Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 28 Apr 19

Date
28 Apr 19

RO Number
19-17

Summary

May is nearly upon us and things are about to get busy. We’re starting with the inter-flight Drill Competition on Wednesday, which is the final deciding factor for this year’s Top Flight Award at the Annual Ceremonial Review on the 25th of the month. May the best flight win!

Next Saturday is the NGTA Band and Drill Competition to be held at CFB Borden. Our Drill Team has been working hard on Mondays to make sure that they are as prepared as possible for the competition. The bus leaves 809 Squadron HQ at 1000h (10:30am) on Saturday with an expected return at 1745h (5:45pm) on the same day. If you’re on the Drill Team, ensure that you arrive no later than 0945h (9:45am) on Saturday.

We’re in the midst of planning for the Annual Cadet Awards Banquet on the 24th, which is the night before our Annual Ceremonial Review on the 25th. Dinner for cadets is free, children under 12 are $10 each, and adults are $15 each. An event invitation will be sent out today via evite.com. Please let us know how many will be in attendance, including your cadets as soon as you can so that we can prepare for the correct number of guests.

Training Night
1 May 19

CAF Member Dress
3B

Cadet Dress
C2: All Cadets

Training Night Routine

Activity Timings
Building Open, Parade Setup 1815-1830
Fall-in, Inspection, Opening Parade 1830-1845
Period One 1845-1920
Period Two 1925-2000
Break 2000-2015
Period Three 2015-2050
Clean Up Training Areas and Parade Square 2050-2100
Fall-in, Closing 2100-2115
Dismissal 2115

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Lt Russell

Training Night Schedule

Period 1
1845-1915		 Period 2
1925-1955		 Period 3
2015-2045
All Levels PO/EO C108.02a C108.02b C108.02c
Description Inter-Flight Drill Competition Inter-Flight Drill Competition Inter-Flight Drill Competition
Instructor

This Week’s Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
29 Apr 19 1830-2100 Monday Drill Team Practice (Dress Rehearsal) 809 HQ (CNC) C2 OCdt Couroux
1 May 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night (Inter-Flight Drill Competition) 809 HQ (CNC) C2 Lt Russell
4 May 19 1000-1815 Saturday NGTA Drill Team Competitions (Inter-Flight Drill Competition) E-41 Drill Hall, CFB Borden (Bus to/from 809 HQ) C2 OCdt Couroux

Upcoming Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
6 May 19 1900-2100 Monday Static Display Preparation 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian OCdt Couroux
8 May 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night (Spring Fitness Testing) 809 HQ (CNC) Sports Attire 2Lt Nicolescu

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Parent Briefing – 24 April 2019

Please accept my apology for the late clarification on timings and agenda.

Tonight’s parent briefing will begin at 1915h (7:15pm) and is expected to run half an hour to an hour. Basic agenda is as follows:

The Year to Date
May Activities
End-of-Year Trips
Summer Training
2019-20 Training Year
Future Plans
Suggestions and Questions

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 21 Apr 19

Date
21 Apr 19

RO Number
19-16

Summary

Tomorrow is Easter Monday and there will be no training, leaving us only the one training night this week. May is right around the corner and things are about to get busy, so let’s enjoy the light schedule while we can.

We had 100% turn-out for CWO Brian James’ presentation on Wednesday. He was very impressed with your deportment, attention to his presentation, and your questions during his visit.

Also on Wednesday, for those parents who haven’t heard yet, for the third year in a row, one of our cadets has been accepted for study at the Royal Military College of Canada! Congratulations to FSgt Nicolescu on his achievement. We’re proud of you and wish you all the best in your studies.

As I mentioned last week, we will be having a parent meeting on the 24th. This meeting is a general meeting to discuss the squadron activities for the coming month and ideas for next year’s training and other activities. We can talk about some items relating to summer training, but we still don’t have our final list of acceptances. There will also be a final meeting on the 29th of May dedicated to summer training, so most of the conversation can be saved for that date.

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday!

