Monday, 25 July 2005 (9 photos)
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0700 hrs, the Quarter Guard marches to Coutt's Common for a pre breakfast practice. The Quarter Guard is made up of cadets who have volunteered and are then selected from the Drill & Ceremonial course in Guard Company. The competition is demanding.
A drill lecture with Rifle Coach 2 Platoon Alpha Company on Dieppe Square.
At the other end of Dieppe Square, Guard Company's 30 Platoon practices closed pace stick drill under the supervision of C/WO Kris Jones and C/WO Matthew Esaw
Cadets from Charlie Company waiting to load up their ruck sacks on the cargo truck, in a few minutes they'll be loading up on busses to take the 1 hour ride to Bennett's Ranch and train during the five-day Field Training Exercise or FTX.
12 Platoon commander 2Lt Doug Marieitta and 13 Platoon commander 2 Lt Karen Leong prepared to head out the field with Charlie Company.
Capt Curtis Sankar brings along supplies for the five-day FTX with Charlie Company.
Behind the scenes, a surprisingly large group of individuals work in various capacities, keeping the camp running. The BOR Staff or Battalion Orderly Room staff comprising of five female civilian clerks and chief clerk PO Gordy Nelson keep the paperwork moving smoothly for the nearly 1400 cadets and staff on the Training Centre.
PO Gordy Nelson sorts through the incoming daily mail. Some 150 letters and 60-80 parcels a day weighing some 200 pounds arrive at the training centre for cadets and staff alike. PO Nelson has 26 years in uniform and has been the Chief Clerk at VACSTC since 2002 after retiring from the regular force.
Later in the day, Charlie Company has arrived at Bennett's Ranch for the five-day FTX. 14 Platoon builds an improvised raft. (Photo: Lt Joel Klein)
A Coy - in Camp
B Coy - in Camp
C Coy -departing for 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. 28.c Min Temp. 8.7 c partly cloudy
This day in Canadian Military History...
25 July 1814
Anglo-Canadian and American forces clash at the Battle of Lundy's Lane (Niagara Falls, Ont); an encounter that will be the bloodiest in the war. The two armies attack and counter-attack each other in stifling heat, inflicting a total of 2000 casualties, before the Americans finally decide to withdraw from the field.
25 July 1916
Western Canadians from the 1st British Columbia Regiment detonate a large mine which repulses a German attack on their positions at Mont Sorrel.
