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Wel l her eIam packi ngmybags,cl eani ngmyf l atanddepar t i ngGl asgowf or t hel astt i me. Ij ustwant edt osayi t ’ sbeenanabsol ut ehonourandapr i vi l eget ohave beent heOCf ort hepastt hr eeyear s. WhenIj oi nedTheLi f eGuar dsasaTr ooperbacki n1985,t ot hi nkIwoul d havet heoppor t uni t yt obecomeanOCofaUni ver si t yAi rSquadr onwasway beyondbel i ef ,buti tgoest oshowwhatcanbeachi eved. Thr eeyear sseemst ohavepassedi nt hebl i nkofaneye.Whatst r i kesme mor et hananyt hi ngel sei st hatmyt i meher ehasbeenaboutt hepeopl eand nott hepl ace.I ’ veseensomegr eatpl acesandhadt hemostamazi ngt i me, f l yi ng,wal ki ng,cycl i ngandsai l i ngar oundt heWestcoastofScot l and.I ’ ve metsomegr eatpeopl eont heway ,andIwi l lt r easur et het i mesandt he memor i esI ’ vebeenl uckyenought ogat her . You’ vebeengr eatpeopl et owor kwi t handul t i mat el y ,t owor kf or .TheOCs wi l lcomeandgo,buti t ’ syouguyswhokeepUGSASand4AEFgoi ngand ensur et hatt hecadet sgetasaf eandmemor abl ef l i ghtandt hest udent sar e i nspi r edt ogoonandj oi nt heRAF. I ’ vel ovedwat chi ngt hecamar ader i e,someoft hebant erhasdef i ni t el ybeen quest i onabl ebutwhati sabsol ut el ycl eari st hatyouguysenj oyeachot her ’ s companyandt akepr i dei nf l yi ngt hecadet sandi never yt hi ngyoudo. Longmayt hatcont i nue,myhear t f el tt hankst oeachandever yoneofyou andgoodl uckt oyoual l .St aysaf e,t akecar e. AufWi eder sehen Kr i sB
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APO JohnAndr ew McCl i nt ock( bet t erknownas JAM)j oi ned t he Squadr on i n 2018.He st udi es Aer onaut i calEngi neer i ng at t he Uni ver si t y of Gl asgow and he’ s st i l lnotsur e why .Some of JohnAndr ew’ s mostenj oyabl e exper i ences wi t h UGSAS havei ncl udedt heSquadr onskit r i p,t he Ni j megen Mar ches,and t he i nf amousChr i st mas SubCr awl .Heal sot r i est ospendasmuchofhi s t i meashecanatt heFl yi ngEl ement ,mucht ohi s l ect ur er s’exasper at i on.Hei scur r ent l yappl yi ngt o t he RAF and hopes event ual l yt of l yt he P8A Posei don.JohnAndr ew’ sot heri nt er est si ncl ude musi c -bot h per f or mi ng wi t h uni ver si t y musi c gr oupsandpl ayi ngwi t hf r i ends,aswel lascycl i ng andr ockcl i mbi ng. APO El i saI anni di nar dihasbeenamemberof UGSASf ort hr eeyear sandi sal soi nher3r dyear st udyi ng nur si ng att he Uni ver si t y ofGl asgow. Thr oughhert i meonUGSASshe hasenj oyedbei ngi nvol vedi navar i et yoft hi ngs, f r om l ear ni ngt oskii nMont genèvr eandwor ki ng wi t h di f f er entchar i t i es t o bei ng a par toft he Ni j megen mar ches,and ofcour se t he soci al event swhi chshecan’ twai tt obeabl et or est ar t .I n t hef ut ur eEl i sawoul dl ovet obeanur sei nt he RAF and be par t of a medi cal emer gency r esponset eam. APO MaxSt ewar thasbeenamemberofUGSAS si nce 2018.He i s cur r ent l yi n hi s 4t h yearof st udyi ng MEng Mechani cal Engi neer i ng wi t h Aer onaut i cs. Max par t i cul ar l y enj oys t he Advent ur ousTr ai ni ngsquadr onact i vi t i esandhas t akenpar ti nt heNi j megenMar ches,t hesquadr on ski t r i pandExer ci seBl ackCl aymor e.Heaspi r est o become a r ot ar ypi l oti nt he RAF.Outwi t ht he squadr on,Max i s ver y keen on spor t s.These i ncl uder unni ng,boxi ng,hi l l wal ki ngandr ugby .He al so r ecent l y compl et ed hi sf i r stmar at hon i n t r ai ni ngf orat r i at hl on.Max’ sot herhobbi esi ncl ude wor ki ngoncar sandmot or bi kes-i fyou’ veever methi m,you’ l lknowhedoesnotshutupabouti t . PAGE4