Training Night
24 Apr 19

CAF Member Dress
3B

Cadet Dress
C2B: Sgt, FSgt, WO2, WO1
C4A: Cdt, LAC, Cpl, FCpl

Training Night Routine

Activity Timings
Building Open, Parade Setup 1815-1830
Fall-in, Inspection, Opening Parade 1830-1845
Period One 1845-1920
Period Two 1925-2000
Break 2000-2015
Period Three 2015-2050
Clean Up Training Areas and Parade Square 2050-2100
Fall-in, Closing 2100-2115
Dismissal 2115

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Capt Lemoine

Training Night Schedule

Period 1
1845-1915		 Period 2
1925-1955		 Period 3
2015-2045
Level One PO/EO M190.07a M190.07b M190.07c
Description Aircrew Survival Aircrew Survival Aircrew Survival
Instructor
Level Two PO/EO C232.02a C232.02b C208.02
Description Aerospace Engines Aerospace Engines Drill
Instructor
Level Three PO/EO PPC33x PPC33x PPC33x
Description Aviation Subjects PPC Aviation Subjects PPC Aviation Subjects PPC
Instructor
Level Four PO/EO PPC43x PPC43x PPC43x
Description Aviation Subjects PPC Aviation Subjects PPC Aviation Subjects PPC
Instructor

This Week’s Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
24 Apr 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night 809 HQ (CNC) C2B/C4A Capt Lemoine

Upcoming Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
29 Apr 19 1900-2100 Monday Drill Team Practice 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian (Wedge and Boots) OCdt Couroux
1 May 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night 809 HQ (CNC) C2B/C4A Lt Russell

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Notre Dame

In October 2017, cadets, staff, and members of our squadron sponsorship committee took a trip to the UK and France, particularly Vimy Ridge. While we were there, we learned how deeply and personally our history as Canadians is tied to these places.

On our last day, we visited Paris and Notre Dame. We saw Paris’ mourning of Canada’s First World War soldiers immortalized in the stone of the cathedral and were humbled.

Today, it is our turn to mourn Notre Dame herself. We still hope to see her rise again from her ashes, but she will be always be remembered as she was in her glory.

#809Immortal

Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 14 Apr 19

Date
14 Apr 19

RO Number
19-15

Summary

Drill Team Practice is on Monday! We need all members of the Drill Team to be present and working toward the NGTA Band and Drill Competition next month.

This week, we have a special guest who is not to be missed! Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Brian James, Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) from the Toronto Scottish Regiment will be present to provide some Canadian Armed Forces familiarization and share his experiences. This evening will be followed by a CO’s Parade, so uniform will be C1.

We’re still on track to resume summer dress on the 24th. We’ll also be having a parent meeting on the 24th to go over summer training, end-of-year activities, and a bit of a heads-up on ideas for next year’s training.

I’ll be attending a community meeting on Monday and won’t be out myself, but I fully expect that our drill team will wow. I’ll see everyone personally on Wednesday.

Training Night
17 Apr 19

CAF Member Dress
1A

Cadet Dress
C1: All Ranks

Training Night Routine

Activity Timings
Building Open, Parade Setup 1815-1830
Fall-in, Inspection, Opening Parade 1830-1845
Period One 1845-1920
Period Two 1925-2000
Break 2000-2015
Period Three 2015-2050
Clean Up Training Areas and Parade Square 2050-2100
Fall-in, Closing 2100-2115
Dismissal 2115

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: OCdt Couroux

Training Night Schedule

Period 1
1845-1915		 Period 2
1925-1955		 Period 3
2015-2045
Level One PO/EO MX20.01E MX20.01E CX20.01
Description CAF Familiarization CAF Familiarization CO’s Parade
Instructor
Level Two PO/EO MX20.01E MX20.01E CX20.01
Description CAF Familiarization CAF Familiarization CO’s Parade
Instructor
Level Three PO/EO MX20.01E MX20.01E CX20.01
Description CAF Familiarization CAF Familiarization CO’s Parade
Instructor
Level Four PO/EO MX20.01E MX20.01E CX20.01
Description CAF Familiarization CAF Familiarization CO’s Parade
Instructor

