Brought back a few memories for me there Foxhoundone. The RGJ's had been kicked out of Germany by the time I got to Celle. They rioted through the
town centre after some Turkish immigrants had a ding dong with some jokers from the regiment. I heard they killed a German Civil Policeman (GCP) and a
number of innocent Turks, goes without saying they never did a tour in Germany again. I havent checked the rework on the rear of the barracks, I'd
agree with you it might be to lighten the load which would suggest they never cleared the cellars. Yeah I remember the crash outs. Due to the nature
of our mission we had more than anyone else, which always seemed pointless considering we received Intel briefings telling us in no uncertain terms
the Soviets would have wiped the slate clean with us. In fact the whole Allied mission in West Germany was to act as a buffer to slow the Russians
down to give the politicians enough time to stick their finger on the big red button. I doubt the Soviets would have bothered. Funny old world ain't
it? SOXMIS was the acronym for Soviet Mission, a kind of legal spying game both sides played. Very dodgy blokes, we were told to avoid as a lot of
them were Spetsnaz, also whatever we did to them would pale in comparison to what they'd do to the BRITMIS lads. We didnt have to worry about the
RGJs but we did have to run the gauntlet through the public car park and the French Garden which was the haunt for the local cottagers, chap I could
tell you a few tales!

I missed the Cold War, everything seemed to make a lot more sense than the mindless War on Terrorism but I suppose it was
the eye opener for my own awakening. Like to give you a little anecdote on my stay there. We had a RAF EW (54 SU) unit attached to us and they had a
RAF regiment officer in charge of their security, I didn't even know the Rock Apes had officers, but anyway first day I walked past him he looked a
little snotty, second day I walked past him he pulls me up and says "Don't you salute Air Force officers in the Army?" I replied "We don't have
Air Force officers in the Army" (a little plagiarism from Spike I think)Anyhow a 20 minute lecture on the rank structure of the RAF ensured and I was
informed I would salute him in future. Every time I passed that plonker I go to chuck one up and he salute me, at which point I'd scratch the back
of my head and thank him for his effort.

Don't fret all just a little indulgence for me and Foxhoundone, will get back on topic in my next post
regards the Spear of Destiny.