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“ Dur i ngt hi spar t i cul ar l ychal l engi ngper i od,Iam j us t i f i abl ypr oudof ourUASCadet s ,comi ngt oget herf r om acr os st henat i ont o compl et et hi si nnovat i vef undr ai s i ngevent .TheUASGar denRel ay i nai doft heNHShasi nvol vedahugecoor di nat edef f or tf r om al l oft hecadet s .Thei rdet er mi nat i on,i ngenui t yandr es ol vet o compl et ei thasbeeni ncr edi bl e” / "It qwr" Ecrv ck p" K cp" Ujct t qemu. " Eqoocpfcpv " 8HVU
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APO Hender son,OCdtEngl i sh,OCdtLai ng,OCdtTai t ,OCdtWr i ght ,OCdtMcKi nl ay ,OCdtKel l y , OCdtGoodman,OCdtAhmed,OCdtHami l t on,APO Tayl or ,OCdtGi bson,OCdtCr osby
On30May20,att hehei ghtofanat i onal l ockdown,over250UASst udent s f r om acr oss t he UK under t ook t he ambi t i ous chal l enge ofr unni ng t he di st ancef r om RAFLossi emout ht oRAFAkr ot i r i ,t heRAF’ smostnor t her n basei nScot l andt oi t smosteast er l yper manentbasei nCypr us,andback agai n( 10, 200km) ,t or ai semoneyf orNHSchar i t i es.Duet ot henat i onwi de r est r i ct i onsal lr unni nghadt obewi t hi nt heconf i nesoft hei rgar dens. Theeventwasr anasanumberofcont i nuousr el ayswi t honememberof eacht eam al waysr unni ngatanyt i me,i ncl udi ngt hr ought heni ght ,unt i lt he di st ancewascover ed.Over20UGSAS st udent svol unt eer edt osacr i f i ce somesl eepandendur et hebl i st er s,f or mi ngaj oi ntt eam wi t hOUAS.OC UGSASandGTIal sogoti nvol vedwi t ht her unni ng. At2000hr s,t ot hebackgr oundoft heNHScl apf orcar er s,OCdtEr i kGi bson setof font het eam’ sf i r stofmanyonehourshi f t sofgar denr unni ng.The camar ader i eandt eamwor kshownbet weent heUGSASst udent s,spur r i ng each ot heron dur i ng t he t ough,dar kr unsal lt hr oughoutt he ni ghtwas i ncr edi bl e. I nt he ear l y hour s ofTuesday 05 May 20,af t erexact l y 100 hour s of consecut i ver unni ngbyt het eam,APO DougHender sonf i ni shedt hef i nal l egt ocompl et et hef ul ldi st ance. I nt ot al ,over£23, 000wasr ai sedf orNHS char i t i es.Thi smoneywi l lgo t owar dski t t i ngoutWobbl eRooms,wher ehospi t alst af fcangot or estand r el axdur i ngbusyshi f t s,f undgamest osuppor tyoungpat i ent si nment al heal t hwar ds,andpr ovi det echnol ogyf orpat i ent si nhospi t al st ospeakt o t hei rl ovedones. Wel ldonet oal lt hosei nvol ved. PAGE6
