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44Drill SergeantOn one of our first parades the drill sergeant was checking our names successfully until he got to Rob. %u2018Name?%u2019 he shouted. %u2018Sargent, sergeant%u2019 came the reply. Don%u2019t try and be funny the sergeant snapped. %u2018Sargent, sergeant%u2019 came the reply again, and so it went on until the drill sergeant eventually got the message.Greg Whitear(Editor%u2019s Note: We had a similar problem in D Squadron with our first Flight Sergeant by name of %u00ab Flight %u00bb. Responding to him positively with %u00ab Yes, Flight Flight %u00bb just never seemed right.C Squadron ExcessesI recall Sgt Atyeo and haircuts. He was our sergeant, 94C Junior Entry.(Sound of boot crunching gravel) %u201cMr Riches, am I hurting you?%u201d %u201cNo Sergeant!%u201d %u201cWell I should be %u2013 I%u2019m treading on your hair: get it cut!%u201d%u201cMr Wylie, I%u2019m thinking of putting you on a charge%u201d %u201cWhy Sergeant%u201d %u201cImpersonating an Officer! Get your hair cut!%u201dMartin JohnsonLeglessI always put this next one down to David (Jock) Cockburn but it may have been some other innocent of 94 %u2013 an old one but new to us at the time. Flight Cadet ambling across Junior Mess Parade Square....... shout from some distance away (was it the College Warrant Officer or Sgt