Saturday, 1 Aug 2009 (51 photos)

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Annual Battalion sports day

The companies arrive, complete with banners and... costumes... (VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

...while the good RSM watches over (VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

The DCO welcomes the battalion to the sports field (VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

Bravo Coy (VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

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mmmmmmmmm... popsicles.... Maj Randy Ripley and Capt Jim Davidge (VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

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OCdt Mann (VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

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Maj Lyle Johnson having fun  (VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

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The CSMs... (VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

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Serenading the DCO, quite possibly the funniest moment of 2009 CI Clare and Capt Chamberlain singing about and to Maj Lyle Johnson, the audience roared!  (VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

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Looking west at headquarters, smoke from the Terrace Mountain fire, all of 24 km southwest of the camp (VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

mmmmmmm... burgers and hotdogs (VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

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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.  35c  Min Temp.   18c sunny, hot and local smoke

1 August 1685
The Marquis de Denonville lands at Quebec, accompanied by 800 Troupes de la Marine, to meet the growing Iroquois threat and the aggression of the English colonists to the south. 


1 August 1813
A force of British regulars is repulsed after repeated attacks against Ft. Stephenson (west of Sandusky, Ohio). 


1 August 1976
The Montreal Olympics close, during which time Canadian Forces personnel have been engaged in police and security duties, drug testing, even acting as time keepers for athletic events.

 

Army Cadet Corps formed on this day

1 Aug, 1904
#118 St. James Parish Cadet Corps