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I ti squi t eaf ewyear st hatImustcastmymi ndbackt omyUGSASyear s,but Ir emembermyt i meont heSquadr onver yf ondl y ,i fal i t t l ehazi l y!I nt hef ew year sr unni ngupt omyuni ver si t yyear s,IhadbeenanAi rCadet ,l ucky enought ohavecompl et edaf l yi ngschol ar shi pandhadr ecei vedasi xt h f or m schol ar shi p.Iwasaskeenast heycome,butIhadbeenknockedback f r om get t i ng a bur sar y on my l at estt r i pt o OASC,and hadn’ tdone par t i cul ar l ywel li nmyschoolexams,butl ucki l yhadscr apedmywayi nt o uni ver si t y .I nOct ober1998Ihadt ur nedupt of r esher s’weekatGl asgow Uni ver si t yandf oundt heUGSASst and. Ist udi edModer nLanguages,soIhadaneasyt i met abl e.Iwasabl et oget outt ot heai r por tever yWednesdayt of l y ,whi chmeantt hatIf ai r l yr at t l ed t hought hesyl l abus,compl et i ngmyf i r stsol oi nt heBul l dogwhi l stonEast er campatRAFKi nl oss.I nmysecondyearIr eappl i edf orabur sar y ,andt hi s t i meIwassuccessf ul .Asal anguagesst udent ,Ispentmyt hi r dyearabr oad, andr et ur nedt oGl asgowf ormyf i nalyear ,f i ni shi ngt hef l yi ngsyl l abus.The UAScour secount edasEFTbackt hen,soIwasr ecommendedr ot ar y ,and wentont ost ar tI OTatRAFCCr anwel li nOct ober2002. It houghtt hatUGSASwast hebestcl ubatuni ver si t y .Mostofmyf r i ends wer e on t he Squadr on,and we al waysl ooked f or war dt ot heThur sday eveni ngt ownni ght s.Idon’ tknowi ft her e’ sst i l l aband,butIwast heOI Ci n secondyear .Wehadsomepr et t ygoodpl ayer sandpl ayedatal l t heevent s t hatwer ehel datPar kCi r cus.Thespor twasal waysgoodf un,whet heryou PAGE9
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wer ei nt het eam ornot .Obvi ousl yUGSASusual l ywont hecompet i t i ons, and t he postt our namentdr i nki ng was l egendar y! I nt er ms ofanyone t hi nki ngser i ousl yaboutacar eeri nt heRAF,i twast hebestt hi ngt obeapar t of . Iwas al ways a shy ki d gr owi ng up and had gener al l y done wel l academi cal l y .Myconf i dencewasknockedwhenIhadf ai l edatOASCi nmy l astyearatschool ,whi chwast her easonwhymyexam r esul t swer enotas goodast heyshoul dhavebeen.Ihadt ur nedupatuni ver si t yunder conf i dent andwetbehi ndt heear s.Igr ewuppr et t yqui ckl yi nmyf i r styeart hankst o UGSAS,myconf i dencewasboost ed,andIf el tl i keIbel ongedagai n. I def i ni t el ywoul dhavest r uggl edi fIhadj oi nedt heRAFst r ai ghtf r om school ! The UAS cul t ur e,RAF f l yi ng t r ai ni ng st yl e,ear l yr esponsi bi l i t yand t he myr i adoppor t uni t i esavai l abl et oyouasUAS st udent swi l lsetyouupf or yourRAFcar eer si nt hef ut ur e.Il ear nedt hatever yoneexper i encesf ai l ur es atvar i ous poi nt si nt hei rt r ai ni ng,you’ l lbe i nt he mi nor i t yi fyou pass ever yt hi ng f i r stt i me ar ound. Lear nf r om i t ,st udyhar d and come back st r onger .I fyou’ r est r uggl i ng,askf orhel p.Youcanbesur et hati fyou’ r e f i ndi ngsomet hi nghar d,t henot her sar ef i ndi ngi thar dt oo.Thi scer t ai nl y hel pedmenotonl yt hr oughmyt r ai ni ng,butal soonceIhadgott ot hef r ont l i ne. Enj oyyourt i meonUGSAS.Takeadvant ageofal lt hati thast oof f er . Wor khar d,pl ayhar d,andt aket hel essonsyoul ear ni nt ot heRAFwi t h you,t heywi l lst andyoui ngoodst eadf ort hechal l engest hatl i eahead i nyourt r ai ni ngandbeyond. Fl yi ngOf f i cerJohnWal msl ey
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