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from left) MAJ Pete Tarling 2RAR, MAJ Brendan Perkins 4Regt RAA and MAJ Chris
Regt RAA
(from left) MAJ Jeff Martin, CAPT Simon and Catelin Watch and MAJ Tegan Musumeli
t - (from left) MAJ Paul Felber, CAPT Alex Johnston and CAPT Ellysha Gillespie
“That leaves the units the fl exibility
to schedule unit-level gatherings
and fellowship on the off -Fridays.”
LTCOL Payne said he wanted
to make the Daly Mess a better
venue for professional military
education, presentations, workshops
and syndicate discussions.
“We’ve got new audio-visual
equipment and we’re trying to make
it more functional,” he said.
Already this year it has been used
in a way LTCOL Payne would
like to see happen more often.
“On the fi rst Wednesday of the 2017
training year, we had every lieutenant
in the Brigade as well as lieutenants
from 10FSB and 5Avn Regt.
“We had, for instance, a gunner
beside an infantry offi cer, and across
from a signaller and a logistician.
“They were able to get to know
each other over dinner and
understand how each of them did
their jobs for the overall eff ect.”
LTCOL Payne said the Mess had
also hosted a majors’ dining-in night
in March which provided similar
opportunity for discussion and to build
the bonds of the profession of arms.
To make the Offi cers’ Mess more
family-friendly, the Mess Committee
membership has, for the past 18 months,
also included a spouse - Chelsea
Newfi eld is the current representative
- and LTCOL Payne listens especially
carefully to any suggestion she makes.
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