Command and control

From: OC

To: ADMINSO

  1. On Friday evening, at approximately 1700hrs on 29 Nov. ’85, Halley’s Comet will be visible in this area, an event which occurs only once every 75 years.
  2. All Other Ranks (ORs) are to assemble on the Parade Ground, wearing safety helmets, and I will explain this phenomenon to them.
  3. In case of rain, we will not be able to see anything, so assemble the ORs in the Canteen and I will show them a film of it.

 

From: ADMINSO

To: CO

  1. By order of the OC, on Friday 29 Nov. 85 at 1700hrs Halley’s Comet will appear over the Parade Ground.
  2. If it rains, assemble all ORs in safety helmets and proceed to the Canteen where this rare phenomenon will take place, something which occurs every 75 years.

 

From: CO

To: ADMIN1

  1. By order of the OC in a safety helmet, at 1700hrs on Friday the 29 Nov. 85 the phenomenal Halley’s Comet will appear in the Canteen. In case of rain over the Parade Ground the OC will give another order, something which occurs every 75 years.

 

From: ADMIN1

To: ORSgt

  1. On Friday at 1700hrs on 29 Nov. ’85 the OC will appear in the Canteen with Halley’s Comet, something which happens every 75 years if it rains. The OC will order the Comet into the area above the Parade Ground.

 

From: ORSgt

To: All ORs

  1. When it rains on Friday 29 Nov. 85 at 1700hrs, the phenomenal 75 year old Bill Halley, accompanied by the OC, will drive his comet through the Parade Ground and into the Canteen.