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Col Geoff Parker Loving Father, Fine Officer, Leader and My Friend. Geoff was a man of quick humour, humility and deep sincerity, we will all miss him greatly. Col Parker gained an interest in the military as an Army Cadet at 1188 RC(Army)CC (The Lorne Scots) in Oakville in the early 80s where...

Col Geoff Parker Loving Father, Fine Officer, Leader and My Friend. Geoff was a man of quick humour, humility and deep sincerity, we will all miss him greatly. Col Parker gained an interest in the military as an Army Cadet at 1188 RC(Army)CC (The Lorne Scots) in Oakville where I was a Junior...

Does this strike anyone else as a formalization of what we in Ontario always jokingly refered as "5 RCR" - i.e. the COATS as a place for soldiers to go to when they no longer fit in the big machine? In an ideal world this would be a great placement for competent officers and NCOs to still...

NorthAlbertan Congrats & Glad to hear this worked out. Not all stories go so well. I know firsthand of the Circus that is DCDTs and their pathetic HR / Personnel systems, so those that have the patience to make it thru, well done!.

That time of year again and I need to incorporate the new CPU (Red) courses into the calendar year - Has anyone broken this all out electronically Yet? Excel would be sweet, but any form would do for class numers, descriptions etc Sure would like to leverage someone elses efforts rather than...

Do tell more!  What I have seen is underwhelming - but that is limited to the green and red star. everything else has been hidden away in the basement behind the tiger (grin) - my point being that the process has not been transparent. The Cadet program senior leadership is following the...

Just for clarity, you will need to be able to tie all 8 knots - the examiners will announce which 5 you will be tested on when you get there - its 100% of 5 knots standard, not 5 out of 8 Also - measuring a route - PLEASE don't use the "string" method (dubious even calling it a method) horribly...

Keep your chin up. Sad truth of it is that the "recruiting" system for CIC is pretty messed up at the Moment - not pointing fingers, there are some decent excuses (operational tempo etc), but the sad fact is that the current process takes far too long, is plagued with errors/delays. When I...

Yes and in a Scottish unit we are lucky if we can parade the RSM in a Kilt, due to the cost of the Kilt. It Looked OK with the CF cutaway - now it just looks silly with a cutaway Cadet "safari" jacket, So I doubt we will carry that on. There's a bit of a theme developing in the last 10 years...

Thats the same thing - one org is cheaper to run

Hmmmm well that answers things clearly. (not) You can understand why a reasonable person on the cross town bus (Lord Denning joke) might conclude that DCDTs might have a unification agenda: 1) Hard (& nearly secret) push on the new CPU with 80+% Commonality with Air & Sea Cadets 2) Common...

Cute slogan, but "where's the beef?" to cite another slogan. Do you get the League meeting minutes? This keeps coming up. Substantiate. I have records of our operating costs in the 80's and I know what we spend today. We were not buying Cap Badges and Shoulder flashes with Cadet Funds. they...

I was not referring to this as a League idea - the League has voiced concerns over it - to DND / DCadets . There appears to be a perenial effort to "standardize" the Army Cadet uniform to look exactly the same, like the Air side, which is why I cite them. Cadet Corps were issued Affiliate...

If you pick up a content rich book, like Jacobson's  excellent "Expedition Canoeing" http://www.amazon.ca/Expedition-Canoeing-20th-Anniversary-America/dp/076273809X you don't see Cliff Jacobson simply list out "This is a stove"  he and other good authors may give an example and discuss the...

Hey I like my fashionable Tin foil hat !! (let's watch the cheap shots & stick to the topic) As a League person you should know darn well what the first choice for this was - "Royal Canadian Army Cadets" + corps number - they only recently backed off on this to allow the Corps "Name" rather...