Training 2014 – Cadet Angus Lapslie’s Account

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Picture the scene. It is the middle of the night, and, just off the southwest coast of Scotland, a lone yacht is struggling through the waves. The wind is a steady Beaufort Force 7; in the United States, that is when the Coastguard issues a small craft warning; in Canada it is merely described as …

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Ex Nanuk Pioneer – 23 Pioneer Regiment Royal Logistics Corps

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Ex NANUK PIONEER saw 5 members of 23 Pioneer Regt RLC and an instructor from the Army Cadet Force deploy to Greenland.  Following extensive pre-deployment preparation, the group finally arrived at Constable Point (CNP), Liverpool Land in Greenland.  This would be base camp and home for the next 2 weeks. On arrival members of Tangent …

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Exercise Peruvian Cat – 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (EOD)

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In the Spring of 2014, twelve soldiers from 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), many of whom had recently returned from serving in Afghanistan, and East Midlands Universities’ Officer Training Corps, completed a 30-day expedition to carry out high altitude mountaineering in the Peruvian Andes, culminating in the successful ascent of Coropuna …

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Exercise Norwegian Troll 2014 – Calday Grange Grammar School CCF

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2 years ago, when the expedition was first suggested, it all seemed so distant. But at 3:30am (yes!) Friday morning, our adventure starts. A night sleeping on the school gym floor might not have been quite what was originally expected, but it certainly helped us test some of the equipment loaned by the military stores …

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In The Footsteps of Lawrence – Jordan 2014 – 2427 (Biggin Hill) Sqn ATC

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BIGGIN HILL AIR CADETS GROUNDBREAKING TREK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. On April the 15th 2014 eighteen cadets and 6 staff under the leadership of Flt Lt James Dyer departed from the squadron headquarters at the former RAF station of Biggin Hill for a unique adventure in the deserts of Jordan. This 10 …

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New Trustee Appointed

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The Ulysses Trust has recently appointed a new Trustee to its Board.  Dr Rod Stables has accepted a position as Trustee and this will help to shape the Ulysses Trust for the future. Dr Rod Stables is a leading heart surgeon and was appointed to the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital in 2000.  A former Territorial Army …

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