Date
13 February 2022

RO Number
2022-06

CO’s Message

Good evening!

We’ve got some indirect good news in that the province is slowly lifting restrictions, so we’ve got our fingers crossed that we’re coming to the end of virtual-only training. We’ll pass on the information as soon as we have it.

I apologize for the delay in getting the summer training material together, but that will be coming by Wednesday at the latest. It looks like they’ve got some good options on the table, so I hope everyone is ready to put their names when we have all of the details.

Remember that Padre Fowler is running a couple of worthwhile workshops (details below) and if you have the availability, you should be checking them out.

Remember to read the WROs in their entirety.

See you on Wednesday!

Regular Training Night
16 February 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

CAF Member Dress
5 (Operational)

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

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: 2Lt Couroux

Opening, Closing and Duty Personnel Space
Google Meet

Training Night Schedule

This Week’s Activities

Upcoming Activities

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Date
6 February 2022

RO Number
2022-05

CO’s Message

Good evening!

We’re still in a holding pattern with respect to a return to in-person training, but will let you know what we know as soon as we know it.

Last week’s split between regular training and fun activities to bring the squadron together was a success, so we’re going to continue. There’s also been talk about cadets organizing their own activities outside of our training environment, and that’s 100% encouraged. Remember that part of being a cadet is the friends that you make. That should definitely extend beyond the training that we’re conducting.

In addition to the activities that we’re offering, Padre (Capt) Fowler, the RCSU(C) Chaplain, is organizing some sessions on self leadership and time management, and on creating and maintaining safe and positive spaces. These sessions are outlined in the upcoming activities section and are open to both cadets and staff.

Remember to read the WROs in their entirety.

See you on Wednesday!

Regular Training Night
9 February 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

CAF Member Dress
5 (Operational)

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

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Capt Lemoine

Opening, Closing and Duty Personnel Space
Google Meet

Training Night Schedule

This Week’s Activities

Upcoming Activities

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Date
30 January 2022

RO Number
2022-04

CO’s Message

Good afternoon!

Congratulations to the FSgts who sat the WO2 MRB this last Saturday. We’ve received the results and the staff will be going over them this week.

We’re still waiting on updates with respect to a return to in-person training, but things are beginning to open up, so we remain optimistic about the near future. In the meantime, we’re still running virtual training and will keep you in the loop as we get more information.

The senior cadets are also working on some fun activities to augment our regular training schedule, so we hope to have something to tell you there really soon.

Remember to read the WROs in their entirety.

See you on Wednesday!

Regular Training Night
2 February 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

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

This Week’s Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OIC
2 February 2022 1845-2030	Wednesday	Regular Training Night	Google Meet	5/C5	CI Dau

Upcoming Activities

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Date
23 January 2022

RO Number
2022-03

CO’s Message

Good evening!

We’re still running virtual training, but are expecting word back today on a time frame for returning to in-person activities. As soon as we get word, we’ll be making sure that you have it.

This is a busy week for our Level 5 cadets as they have Merit Review Boards this weekend for promotion to Warrant Officer 2nd Class. LCol (Retired) Moody has been kind enough to offer his time for preparation sessions on Wednesday, so we’ve scheduled those around the instructional periods. Level 5 cadets: If you do not intend to participate in the WO2 MRBs this weekend, it is important that you let me know right away so that I can clear your spot on the docket. It’s a full schedule this weekend.

We’re expecting attendance at 1845 (6:45pm) this week so that we can all get a start by 1900 (7:00pm) and not run too late.

Remember to read the WROs in their entirety.

See you on Wednesday!

Regular Training Night
26 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

CAF Member Dress
5 (Operational)

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

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Lt Russell

Training Night Schedule

This Week’s Activities

Upcoming Activities

Date	Day	Activity	Location	Dress	OIC
29 January 2022	Saturday	WO2 Merit Review Board	Virtual	1A/C1A	TBD
2 February 2022 Timing TBA	Wednesday	Regular Training Night	TBA	5/C5	CI Dau

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Date
16 January 2022

RO Number
2022-02

CO’s Message

Good evening!

For all of the cadets working on the on-line ground school, there’s been an extension for completion of the course. Previously, the deadline for completion was 0300 (EST) today but is now 0300 EST on Monday, the 24th of January. If you’re still working on those last few bits, you’ve got an extra week to get those done.

We’re still running virtual training, but are anxiously waiting for updates and will let you know as soon as we can about getting back to in-person training.

I’ll be scheduling another parent meeting for early February and will be nailing down a solid date for that over the next week or so.

Remember to read the WROs in their entirety.

See you on Wednesday!

Regular Training Night
19 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

CAF Member Dress
5 (Operational)

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

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Lt Nicolescu

Training Night Schedule

This Week’s Activities

Upcoming Activities

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

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

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

This Week’s Activities

Upcoming Activities

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

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

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

This Week’s Activities

Upcoming Activities

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

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

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

This Week’s Activities

Upcoming Activities

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

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

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

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

This Week’s Activities

Upcoming Activities

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

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

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

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

Upcoming Activities

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!