Saturday, 6 Aug 2005 (19 photos)
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Charlie Company fresh from winning the week's pennant last night are back on Dieppe Square perfecting their already excellent drill for the upcoming final parade.
C/MWO Mark Smith, 2277 6th Field Engineer Squadron RC(Army)CC Squamish BC. C/CSM Smith has been an army cadet 6 years in October. This is his 5th summer in Vernon, he also spent a the summer of 2003 at RMNACSTC on the LD&C Course. C/CSM Smith - "Cadets is a life for me, it's not a 9-5 job for me, you wake up every morning and it's the whole day, you're always into it. It's kids teaching kids, I love the fact that kids can teach other kids, it's not done anywhere else." He's graduating from the cadet program March 19, 2006 and he's going to be applying for the regular force as a combat engineer. C/CSM Smith - "Winning the pennant was possibly the best memory for me this summer. With hard work comes the reward. It was many long nights of hard work and cleaning, it didn't matter whet they were from or who they were, if they wanted the pennant and were willing to put the time in they all came together and a s a team they accomplished what they thought couldn't be accomplished, Charlie Company winning the pennant. It's living your job, I love it! There's nothing that has set me straighter than cadets it's kept my focus."
Soccer. Elite sports on the sports field under the supervision of Capt Raj Chamberlain and his PERO Staff. This morning it's Alpha Company vs Guard Company
Ultimate Frisbee
Softball
Softball
Softball
Volleyball
And the enthusiastic cheerleaders
In the afternoon, the quarter guard assembled downtown at the Vernon Museum fort he grand opening of the "Year of the Veteran" exhibit. An audience of nearly 200 greeted the cadets and were most impressed by the drill.
Cdt Valene Thomas 390 North Saskatchewan Regiment RC(Army)CC Prince Albert, SK being inspected by Vernon City Councilor Derrick Hall outside the Museum. Interestingly, Councilor Derrick Hall was himself an army cadet at Vernon Army Cadet Camp in 1963 and 1964 as well as an instructor 1967.
Quarter Guard being led off by Piper C/Sgt Andrew O'Boyle 2136 Canadian Scottish Regiment RC(Army)CC from Bravo Company.
Cdt Cody Tuckwell 1390 Royal Canadian Artillery RC(Army)CC Red Deer, AB part of the Quarter Guard marching past after being inspected.
Lt Faisal Jama and Cdt Gordon Scott 2289 5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment RC(Army)CC Victoria, BC, taking in the medal displays.
Cdt Daniel Sugden 903 British Columbia Dragoons RC(Army)CC, Kelowna, BC looking over a uniform of a former British Columbia Dragoon WO1 from World War II.
(front - back) Cdt Gordon Scott 2289 5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment RC(Army)CC Victoria, BC, Cdt Cody Higbee 2943 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Campbell River, BC, and Cdt Richard Leblanc 2370 Royal Canadian Artillery RC(Army)CC Regina, SK inspect the Royal Banner of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets that was retired and laid up in the museum in August 2004.
Back at camp, OCdt Evan McKinnon prepares to hand out cake to cadets of the Quarter Guard. the cake was gift from the museum for the support given by the camp earlier in the day.
Sitting on the ground polishing their boots Cdt Andrew Woodward 2509 Signals RC(Army)CC Calgary, AB and Cdt Alex Fox 2554 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry RC(Army)CC talk with other cadets after supper.
Badminton being played after supper, many after hours activities have been organized this summer by Capt Jamie Biggar the training centre's recreation officer.
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A Coy - in Camp
B Coy - in Camp, Mil Band in Salmon Arm for RCMP Musical Ride show
C Coy - in Camp
D Coy - in Camp
E Coy - in Camp
F Coy - in Camp
G Coy - in camp
Today's weather: Max Temp. 34.2c Min Temp. 14.5c sunny & hot
This day in Canadian Military History...
6 August 1757
French seige guns have been battering the walls of Ft. William Henry (on Lake George) for three days. The French gunners raise a cheer when one of their shots takes down the fort's flag.
6 August 1945
The American B-29 bomber "Enola Gay" drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. With one brilliant flash thousands of lives are ended -- and a new form of warfare is created which will haunt the world for decades.
