Tuesday, 5 Aug 2008 (8 photos)

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First Aid training at Brig Murphy Armoury

(VACSTC, Capt Karl Kopan)

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Guard Coy - in Camp

Trg Support Group (Adventure Platoons) - 5 PL in the field, 6 Pl in the field

Bravo Coy - in Camp

Charlie Coy - in Camp

Delta Coy - in Camp

Echo Coy - in Camp

Foxtrot Coy - in Camp

Today's weather: Max Temp. 34c Min Temp. 11c sunny & hot

This day in Canadian Military History...

5 August 1775
Mohawk scouts, operating from St. Jean, are fired upon by an advance party of Rebels north of Lake Champlain as a prelude to the American invasion of Canada.

5 August 1943
Canadian troops are in action for the last time on the island of Sicily. Four rifle companies from the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, about 45 men, charge across 300 yards of open ground to capture Hill 736 from a force of 100 German defenders.

5 August 2006

Master Cpl. Raymond Arndt of the Edmonton-based Loyal Edmonton Regiment was killed when a G-Wagon making a supply run collided with a civilian truck. Three other Loyal Edmonton Regiment soldiers were also injured in the crash: Cpl. Jared Gagnon of Sherwood Park, Cpl. Ashley Van Leeuwen of St. Paul and Pte. Adam Keen of Edmonton.