This Week’s Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
15 Apr 19 1900-2100 Monday Drill Team Practice 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian (Wedge and Boots) OCdt Couroux
17 Apr 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Guest Speaker and CO’s Parade 809 HQ (CNC) C1 OCdt Couroux

Upcoming Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
29 Apr 19 1900-2100 Monday Drill Team Practice 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian (Wedge and Boots) OCdt Couroux
1 May 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night 809 HQ (CNC) C2B/C4A 2Lt Nicolescu

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 7 Apr 19

Date
7 Apr 19

RO Number
19-14

Summary

A big “Thank You!” goes out to everyone who participated in this weekend’s Cadet Tag Days event: cadets, volunteer parents/guardians, sponsorship committee members and staff. These events aren’t just fundraisers, but an opportunity to increase community awareness of who we are and what we do.

Drill Team Practice is on Monday, so bring your best! We need all members of the Drill Team on board as we approach the NGTA Band and Drill Competition next month.

On the 17th of April, we will have a special guest. Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Brian James, Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) from the Toronto Scottish Regiment will be present to provide some Canadian Armed Forces familiarization and share his experiences. This evening will be followed by a CO’s Parade, so uniform will be C1.

I’m going to be optimistic and assume that the slowly warming weather will reach a point where we can switch to summer dress on the 24th. Stay tuned on that one.

See you this week!

Training Night
10 Apr 19

CAF Member Dress
3C

Cadet Dress
C2: Sgt, FSgt, WO2, WO1
C3: Cdt, Cpl, FCpl

Training Night Routine

Activity Timings
Building Open, Parade Setup 1815-1830
Fall-in, Inspection, Opening Parade 1830-1845
Period One 1845-1920
Period Two 1925-2000
Break 2000-2015
Period Three 2015-2050
Clean Up Training Areas and Parade Square 2050-2100
Fall-in, Closing 2100-2115
Dismissal 2115

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Capt Lemoine

Training Night Schedule

Period 1
1845-1915		 Period 2
1925-1955		 Period 3
2015-2045
Level One PO/EO M108.06 M121.01 M130.04
Description Drill Aviation Aviation
Instructor
Level Two PO/EO M232.01a M232.01b M260.02
Description Engines Engines Aerodrome Operations
Instructor
Level Three PO/EO M336.04a M336.04b M309.07c
Description Meteorology Meteorology Instructional Techniques
Instructor
Level Four PO/EO M436.02a M436.02b M436.02c
Description Meteorology Meteorology Meteorology
Instructor

This Week’s Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
8 Apr 19 1900-2100 Monday Drill Team Practice 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian (Wedge and Boots) OCdt Couroux
10 Apr 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night 809 HQ (CNC) C2/C3 Capt Lemoine

Upcoming Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
15 Apr 19 1900-2100 Monday Drill Team Practice 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian (Wedge and Boots) OCdt Couroux
17 Apr 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night and CO’s Parade 809 HQ (CNC) C1 OCdt Couroux

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Tag Days: Spring 2019 (Update)

Good afternoon.

Just a quick update for those cadets doing the Friday evening shift. We’ll be running the shift from 1700h (5:00pm) to 2000h (8:00pm) rather than the originally-posted 1600h (4:00pm) timing. Please show up at the Royal Canadian Legion on King Street no later than 1645h (4:45pm) if you’re signed up for Friday.

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Tag Days: Spring 2019 (Reminder)

Just a reminder that all cadets need to sign up for two shifts for this weekend’s Cadet Tag Days. If you haven’t already signed up, the sheet can be found below.

https://809cadets.ca/events/event-sign-ups/

If you haven’t signed up yet, it is important that you either do so or come and speak to the staff before dismissal tonight so that we can provide the final list to the SSC.

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
899 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 31 Mar 19

Date
1 Apr 19

RO Number
19-13

Summary

Welcome to April!

Congratulations to Cpl Forsyth for his placing second overall at the NAG Effective Speaking Competition! Way to represent 809! Thanks also to Mrs. Gowans for her ongoing efforts in supporting the Effective Speaking Program.

