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Wednesday, 2 Aug 2006 (44 photos)
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Wednesday, 2 Aug 2006 (44 photos)
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Another fun tradition at Vernon, asking your date to the staff cadet mess dinner, often with great pomp and ceremony. CSM David Davies takes it seriously asking C/WO Michelle Casement to the annual function (VACSTC, W. Emde)
As does C/WO Aaron Beckingham (VACSTC, W. Emde)
(VACSTC, W. Emde)
Capt Phil McKerry working GPS coordinates for the Sugar Lake area (VACSTC, W. Emde)
Instructions for the patrolling ex (VACSTC, W. Emde)
Catch a nap any time you can (VACSTC, W. Emde)
(VACSTC, W. Emde)
Setting up a mod tent (VACSTC, W. Emde)
Lt Bryanne Materi, 2Lt Dustin Bauch and Lt Tom Roebuck (VACSTC, Capt George Picken)
Ops order for patrolling (VACSTC, Capt George Picken)
(VACSTC, Capt George Picken)
(VACSTC, Capt George Picken)
Pioneer Platoon putting in at the head of Sugar Lake (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
(VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Making their way to the fire base (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Guard Coy's C/Sgt Daralyn Crawford 3064 Rocky Mountain Rangers RC(Army)CC Williams Lake BC and C/Sgt Brittaney St.Jules 2302 Royal Regina Rifles RC(Army)CC Weyburn SK ease their canoe into the water at the fire base dock (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Training on the lake (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Pioneer Platoon load up their boats for the morning trip to 2-Mile beach (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Self rescue (VACSTC, W. Emde)
In the drink! Part of the fun of self rescue is tipping your canoe (VACSTC, W. Emde)
Making their way to 2-Mile beach (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
(VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Lt Vincent Lister Pioneer Platoon (VACSTC, W. Emde)
Guard Coy practicing self rescue (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
2Lt Brandon MacAuley encouraging his troops (VACSTC, Capt George Picken)
(VACSTC, Capt George Picken)
(VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Davis Fire Camp (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
(VACSTC, W. Emde)
(VACSTC, W. Emde)
(VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
This... is fun! (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
(VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
(VACSTC, W. Emde)
(VACSTC, W. Emde)
(VACSTC, W. Emde)
Back at Sugar Lake camp, CWO Brain Anderson and Sgt Kim Arnold confer (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
(VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
C/Sgt Pablo Benevente commended for outstanding service to Charlie Coy in regards to safety (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
C/Sgt Joel Gagne receives a well deserved promotion to C/WO (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
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A Coy - in the field, Sugar Lake
B Coy - in Camp
C Coy - in Camp
D Coy - in Camp
E Coy - in Camp
F Coy - in Camp
G Coy - in the field, Sugar Lake
Pioneer platoon - in the field, Sugar Lake
Today's weather: temperature 27c Min Temp. 10c sunny & warm
This Day in Canadian Military History...
2 August 1757
The Marquis de Montcalm and his force of 6000 men and artillery (French regulars, Canadian militia and native allies) prepare to lay siege to Ft. William Henry at the south end of Lake George.
2 August 1918
U-156, a converted German mercantile submarine, attacks the schooner Donrfontein in the Bay of Fundy.
2 August 1944
Canadian troops continue to press the Germans south of Caen. The enemy is still offering a good resistance around the town of Tilly-la-Campagne and repeated Canadian attacks are driven off under heavy fire.
Army Cadet Corps formed on this day
2 Aug, 1889
#26 Montreal High School Cadet Corps