Wales UOTC
Wales UOTC trains 90% of the time at Sennybridge, and thus can boast been the most hardcore (1) of UOTCs. (2)
The unit is split into five Companys:-
- Cardiff - Unsociable, cliquey and thinks they're the mutts nuts.
- Swansea - A mere shadow of Cardiff and the smallest company. (Not true, I am from Swansea and I have teabagged the majority of members from the other companys.)
- Aberystwyth - unfit, the better drinkers and only one woman. Tend to turn up to social nights with other units with at least partially drunk. (Can Usually Notice Telling Sentences)
- Bangor - The accidental child that nobody wants, they live in caves and eat poop. Tend to accept fourty people in the initial intake, when they have eleven places available.
- Wrexham - Doesn't actually exist yet but due to come in to being during 2008, allegedly in time for summer camp and will recruit from the North East Wales Institute.
The unit is based at Maindy barracks, Cardiff.
Whilst I am WUOTC myself, I don't see why seeing that 'we train 90% of time at Sennybridge' makes us the most hardcore! I'm pretty sure Bristol OTC don't have their weekends on Clifton Common! There is plenty of friendly rivalry going on between the companies, it has to be admitted - only Aber would appoint someone who shat his bed to be CSM! (3)
General opinions over Aber and Bangor seem to have reversed since my first year - the 'sh1t-eater' title is often inferred upon the boys from Cardigan Bay.
Companies
The companies are the main difference between WUOTC and most others, they are very spread out and relatively independent compared to other OTCs. Cardiff Company is the largest and the HQ company and is known for being unsociable and aloof, Cardiff also have the advantage of having all the support staff on their doorstep as well as better access to stores etc (Bangor are lucky to see support staff more than once a year).
Swansea is the second largest and being only an hour or so from Cardiff there is a close relationship between the two, Swansea as a company has a reputation for having a good set of NCO's and being very active.
Aber has suffered from having a reputation for producing weirdos and for scaring off any females that join, 'all the gear and no idea' appears to be the maxim. They are too far from Cardiff to see the HQ staff more then once a year. Majority of training carried out by 3rd yeard, who have a maximum experience of TACC. Aber seems to frown upon those not wanting to be an Inf officer, who has sights set on that VC, whilst strutting around campus wearing a lot of North Face and telling the girls about how they 'smashed' the phys (NB this always fails and their love life records is a Who's Who of singletons)
Bangor is the smallest and traditionally the closest of the companies. Based six hours from Cardiff and five hours from the training area at Sennybridge they are the most independent and are known for arriving late. Having more travelling time they will arrive when everyone else is in their pits so will generally go with less sleep for the weekend.
Wrexham, bit of a failed experiment, more Platoon in size, recruiting into WALES UOTC from ENGLISH colleges and small Unis, turn up well into the night with about 6 bods and no inclusion so just fold into Bangor 99% of the time
The Companies all have their own traditions (aber for example wear their dragons with the tails down) and their own identities. The introduction of the TASO scheme has added a strange mix of cap badges from TA units all over the country so a parade of the whole OTC is dotted with green, blue, brown, and maroon berets. The OTC also unusually wears Khaki infantry berets as general issue. Due to the spread out nature of WUOTC, it has evolved into a unit much closer to a TA infantry battalion than an OTC (minus the professionalism), there is little special to arms training 90% of what the OTC does being light infantry on Sennybridge.
Notes.
Note 1. The idea that UOTC's are in any way 'hardcore' outside the imaginations of their membership may be completely discounted. It's a drinking club for students.
Note 2. With the exception of LUOTC of course, as "they're bigger than us"
Note 3. Our CSM was not appointed because he 'shat his bed', he was appointed because he shat himself on his way to his bed. I hope this clears things up.
Note 3. Note 1. is very, very true.
Note 4. Not only is Bangor populated by coprophiliacs, they also breed asexually. They truly are the scum of the earth.
Note 5. Aber Coy is the main exception (except for Wrexham) which isn't seen as a drinking club for students, more of a fitness class for weirdos, future Paras and wannabe VC winners, eg CNUTS
