Author Archives: Capt Lemoine

Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 9 January 2022

Date
9 January 2022

RO Number
2022-01

CO’s Message

Good evening!

Thanks to all of the squadron’s families, friends, and Sponsorship Committee for the fundraising work that they put in on the weekend. With COVID-19 making a resurgence of late, the logistics of running a successful event were made much more complicated than they normally would be, so the appreciation of the squadron goes to each and every one of you for stepping up.

We’re still running exclusively on virtual training until at least the 24th of this month, but we’re going to make the best of it and carry on with our training until we can meet in person again. Updates will be provided as soon as we have them.

For the FSgts who are ready for their Merit Review Boards for WO2, these will be held virtually on the 29th of the month. We’ll be providing review materials and coaching in the time leading up to them.

Remember to read the WROs in their entirety. When the new year starts, we may have some perks for those who have done so.

See you on Wednesday!

Regular Training Night
12 January 2022

Registration

All attendees must register for virtual activities on the day of the event using the Virtual Activity Registration form.

Virtual Activity Check-In Form
Virtual Activity Registration

CAF Member Dress
5 (Operational)

Cadet Dress
C5 (Civilian if C5 dress hasn’t been issued.)

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: 2Lt Couroux

Training Night Schedule

		Period 1 1915-1945	Period 2 1955-2025
Level One	PO/EO	M160.01	M160.02
	Description	Identify Major Aerodrome Components	Identify Features of a Runway
	Instructor
Level Two	PO/EO	M203.06a	M203.06b
	Description	Employ Problem Solving	Employ Problem Solving
	Instructor
Level Three	PO/EO	M336.03	C331.01
	Description	Explain the Effects of Air Pressure on Weather	Review Principles of Flight
	Instructor
Level Four	PO/EO	M409.03a	M409.03b
	Description	Describe Learner Needs	Describe Learner Needs
	Instructor
Level Five	PO/EO	C503.01	C507.03
	Description	Examine Meeting Procedures	Reflect Upon the Cadet Experience
	Instructor

This Week’s Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OIC
12 January 2022 1900-2100	Wednesday	Regular Training Night	Google Meet	5/C5	2Lt Couroux

Upcoming Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OIC
19 January 2022 1900-2100	Wednesday	Regular Training Night	Google Meet	5/C5	Lt Nicolescu
26 January 2022 1900-2100	Wednesday	Regular Training Night AEA (LCdr Reilly) Visit	Google Meet	5/C5	Lt Nicolescu
29 January 2022	Saturday	WO2 Merit Review Board	Virtual	1A/C1A	TBD

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Bottle Drop-Off This Weekend

Good evening.

As 2Lt Couroux and Mr. Abt have already indicated, this Saturday is our first bottle drop-off event of the year. For those of you who may be unaware, the bottle drop-offs have been the principal fundraiser for our squadron for a number of years now and its continued success is critical to our ability to deliver the cadet program in Niagara-on-the-Lake. COVID-19 and its associated lock-downs have diminished our program’s current activities, but we still need to face the future with the assumption that this is temporary. When this is over, we’ll need the funds to be able to do this… and that can’t be done without the help of our cadet families and friends.

Normally, these events would be an all-hands mandatory activity for cadets where they, their families, staff, sponsorship committee members, and friends all band together for a good cause. Current orders regarding cadets and staff don’t permit us to participate directly, but the work still needs doing and we’re asking for your help on Saturday the 8th from 0830 (8:30am) to 1330 (1:30pm).

If you can offer your time this Saturday in support of the squadron, please contact Mr. Abt as soon as you can.

Thank you for your ongoing support of your cadets and the entire squadron.

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 19 December 2021

Date
19 December 2021

RO Number
2021-36

CO’s Message

Good morning!

These will be the final Weekly Routine Orders for the calendar year 2021.

This Wednesday evening is our 13th annual Squadron Mess Dinner. Due to the influx of COVID-19 cases, the dinner will have to be held virtually again, but this is still a better thing than not having it at all. For those cadets who have signed up, Swiss Chalet dinners will be delivered by the Squadron Sponsorship Committee and their hordes of volunteer elves immediately prior to the dinner schedule. We’re all looking forward to celebrating the commitment and fortitude that the cadets, volunteers, and staff of 809 have shown over the last year. This is easily the #1 reason for our success prior to the pandemic and definitely during it. We’ve all shown that we more than deserve the “Immortal” motto that we’ve come to identify with. Well done, one and all!

