OSE News
Issue I: August 2010
1
Captain Rupert Stevens (A
-
) and
Lieutenant Michael Dobbin (C
-
) are
both O cers in e Queen’s Company, First
Battalion Grenadier Guards. ey deployed
to Afghanistan in Sept
just as two other
Army OSE were returning (Lieutenant Mark
Cripps (B
–
) and Captain Ed Poynter
(G
–
) both o cers in e Ri es).
Rupert and Michael deployed to the Nad e
Ali district of Helmand and spent time in
both the rural checkpoints and the provincial
capital Lashkar Gah. In this photo they are
seen sitting in rhubarb on the Masti in which
Michael had driven over an IED (Improvised
Explosive Device) the day before – all emerged
unscathed. Observant readers will also notice
the rat – Jim Douggen - who was last pictured
in the Chronicle strapped to the bows of the
st VIII in the
Henley nal. Rupert also
featured in the Queen’s Birthday Parade on
which he was Subaltern for the Escort.
2000 + 2003 – (A) RMB Stevens and (C) MO C Dobbin