88th Postal and Courier Regiment
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88th Postal and Courier Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps, is a regiment of the Territorial Army in the United Kingdom
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The regiment was formed in the Royal Logistic Corps
in 1993 with four squadrons. In 2006, two squadrons were disbanded and another two transferred in from 87th Postal and Courier Regiment
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It is based on the outskirts of Grantham UK at the Prince William of Glouster barracks, 88 PC regiment shares this base with other RLC regiments such as:
As the RLC TA is a national unit (meaning it recruits persons from all over the UK) 88 PC is made up of people from many places. Most members of the regiment have transferable civilian skills and simply bring those existing skills into a new environment.
Furthermore 88 PC has soldiers from other trades attached to it, EG driver radio operator (who are in all regiments), although such trades are officially on the ORBAT (order of battle) for 88 PC, the OSWO (operational support warrant officer) may send them to train with a different unit for certain periods, they may also be 'lent' to a regiment short of that specific trade.
Within 88 PC there is sufficient scope to attain a full driving, motorbike and HGV licence as well as parachute wings (worn above the RLC flash on the right arm). 88 PC deploy on exercise abroad annually to Cyprus, Germany etc, they also have many opportunities to attend adventurous training (AT) in Scotland as well as many regimental training events held at weekends/weekdays at Grantham. In essence, where ever the Army go 88 PC will deploy as well, this can be said for almost all RLC units.
United Kingdom
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The regiment was formed in the Royal Logistic Corps
Royal Logistic Corps
The Royal Logistic Corps provides logistic support functions to the British Army. It is the largest Corps in the Army, comprising around 17% of its strength...
in 1993 with four squadrons. In 2006, two squadrons were disbanded and another two transferred in from 87th Postal and Courier Regiment
87th Postal and Courier Regiment
87th Postal and Courier Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps, was a regiment of the Territorial Army in the United Kingdom.The regiment was formed in the Royal Logistic Corps in 1993 with three squadrons. In 2006, the regiment was disbanded, with 871 & 872 Squadrons transferred to the 88th Postal and...
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It is based on the outskirts of Grantham UK at the Prince William of Glouster barracks, 88 PC regiment shares this base with other RLC regiments such as:
- 166 supply
- 168 pioneer
As the RLC TA is a national unit (meaning it recruits persons from all over the UK) 88 PC is made up of people from many places. Most members of the regiment have transferable civilian skills and simply bring those existing skills into a new environment.
Furthermore 88 PC has soldiers from other trades attached to it, EG driver radio operator (who are in all regiments), although such trades are officially on the ORBAT (order of battle) for 88 PC, the OSWO (operational support warrant officer) may send them to train with a different unit for certain periods, they may also be 'lent' to a regiment short of that specific trade.
Within 88 PC there is sufficient scope to attain a full driving, motorbike and HGV licence as well as parachute wings (worn above the RLC flash on the right arm). 88 PC deploy on exercise abroad annually to Cyprus, Germany etc, they also have many opportunities to attend adventurous training (AT) in Scotland as well as many regimental training events held at weekends/weekdays at Grantham. In essence, where ever the Army go 88 PC will deploy as well, this can be said for almost all RLC units.
Squadrons
- 881 Squadron (1993-2006)
- 882 Squadron (1993-2006)
- 860 HQ Squadron
- 883 Squadron (1993 to date)
- 884 Squadron (1993 to date)
- 871 Squadron (2006 to date)
- 872 Squadron (2006 to date)