Radio Appointment Titles - NI days

Hi All, many thanks for the really great info ref the No 5 Jungle Rifle....and Walters is now seeking to delve into the collective memory. I am after any radio appointment titles which we used in NI prior to radio comms going secure as I am helping with an education project.

I recall such as: SOCO (for the scene of crime officer); RUCSAC (for RUC); POINTER (for the RMP team); WAGTAIL (for the search dog); NIGHTSUN (for the heli search light)....but some key ones elude my decaying memory (addled from many excesses I fear), such as the Doc, ATO, RE Search Team etc.

May I disturb and ask for any that come to mind, gentlemen? Many thanks for your help.

Owen W

ATO - Felix
UDR Female - Greenfinch

Thats me spent

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Originally Posted by DP43

ATO - Felix
UDR Female - Greenfinch

Thats me spent

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Lord....I guess the grain was more addled than I thought if I forgot those! Many thanks. Owen W

bomb disp felix/ doc starlight/

Sun Light...........Helecopter
Starlight...........Medics

Here's a few CLICK!

But I've never heard of some of the ones in that link and I knew every single appointment title that existed in any infantry sigs pamphlet - trust me!

But as for NI specific ones - or even general ones, my memory fails me now - my main one these days is "'er indoors" - which is a few notches above "Moonbeam's Sunray"!!

"Coffee Pot" was one (female RMP as opposed to female UDR which as mentioned, was 'Greenfinch' - quite apt really - common bird)

One I really liked, which may well have been unique to RWF was 'Brimstone' for the padre.

'Snapper' was another - riot dog.

My thanks to all so far. Everything very useful. As I see each one, the memory kicks back in!

Very grateful. Owen W

CONTACT Me!
(don't use that word over the radio was the cry by the OPs Room unless you were in CONTACT!)

Continued thanks to one and all. Each additional entry is helping the project. Much appreciated. Owen W

Neptune - Water Cannon,

Now that one really had dropped from memory. Ugly things. You have sparked another question, though....what was the huge piece of RE plant, with grab/bucket at the front and heavily armoured cab which we deployed to move such as vehicle sized road blocks? Owen W

Scooby or Super Scooby????

Exactly.....or, should one say, 'Dead On'! Fantastic beast. Thanks for that. Owen W

Another i think maybe, Coffee Pot - Female RMP (Desperate Dan on the 81 Tour.) Even frightend the boys when she climbed into the Pig.

Regards

That has planted nightmares for some, no doubt. Yes, forgot that one. Thnx. Owen W