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The Mighty Reds

Paul Liu

2003

Mo and Paul Liu

1991

HMS Collingwood Petty Officers'

Christmas Ball

Personal Info

I have worked for the MOD since Nov 97. I am the Bay Supervisor for Tacan and Cardion SSR and am currently based at RAF Leeming. No 1 Expeditionary Radar and Airfield Squadron (Tactical Communications Wing) was formed when RAF Sealand GRSC closed and moved to North Yorkshire alongside the A1 at RAF Leeming

I work alongside service personnel in the TacDF bay, undertaking 3rd line repairs on airfield and ship Bourne Navigational aids (Navaids), the TACAN TRN26 and the Cardion SSR. We provide 24hrs phone support for these equipments for the Tri-services. I've been to some of the overseas sites, such as Gibraltar, Germany (RAF Bruggen and Gutersloh) and Cyprus (RAF Akrotiri) on several occasions. Spent 17 years in the Andrew and never went south of the Equator. In Nov 2002, I went to the Falklands to repair a TRN26 Tacan....All I can say is that its a long flight there and back....Good scenery though (Pictures of the trip in the link below).

In Aug 1998, we moved from Plymouth to Great Sutton, just outside Chester. We relocated again in Oct 2006 to North Yorkshire.

Before I became a MOD Civilian, I serviced Colour Laser Copiers (CLC) for Canon (South West) Ltd; I was 1 of 6 (colour only) technicians covering a region from Lands End (Cornwall) to Weston-Super-Mare (Somerset). I did a lot of business miles, which is why I now hate driving, but I’ve learnt to calm down in heavy traffic and concentrate on my own driving, getting from A to B with the least stress as possible (A little Radio 3 helps).

I served in the Royal Navy for 17 years, before coming part of the Peace Dividend, taking voluntary redundancy. My nickname Charlie, was given to me when I joined my first ship HMS Birmingham (Type 42 Destroyer), only old shipmates in the Navy call me that now. The last ship I served on was HMS Sirius (Leander Class Frigate), whose primary role was to detect submarines using its towed array sonar. I was a Weapon Engineering Artificer Senior Rating specialist in Sonar, Radar and Computers. Every ship I have ever served on has now been decommissioned, sold to other Navy's or sunk as targets.

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Pictures

These pictures are mostly about my time in the Royal Navy, although there are a few of me at work/play for Canon and the MOD.

• Christmas presents in the Petty Officers' Mess 92 (Yes, that’s me sitting on Santa’s knee).

• Members of the Petty Officers' Mess HMS Sirius 92.

• The Weapon Engineering Department HMS Sirius 92.

• HMS Sirius entering Gibraltar in 1992.

• Hard at work for Canon, on a CLC 700.

• What the hell am I doing in somebody's front room!!!!!!!

• The Gong Show (Getting my LSGC medal)(15 years undetected crime!).

• Being over flown by a Hawk at a Tacan 26 Site....a bombing range.

• Look Mum, no hands....!! Me on a mast climbing course at RAF Digby.

• Before the years took their toll. Paul Guiver and me in 1976.

• Just about to have a dip at Buttons Beach, RAF Akrotiri Sept 99.

• The culture vulture !!!!.... At Apollo's Temple on the beautiful Island of Cyprus Sept 99.

• Just graduated as a Gunnery Rating at HMS Cambridge 77.

• Mo having a laugh at something Xmas 02.

• At the Df site on the Rock of Gibraltar Jul 03.

• HMS Sirius Ship Reunion Held at HMS Drake WO & SR Mess on 4th Oct 2003.

• My visit to the Falklands In Sunny Dec 2002.

• Visit to Alnwick 2003.

• Mo and Paul's 25th Wedding Anniversary Party.

• Mo and Paul's 2004 Holiday in Cyprus.

• Hill of Crosses near Siauliai, Lithuania (For John Mac's Mum).

• On detachment with RAF in Lithuania (Vilnius and Siauliai Airport).

• John and Sandra MacDonald's wedding Party.

• Steve MaCabe's party May 2006.

• TRN26 Tacan at Gutersloh June 2006.

• HMS Sirius Reunion June 2006 at Portsmouth.

• A meal at the Mei Mei in Liverpool, with family and friends, in Memory of my Dad 16 May 2006.

Current Projects (in no particular order).

Project 1

Getting my web page sorted.

Project 2

Getting our new home in Northallerton sorted.

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Some Links to other sites

One of my old boss's.

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Personal Interests

Computing

I like to build computers and upgraded them in my spare time for family members and friends. Mainly self taught I've been over taken by my brother-in-Law, Michael in the graphics and applications department....There isn't much he doesn't know about Graphics. Thanks Mike for all your help in the past.

Golf

My handicap is a genuine 28. I've played at Woodbury Park owned by Mr Nigel Mansell (see the nice F1 cars in the foyer). The course I usually played was the China Fleet Club in Saltash, but since I've moved from Plymouth, I haven't played many games since. Most RAF Bases have a pitch and put course on the airfields, but I hardly get the time to have a round when working.