For those cadets (and 2Lt Nicolescu) who volunteered to be a flag party for the old-timers’ hockey game on Sunday. Thank you for stepping up at short notice and pushing for some more visibility in our community. We’re going to have a few more opportunities to do this over the next few months.

Registration for Cadet Tag Days has been up for a week now and we’ve had a lot of sign-ups, but still need a lot more. All of the Friday night slots are full, but there’s still room on Saturday and Sunday.

Sign-up sheets can be found here: https://809cadets.ca/events/event-sign-ups/

Per last week’s discussion at Drill Team Practice, it’s all-in until the NGTA Drill Competition. Bring your best on Monday nights and we’ll show everyone what we’re made of!

Also, we’re looking forward to warmer weather and the opportunity to switch to short sleeves soon, but it appears that Mother Nature isn’t quite ready for us to do that yet. As soon as we have some consistency there, we’ll do the switch.

Training Night
3 Apr 19

CAF Member Dress
3C

Cadet Dress
C2: Sgt, FSgt, WO2, WO1
C3: Cdt, Cpl, FCpl

Training Night Routine

Activity Timings
Building Open, Parade Setup 1815-1830
Fall-in, Inspection, Opening Parade 1830-1845
Period One 1845-1920
Period Two 1925-2000
Break 2000-2015
Period Three 2015-2050
Clean Up Training Areas and Parade Square 2050-2100
Fall-in, Closing 2100-2115
Dismissal 2115

Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Lt Russell

Training Night Schedule

Period 1
1845-1915		 Period 2
1925-1955		 Period 3
2015-2045
Level One PO/EO M103.01a M103.01b M108.10
Description Leadership Leadership Drill
Instructor
Level Two PO/EO C230.03 C208.02b C208.02c
Description Aviation History Drill Drill
Instructor
Level Three PO/EO M336.03 M370.02 M370.03
Description Meteorology Aircraft Maintenance Aircraft Maintenance
Instructor
Level Four PO/EO M431.02a M431.02b C431.01
Description Principles of Flight Principles of Flight Principles of Flight
Instructor

This Week’s Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
1 Apr 19 1900-2100 Monday Drill Team Practice 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian (Wedge and Boots) OCdt Couroux
3 Apr 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night 809 HQ (CNC) C2/C3 Lt Russell
5-7 Apr 19 1830-2100 Friday-Sunday Cadet Tag Days Royal Canadian Legion Branch 124 C2 Various

Upcoming Activities

Date Day Activity Location Dress OIC
8 Apr 19 1900-2100 Monday Drill Team Practice 809 HQ (CNC) Civilian (Wedge and Boots) OCdt Couroux
10 Apr 19 1830-2100 Wednesday Mandatory Training Night 809 HQ (CNC) C2/C3 Capt Lemoine

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Spring 2019 Cadet Tag Days (5-7 Apr 2019)

Cadet Tag Days are coming up in two weeks.

Each cadet is expected to sign up for two shifts, but we’ll always encourage cadets who want to contribute more. (There is still a fundraising award up for grabs this year.) If you have not signed up and have not made prior arrangements, your $100 fundraising deposit cheque will be cashed.

Dress: C2 (or C3 if it is cold). Everyone will bring their parka and black gloves. Toque is optional if it is cold.

Unless otherwise instructed, cadets will meet in the club room (downstairs) of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 124 at 410 King Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake at the beginning of their shifts. They can be picked up from the same location at the end of their shifts.

Lunch will be provided for those cadets working both morning and afternoon shifts on Saturday.

Parents: We need drivers. Check in with the duty staff member. Bring in your vehicle insurance and driver’s license for them to check before you depart.

Duty staff will be announced in the coming days.

Friday 1600h-2000h (4:00pm-8:00pm) – Lt Russell
Saturday 0900h-1300h (9:00am-1:00pm) – Capt Lemoine
Saturday 1200h-1600h (12:00pm-4:00pm) – 2Lt Nicolescu
Sunday 1200h-1600h (12:00pm-4:00pm) – OCdt Couroux

J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS