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Vernon Photo Gallery 1979
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(Cam Leblond)
Returning from EX Rambler, 6-days of hiking along the Commonage (Cam Leblond)
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members of Band Coy practicing in the K-lines, upper camp (Cam Leblond)
Visiting VIPs: Rear Adm Martin, Lt Fred Grimm, Maj Henry Hounsell and Col Jake Beer (Cam Leblond)
members of Band Coy practicing in the K-lines, upper camp (Cam Leblond)
The National Band from Banff National Army Cadet Camp makes a brief visit to Vernon. (Cam Leblond)
The National Band from Banff National Army Cadet Camp makes a brief visit to Vernon. (Cam Leblond)
the first aid component of EX Tyro (Cam Leblond)
Navigating the net on the obstacle course (Lilley's leap) (Cam Leblond)
EX Tyro, putting up a tent without the usual poles. just timbers. (Cam Leblond)
Cpl Cathy Robertson-MacDonald at left, Brian Burns right marker front rank (Cam Leblond)
Col Jack Crossman, CD, Base Commander of CFB Chilliwack, Friday night parade reviewing officer (Cam Leblond)
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Brigadier, the Honourable, H.P. Bell-Irving, DSO w/bar, OBE, MiD, CD, Lt-Gov of B.C. and HCol of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, the reviewing officer for one of the basic grad parades, he would return the following year as the final grad parade reviewing officer (Cam Leblond)
Hon Col H.P. Bell-Irving, unidentified Blackwatch Major (Cam Leblond)
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Cdt Bill Lazar (Cam Leblond)
The CO looking in on a map & compass lecture (Cam Leblond)
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High angle rescue at Graduation Rock, an important part of the CLI course (Cam Leblond)
Cleaning weapons, A Coy's cadets working on the FNs. USMC Jr ROTC Cadet Boen Coen at left. (Cam Leblond)
Box lunches, whitewater canoe training at Wallichin on the Thompson River. Cpl Martin Nickerson at bottom left, James Waldron 3rd from left on log with towel over shoulder, Gavin Van Kuppeveld on the right in the blue shirt. (Dale Sumsilouski)
On the river (Dale Sumsilouski)
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Whitewater canoe on the Thompson River (Dale Sumsilouski)
A weekly Friday night parade, this week with visiting former commanding officer MGen G. Kitching, CBE, DSO, CD (ret'd) and Col Jake Beer, MBE, CD, 1979 (Cam LeBlond)
Lunch time in the mess hall, 1979 (Cam LeBlond)
Cindy Magnusson and Heather Laidlaw practicing in the K Lines, Band Coy 1979 (Cam LeBlond)
Bruce Ross and Larry MacEachern marching down Mission road at the end of the six-day field training of EX: Rambler, 1979 (Cam LeBlond)
Cadets from Atlantic Canada arriving on Sicily Square after a long 2 day journey, July, 1979. (Cam LeBlond)
Retired Brigadier Thomas Eric Snow, OBE, MiD, CD visiting the camp and cadets in the field, 1979. Brig Snow was the last Commanding officer of the Canadian Army Basic Infantry Training Centre in Vernon during WWII, he was also the father of LCol David Snow who would take command of the camp in 1980. (Cam LeBlond)
Col Snow along with his son Major Snow. Col Snow also had a longtime association with Camp Argonaut in Gagetown. (Cam Leblond)
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(Cam Leblond)
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Drumhead service (Cam Leblond)
Drumhead service (Cam Leblond)
Drumhead service (Cam Leblond)
Sally Ledger (2511 LSSR RC(Army)CC, Thunder Bay, ON), chosen to participate on exchange for the following summer after being one of the top cadets, 1979 (Cam LeBlond)
Cadets from A Coy cleaning FN-C1 rifles, 1979 (Cam LeBlond)
Tracy Buzzard (328 Medics RC(Army)CC, Saskatoon, SK), Best cadet Golf Coy, 1979 (Cam LeBlond)
CLI Cadets practicing high angle rescue at Graduation Rock on the southern edge of the camp, 1979. This was perhaps the most demanding aspect of teamwork during camp. (Cam LeBlond)
Long jump at Polson Park (Cam Leblond)
A 408 Squadron Twin Huey from CFB Edmonton lands at the camp, Aug 1979. As was the practice for a number of years, a Huey and Kiowa helicopter would spend a week at the camp giving familiarization flights to most of the cadets. There was no greater thrill for a cadet than to take a flight, even if only 15 minutes over Kal Lake, Rattlesnake Point and the city of Vernon it self. (Phil Edge)
March Past, with Col Jake Beer (Dale Sumislouski)
Lowering the flag during sunset, grad parade. (Dale Sumislouski)
Col Jake Beer shaking hands with the cadets boarding the PWA 737, going home. This would be Col Beer's final official duties with the cadets at VACC, the following year wit hteh change of command, LCol Snow would take command and Col Beer would be appointed Commandant of the National Rifle Team for his two-year tenure and head to Bisley. (Dale Sumislouski)
