Community Update

190216 Community Update

2300 hrs

A pilot position within No.74 Squadron has opened up. This position is an officer position and will be difficult to get into. The role will include officer, careers advisor, and staff duties and will require extended dedication to the group. The job description can be found in the usual location in the Careers Office. This second member of No.74 Squadron should allow for more flexibility within our air operations. I'm looking forward to either two C-47s with two full sticks or one C-47 and an escort!

Applications for the medic and medical NCO will close on 01MAR19. All members can apply (recruits included), however, no applications submitted after this date will be considered. After the closing date both roles will be assigned and training given.

Following the cancellation of multiple cooperative events with other groups we will be aiming to replace this around April, however, we'll have to see if this is at all possible closer to the time. Near the end of March we will begin of Singapore operation string - so be prepared for lots of jungle warfare. 

As always if you have any concerns, ideas, or wishes please send them up your chain of command and we can put them into our meetings to discuss. The next staff/update meeting has not been scheduled but once it is I'll let everyone know. 

After the current recruits have been fully processed and their purple tabs lost, we will start the procedure for opening a weapons section within the support company. The support 'company' will not feature any company positions and will operate at the highest position of two platoons (assault platoon and weapons platoon) - but we won't have any platoon staff for either for a while. The first person to move will be an NCO, likely into a mortar section, and then a few others will follow. We will aim to get a few extra members before we do make this change - we should have two nearly full and active sections.

Maj. B. Horner
Former Company Commander
B Company, 2nd Battalion