Our chain of command is rightfully concerned about the current infection numbers with the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus and has directed us to shut down all in-person and virtual activities after the Squadron Mess Dinner. This works out well for us as we were going into our Winter Stand Down until January anyway. We’re expecting to get an update on how we’ll proceed on the 10th of January, so this does mean that our stand-down has been extended by at least a week and that we won’t be returning to training on the 9th. We’ll be providing updates to everyone the moment we get them.

Remember to read the WROs in their entirety.

See you on Wednesday!

Regular Training Night
22 December 2021

Registration

All attendees must register for virtual activities on the day of the event using the Virtual Activity Registration form.

Virtual Activity Check-In Form
Virtual Activity Registration

CAF Member Dress
1A (Ceremonial)

Cadet Dress
C1A (Business Dress if C1A hasn’t been issued.)

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Capt Lemoine

Training Night Schedule

Time	Item
1820	Cadets gather in Google Meet room.
1830	Five-Minute Call
1835	Start
1840	Welcome
1845	Dinner
2000	Break
2005	Toasts Loyal Toast Delivery Staff
2020	Addresses
2055	Lightsaber Duel to the Death Between the DCO and CO
2100	Conclusion and Dismissal

This Week’s Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OIC
22 December 2021 1830-2100	Wednesday	Squadron Mess Dinner	Google Meet	1A/C1A	Capt Lemoine

Upcoming Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OIC
23 December 2021 – 11 January 2022	N/A	Winter Stand Down	No Training	N/A	N/A

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 12 December 2021

Date
12 December 2021

RO Number
2021-35

CO’s Message

Good evening!

We had our first parent briefing on the evening of the 10th and, as was expected in the weeks leading up to the holidays, attendance was sparse. Not to worry though, we’ll be running another in mid-January with a lot more information on what’s going on with the summer training program.

We have two training nights before our Winter Stand Down and they’re both going to be a lot of fun, even if only one of them is in-person. This Wednesday, we have a full evening of marksmanship with an opportunity for each cadet to show their skills and get a baseline for improvement throughout the year. Next Wednesday, we have our last training night of the year where we’re going to have our best approximation of a Canadian Forces Mess Dinner. Even if we don’t get it quite right, we’ll have a good time and enjoy some food (which will be delivered) together. We’ll need to collect the names of all cadets intending to participate, along with any food restrictions you might have so that we can get the order right. Lt Russell will be covering that this Wednesday.

Remember to read the WROs in their entirety. When the new year starts, we may have some perks for those who have done so.

See you on Wednesday!

Regular Training Night
15 December 2021

Registration

All attendees must complete the Ontario COVID-19 School Screening form and check in for all in-person activities using the Registration for In-Person Events form. Cadets must complete the school screening as students. Staff must complete the school screening as employees. Confirmation should be emailed to the squadron email box.

Ontario COVID-19 School Screening Form

In-Person Activity Check-In Form
In-Person Activity Registration

CAF Member Dress
5 (Operational)

Cadet Dress
C5 (Civilian if C5 dress hasn’t been issued.)

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: CI Dau

Training Night Schedule

		Period 1 1845-1915	Period 2 1925-1955	Period 3 2015-2045
Level One	PO/EO	M106.05	M106.05	M106.05
	Description	Participate in Marksmanship Familiarization Using the Cadet Air Rifle	Participate in Marksmanship Familiarization Using the Cadet Air Rifle	Participate in Marksmanship Familiarization Using the Cadet Air Rifle
	Instructor
Level Two	PO/EO	M206.01a	M206.01b	M206.01c
	Description	Participate in a Recreational Marksmanship Activity	Participate in a Recreational Marksmanship Activity	Participate in a Recreational Marksmanship Activity
	Instructor
Level Three	PO/EO	M306.01a	M306.01b	M306.01c
	Description	Participate in a Recreational Marksmanship Activity	Participate in a Recreational Marksmanship Activity	Participate in a Recreational Marksmanship Activity
	Instructor
Level Four	PO/EO	M406.01a	M406.01b	M406.01c
	Description	Participate in a Recreational Marksmanship Activity	Participate in a Recreational Marksmanship Activity	Participate in a Recreational Marksmanship Activity
	Instructor

This Week’s Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OIC
15 December 2021 1830-2100	Wednesday	Regular Training Night	809 RCACS HQ	5/C5	CI Dau

Upcoming Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OIC
22 December 2021 1830-2100	Wednesday	Squadron Mess Dinner	Google Meet	1A/C1A	Capt Lemoine
23 December 2021 – 8 January 2022	N/A	Winter Stand Down	No Training	N/A	N/A

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 5 December 2021

Date
5 December 2021

RO Number
2021-34

CO’s Message

Good afternoon!

