Thursday, 9 July 2010 (5 photos)

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Training Support Staff Cadets (Wayne Emde, VACTSC)

 

Capt Steck & HQ Staff Cadets  (Wayne Emde, VACTSC)

 

C/Sgt Paulin & Capt Thoms (Wayne Emde, VACTSC)

 

First Meeting with Training Group Sgt Major (Wayne Emde, VACTSC)

 

Major Martens Assigns Staff Cadets (Wayne Emde, VACTSC)

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Today's weather: Max Temp. 35c  Min Temp. 15c hot & sunny

This day in Canadian Military History...

9 July 1755

General Braddock's 2000 British regulars are defeated by a combined force of 850 French regulars, Canadian militia, and native allies at Ft. Duquesne (near Pittsburgh, Penn.). Braddock and most of his force are killed while the French report the loss of barely a dozen men.



9 July 1944

The city of Caen is liberated by Canadian and British troops, 33 days after it was expected to fall. During this time, 3500 Canadians have become casualties, but German ground and air formations have been decimated.

 

9 July 2006

Cpl. Anthony Joseph Boneca, a reservist with the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment based in Thunder Bay, Ont., was killed as Canadian military and Afghan security forces were pushing through an area west of Kandahar City that had been a hotbed of Taliban activity.