Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 (16 photos)

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Final Parade practice

(VACSTC, Wayne Emde)

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Guard Coy - in Camp

Alpha Coy - in Camp

Bravo Coy - in Camp

Charlie Coy - in Camp

Delta Coy - in Camp

Today's weather: Max Temp. 26c Min Temp. 14c mostly sunny

This day in Canadian Military History...

11 August 1756
3000 French regulars and Canadian militia prepare to lay siege to the English strongholds of Ft. Ontario and Chouaguen (Oswego, N.Y.)

11 August 1918
The Battle of Amiens grinds to a halt after three days of steady advances by the Canadian Corps. There are already 9,074 Canadian casualties to account for an advance that is well ahead of the Australian and French attacks.

11 August 1954
The first Canadian observers arrive in Indo-China to begin monitoring the ceasefire between French and Viet Mihn troops.

11 August 2006

Cpl. Andrew James Eykelenboom died during an attack by a suicide bomber on a Canadian convoy that was resupplying a forward fire base south of Kandahar near the border with Pakistan. A medic with the 1st Field Ambulance based in Edmonton, he was in his mid 20s and had been in the Canadian Forces for four years.