A reminder that we’re going to be having an on-line parent briefing on Friday, the 10th of December at 1900 (7:00pm) to introduce parents and guardians of new cadets to our program and to offer a refresher to the parents and guardians of existing cadets. It will be held on Google Meet and won’t take more than an hour or so. If you know of any parents whose children might be interested in our program, by all means extend the invitation to them. We understand that December is a challenging month for scheduling, so we’ll add more briefings as necessary to bring those who can’t make it up to speed on what we do here.

I have a bit of bad news with respect to the Merit Review Boards that were initially scheduled for the 11th. These aren’t happening and our next opportunity will be the end of January. We’ll build up review and practice opportunities when we return from the winter stand-down so that everyone can be properly prepared.

Remember to read the WROs in their entirety.

See you on Wednesday!

Regular Training Night
8 December 2021

Registration

Ontario COVID-19 School Screening Form

In-Person Activity Check-In Form
In-Person Activity Registration

CAF Member Dress
5 (Operational)

Cadet Dress
C5 (Civilian if C5 dress hasn’t been issued.)

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: 2Lt Couroux

Training Night Schedule

		Period 1 1845-1915	Period 2 1925-1955	Period 3 2015-2045
Level One	PO/EO	M106.01	M106.02	M107.03
	Description	Identify the Parts and Characteristics of the Daisy 853C Air Rifle	Carry out Safety Precautions on the Cadet Air Rifle	Observe Rules and Procedures for the Paying of Compliments
	Instructor
Level Two	PO/EO	M240.02a	M240.02b	M107.03
	Description	Invent a Space Technology Item	Invent a Space Technology Item	Observe Rules and Procedures for the Paying of Compliments
	Instructor
Level Three	PO/EO	MX20.01G	MX20.01G	M107.03
	Description	Participate in CAF Video Activities	Participate in CAF Video Activities	Observe Rules and Procedures for the Paying of Compliments
	Instructor
Level Four	PO/EO	MX20.01G	MX20.01G	M107.03
	Description	Participate in CAF Video Activities	Participate in CAF Video Activities	Observe Rules and Procedures for the Paying of Compliments
	Instructor

This Week’s Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OIC
8 December 2021 1830-2100	Wednesday	Regular Training Night	809 RCACS HQ	5/C5	2Lt Couroux

Upcoming Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OIC
10 December 2021 1900-2000/td>	Friday	Parent Briefing	Google Meet	3	Capt Lemoine
15 December 2021 1830-2100	Wednesday	Regular Training Night	809 RCACS HQ	5/C5	CI Dau
22 December 2021 1830-2100	Wednesday	Squadron Mess Dinner	Google Meet	1A/C1A	Capt Lemoine

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 28 November 2021

Date
28 November 2021

RO Number
2021-33

CO’s Message

Good morning!

Good news! We’re BACK (did I emphasize that enough?!) to in-person training this week! Get your boots blacked and your FTUs ready. It’s time for the webcams to start collecting dust again!

There are a few things coming up that I’d like to bring to everyone’s attention. We’re going to be having an on-line parent briefing on Friday, the 10th of December at 1900 (7:00pm) to introduce parents and guardians of new cadets to our program and to offer a refresher to the parents and guardians of existing cadets. It will be held on Google Meet and won’t take more than an hour or so. If you know of any parents whose children might be interested in our program, by all means extend the invitation to them.

Also, though we are authorized to resume in-person training again, this unfortunately doesn’t extend to our annual Squadron Mess Dinner on the 22nd of December. We’re going to have to do what we did last year, arranging for deliveries of food and conducting the rest of the event on-line. Once again, we’ll look forward with hope to being able to do this properly next year.

Lastly, there is an opportunity for FSgts to attend an Merit Review Board for WO2 promotion on the 11th of this month. If there are any FSgts interested in sitting the MRB (and I recommend it for all, if only to have the experience of the thing) I’ll need your responses by Wednesday training at the latest.

Thanks very much to 2Lt Couroux and the staff for holding things together while I was gone. We have a phenomenal team here backing up this squadron and I’m proud to serve with them.

Remember to read the WROs in their entirety.

See you on Wednesday!

Regular Training Night
1 December 2021

Registration

Ontario COVID-19 School Screening Form

In-Person Activity Check-In Form
In-Person Activity Registration

CAF Member Dress
5 (Operational)

Cadet Dress
C5 (Civilian if C5 dress hasn’t been issued.)

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Lt Russell

This Week’s Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OIC
1 December 2021 1830-2100	Wednesday	Regular Training Night	809 RCACS HQ	5/C5	Lt Russell

Upcoming Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OIC
8 December 2021 1830-2100	Wednesday	Regular Training Night	809 RCACS HQ	5/C5	2Lt Couroux
11 December 2021 TBD/td>	Saturday	Merit Review Board (WO2)	TBD	1A/C1A	TBD
10 December 2021 1900-2000/td>	Friday	Parent Briefing	Google Meet	3	Capt Lemoine
15 December 2021 1830-2100	Wednesday	Regular Training Night	809 RCACS HQ	5/C5	CI Dau
22 December 2021 1830-2100	Wednesday	Squadron Mess Dinner	Google Meet	1A/C1A	Capt Lemoine

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Remembrance Day – Final Schedule

Here is the current schedule for Remembrance Day activities.

Morning Vigil – Old Town Cenotaph

Supervising Officer / Wreath Laying – Capt Lemoine

Reading of “In Flanders Fields”

Vigil Shifts

1015 – 1045:
1045 – 1130:

Afternoon Schedule – Queenston Cenotaph

Supervising Officer / Wreath Laying – Lt Nicolescu

Reading of “In Flanders Fields”

Vigil Shift

1245 – 1330:

Cadets should be dropped off (at the Old Courthouse parking lot for Old Town and at the RiverBrink Art Museum parking lot for Queenston) 30 minutes before their shift. They can be picked up at the end of the respective service.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 7 November 2021

Date
7 November 2021

RO Number
2021-30

CO’s Message

Good evening!

I hope everyone’s recovered from our first FTX of the year! (Okay, our first FTX in almost two years if you can believe it.) It’s good to be back at practical training again. Thanks to Lt Nicolescu for bringing it all together and to all of the senior cadets and staff members for making it a success.

This week, our focus is on Remembrance Day. I’ve already put out the call for cadets to volunteer at the vigils this Thursday and we’ll all be wearing full dress uniform (1A/C1A) on Wednesday to make sure we’re prepared.

If you haven’t submitted your uniform sizing to CI Dau, best to do it as soon as possible. To be very clear, mixing and matching of uniform items isn’t acceptable. It’s all or nothing, so if you don’t have a C1A uniform that fits, wear civilian clothing on Wednesday. There have been plenty of reminders, so unless you’re a new cadet or CI Dau has told you that we can’t get the right sizes yet, there aren’t really any excuses.

I’ll be away from the 12th to the 23rd, and won’t be in attendance next week, but will be back on the 24th and ready to pick up where we left off.

Remember to read the WROs in their entirety.

See you on Wednesday!

Regular Training Night
10 November 2021

Registration

Ontario COVID-19 School Screening Form

In-Person Activity Check-In Form
In-Person Activity Registration

CAF Member Dress
1A (Ceremonial with Medals)

Cadet Dress
C1A (Civilian if C1A dress hasn’t been issued.)

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: CI Dau

This Week’s Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OIC
10 November 2021 1830-2100	Wednesday	Regular Training Night	809 RCACS HQ	5/C5	CI Dau

Upcoming Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OIC
11 November 2021 1830-2100	Thursday	Remembrance Day	Old Town and Queenston Cenotaphs	1A/C1A	Capt Lemoine
17 November 2021 1830-2100	Wednesday	Regular Training Night	809 RCACS HQ	5/C5	Lt Nicolescu

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Remembrance Day 2021

It is a tradition in Niagara-on-the-Lake, that 809 Cadets stand vigil at the Old Town cenotaph on Remembrance Day from the early morning hours to the end of the 1100 service. In the afternoon, we also participate in the 1300 service at the Queenston cenotaph. Obviously, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench in the entire process and we have been unable to participate since Remembrance Day 2019. This year, we’re slowly but surely resuming our role.

Normally, we do an overnight sleepover event at the Royal Canadian Legion the night before and begin standing vigil in half hour shifts from 6am to the end of the first service. We then go to back to the Legion for lunch, travel by bus to the Queenston service and then return to the Legion for parent/guardian pickup. Restrictions on overnight activities and mixed gatherings require us to modify the program this year, so here’s what we’re going to do:

At a minimum, cadets will stand vigil at the Old Town and Queenston cenotaphs during the services themselves and will read “In Flanders Fields” at each service. We already have enough cadet volunteers to fill this role. We’ll work backwards from the 1100 service and begin our half-hour shifts as early as we can depending on how many cadets can get rides to and from the Old Town cenotaph.

Dress for Remembrance Day will be 1A/C1A.

Please email 809air@cadets.gc.ca with your availability for Remembrance Day activities as soon as possible so that we can begin building the schedule.

For those cadets participating, the following letter has been made available to explain to your teachers why you’ll be absent from school while participating.

Remembrance Day Excuse Letter 2021

Cadets who are unable to attend have blanket permission to wear their C1A uniform to school to represent the squadron.

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Warning Order – Autumn FTX

WARNING ORDER:
809 AUTUMN FTX – 6-7 NOV 2021

References:

A. 809 Newark RCACS COVID-19 SOP

SITUATION

1. 809 RCACS will conduct an Autumn Field Training Exercise (FTX) as a pair of day activities on 6-7 Nov 2021 to cover aircrew survival and leadership training.

MISSION

2. Cadets and staff of 809 RCACS will participate in basic aircrew survival, communications, and leadership training. Cadets will proceed to the 809 HQ (Croatian National Centre, 1416 Line 3, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON) from Saturday, 6 November at 0800 until 2000 and on Sunday, 6 November at 0800 until 1600. Level Four and Five cadets will assist in instruction and evaluation.

TIMINGS

3. All cadets attending the Fall FTX are to report to 809 HQ on Saturday, 6 November between the hours of 0730 and 0800 for kit check, attendance, and health card validation. Parents can pick their cadets up between 2000 and 2100. This process will be repeated on Sunday, 6 November with the same drop-off time and a pick-up time between 1600 and 1700.

COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS

4. Parent/Guardian Authorization

a. All cadets must have the Parent/Guardian Authorization Form (see Annex A) filled out and returned on upon arrival in order to participate in the FTX. All cadets must have a valid health card on their person for inspection.

5. COVID-19 Pre-Screening

a. Per the 809 Newark RCACS Standard Operating Procedures, all cadets will undergo the Ontario COVID-19 School Screening before arriving each day and will email the results
to 809air@cadets.gc.ca. The screening can be found at the following link or by scanning the adjacent QR code.

https://covid-19.ontario.ca/school-screening/
Ontario COVID-19 School Screening

6 Registration

a. All cadets must register their attendance and confirm that they have screened before arriving on site each day. The registration form can be found at the following link or by scanning the adjacent QR code.

https://tinyurl.com/809register/
In-Person Activity Registration

7. Dress and Kit

a. Dress for the weekend is 5 (Operational – CADPAT/NCD) for CAF personnel and C5 (FTU) for cadets.
b. Cadets who have not been issued C5 dress may wear appropriate civilian clothing.
c. Civilian gloves, coats, and rain gear are authorized
d. A personal kit list is attached at Annex B. Cadets need to have all of these items packed for the FTX.

8. Meals

a. Cadets will be provided military-style MREs lunch and supper on Saturday and for lunch on Sunday. Breakfast on Saturday and supper on Sunday will be the cadets’ responsibility before they arrive at the FTX and after they return home.

9. Emergency Contact

a. Should a parent or guardian need to contact exercise staff during the weekend, they may call the 809 RCACS mobile phone at +1 (905) 468-7584. An exercise command post will be manned from 0700 until 2100 Saturday and from 0700 to 1800 on Sunday.

10. If parents or guardians have any questions regarding the exercise, they may contact Capt Lemoine directly by email at jody.lemoine@cadets.gc.ca.

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
E: jody.lemoine@cadets.gc.ca
T: +1 (905) 468-7584

Annex A – Permission Form

Warning Order – Autumn FTX 2021 – Annex A PDF

Annex B – Personal Kit List

This FTX will be run as a day activity, so the kit list is more minimal than would be expected for a full exercise. Cadets are expected to bring the following each day of the FTX.

Clothing

2 black two-to-three layer masks
1 dark blue uniform t-shirt
1 FTU shirt
1 FTU pants
1 sweater (wool is preferable)
1 beret or wedge
1 rain gear set (jacket and pants or poncho)
2 pairs socks inner
2 pairs socks outer
1 pair gloves
1 pair combat boots
1 pair of secondary footwear (running shoes are acceptable)

The above list includes items to be worn to the exercise itself. Extra quantities are included so that the cadets are comfortable in the event of inclement weather.

Equipment

Canteen or water bottle (portable)
Cup or mug (for hot drinks)
Flashlight
Backpack (large enough to carry all of the above)
Foldable chair