Monday, 18 July 2005 (9 photos)
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C/Sgt Richard Rensby teaching a rifle drill class to 18 Platoon, Delta Company on Sicily Square.
Sicily Square's size is large enough to accommodate several drill classes simultaneously. Echo Company's 19 Platoon is learning rifle drill under the direction of C/Sgt Christoper Thephasone.
CI Ian Dawson from Winnipeg, MB instructs basic cadets in playing the pipes in Bravo Company.
Supper hour. The two cadet mess halls can feed 500 cadets each per meal.
Cdt Tim Yipp Ropes 2381 British Columbia Regiment (Irish) RC(Army)CC Vancouver, BC taking on the bars on the junior confidence course.
Cdt Raul Carlson 2290 British Columbia Regiment RC(Army)CC Vancouver, BC on the rope bridge during the junior confidence course.
Cdt Dylan Nadratil 2383 Oilfields Calgary Highlanders RC(Army)CC Turner Valley, AB runs through the tires during the junior confidence course.
Cdt Dylan Nadratil 2383 Oilfields Calgary Highlanders RC(Army)CC Turner Valley, AB going through the "Over & Under" on the junior confidence course.
Cdt Carson McLellan 2293 North Saskatchewan Regiment RC(Army)CC Saskatoon, SK on the rope bridge during the junior confidence course.
A Coy - in Camp, 3 mountain bike trip Princeton to Summerland BC & 4 platoon in Cathedral Prov Park south of Penticton on Alpine expedition
B Coy - in Camp
C Coy - in field, Bennett's Ranch
D Coy - in Camp
E Coy - in Camp
F Coy - in Camp
G Coy - in Camp
Today's weather: Max Temp. 32.6c Min Temp. 13.3 sunny and hot, breezy late in afternoon
This day in Canadian Military History...
18 July 1696
A French army of 2000 men (regulars, canadian militia, and Mission Iroquois) are returning to Montreal from attacks on Onondaga villages south of Lake Ontario. Count Frontenac, now in his 74th year, accompanies the force.
18 July 1944Operation Goodwood opens in Normandy this morning as RAF and RCAF bombers launch repeated attacks on the enemy defences in and around Caen. The bombardment is a prelude of the Canadian attempt to clear Caen and push the Germans southwards towards Falaise.
