Friday, 8 July 2005 (4 photos)

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Cadets Arrive!

A bus with cadets from the Prince George area arrived at 1800 hrs marking the beginning of the summer of 2005 at VACSTC. The first flight arrived at Kelowna International Airport at 2200 hrs, a Boeing 737 with 104 cadets from the lower mainland. LCol Terry Kopan and RSM Tim Ogilvie were on hand to welcome the arriving cadets. 

10:00 PM Friday night, the first flight arrives, a chartered 737 from the lower mainland and Vancouver Island.

 

LCol Terry Kopan, the commanding office of Vernon ACSTC, address the arriving cadets in the airport.  

 

Welcome to Vernon!

 

With more than 35 years experience, the RSM CWO Tim Ogilvie is prepared for the task at hand.

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Today's weather: Max Temp. 17c Min Temp. 13c overcast, drizzle, cool clearing in the evening

This day in Canadian Military History...

8 July 1874
"The Great March West" of the North West Mounted Police begins this day from Dufferin (Emerson, Man.). The force, consisting of 275 officers and men, is intended as a police presence on the developing Prairie.

8 July 1917
Troopers from the Ft. Garry Horse and Lord Strathcona's Horse stage a successful 150-man raid on the German line north of the Somme battlefield.