All Cadets Level 3 and 4 should wear sports gear for tonight’s training night. You will participate in some physical activities as well as learning about strategies to stay fit and incorporate physical activities in your daily routine. See you all tonight!
Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 17 Jan 2021
Date
17 Jan 2021
RO Number
2021-03
CO’s Message
Good morning!
Last week, the senior cadets began supplementing our regular training with cooking activities and fitness. I had the opportunity to sit in on some of the cooking class and it appeared that the cadets were having a good time of it. I’m looking forward to hearing some MRE-related kitchen tales.
Congratulations to Sgt Forsyth, who sat the Glider Pilot Training Course Qualification Exam on Saturday. It’s been too long since the squadron has had a cadet with wings on their uniform, so we’re all excited to follow his progress as summer approaches.
I’m a bit concerned that cadets aren’t reading the WROs each week. It takes a fair bit of coordination to keep things running in a virtual environment and it doesn’t help when there’s a communications breakdown. To put out a couple of examples: We had some confusion with the cooking class on Monday where cadets were connecting to the Meet link for the Wednesday Training Night rather than the one that had been posted for the activity. We have also had circumstances where cadets were wearing an improper order of dress. Attendance is also a concern where cadets are either not signing into the attendance form or are failing to notify us when they cannot attend. It’s important that cadets understand not only what’s happening with the unit, but the details too. If this doesn’t happen, it leads not only to confusion but missed opportunities too.
To get a feel for who is actively reading, I would like each cadet who reads this WRO to email me at jody.lemoine@809cadets.ca and confirm that you have done so.
Virtual Training continues this week as there has been no further news related to the lockdown. Remember to use the links posted below for each of the sessions. Regular training, as always, is on Wednesday, so we’ll see you all then if not before.
Training Night
20 Jan 2020
Training Night Schedule
See the Events Calendar.
CAF Member Dress
3C
Cadet Dress
C3F: Cdts, LACs, Cpls, FCpls
C3F: Sgts, FSgts, WO2s, and WO1
Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: OCdt Couroux
Duty NCM: WO2 Bell
This Week’s Activities
| Date | Day | Activity | Location | Dress | OIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 2021 1800–1900 |
Aerospace Activity | Monday | Google Meet | Civilian | WO2 Bell |
| 18 Jan 2021 1900–2000 |
Effective Speaking | Monday | Google Meet | Civilian | CV Gowans |
| 18 Jan 2021 2000–2100 |
Fitness Activity | Monday | Google Meet | Civilian | WO1 Lett |
| 20 Jan 2021 1845-2045 |
Regular Training Night | Wednesday | Google Meet | C3F | OCdt Couroux |
Upcoming Activities
| Date | Day | Activity | Location | Dress | OIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 2021 1800–1900 |
Radio Activity | Monday | Google Meet | Civilian | Sgt Forsyth |
| 25 Jan 2021 1900–2000 |
Effective Speaking | Monday | Google Meet | Civilian | CV Gowans |
| 25 Jan 2021 2000–2100 |
Fitness Activity | Monday | Google Meet | Civilian | WO1 Lett |
| 27 Jan 2021 1845-2045 |
Regular Training Night | Wednesday | Google Meet | C3F | OCdt Couroux |
J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!
Virtual Orienteering Clinics
The Regional Cadet Support Unit (Central) at CFB Borden is organizing a series of virtual orienteering clinics, each consisting of three 90 minute Zoom sessions delivered by civilian partners (Ottawa Orienteering Club and Toronto Orienteering Club). These clinics are open to cadets at training level three and above. The session layout is as follows:
Session 1:
- Foundations of orienteering (to include what the sport is about, safety, how to read a map and how to use a map)
- Keeping in touch with your location and progress
Session 2:
- Build on skills taught in Session one
- Navigation off trails
- Route choices
- Use of a compass, including bearings
Session 3:
- Succeeding in competitions
- Common mistakes
- Feature recognition and related skills
- How to plan, set up and conduct practice activities and courses
- Map resources for areas without access to orienteering maps
The next clinic will begin on the 17th of February (1830-2000) with two follow-up sessions spaced two weeks apart (3rd of March, 17th of March) to allow cadets to practice the skills they have learned.
The goal of this training is to provide senior cadets with tools and resources to develop orienteering training at the squadron. This will, in turn, provide resources to improve performance at the Area Orienteering competitions; which the unit hopes will resume next Fall.
If you’re interested, email me as soon as possible as space is limited. I’ll need the following information as part of your message:
- Confirmation that you have attended an Area Orienteering competition. (Note: Participation in a competition is not mandatory);
- Confirmation that you have a reliable, high-speed internet connection; and
- Your reason for wanting to take this training.
Let me know if there are any questions.
J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!
Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 10 Jan 2021
Date
10 Jan 2021
RO Number
2021-02
CO’s Message
Good morning!
As I mentioned last week, the senior cadets have some interesting activities coming up and we’re starting on Monday! In addition to CV Gowans’ Effective Speaking class from 1900-2000, we’ll be doing a cooking activity hosted by WO2 Abt from 1800-1900, and fitness with WO1 Lett from 2000-2100. There’s more in store, including Aerospace with WO2 Bell and radio operation with Sgt Forsyth. Stay tuned for further scheduling!
For the cadets who have signed up for the first session of the cooking activity, don’t forget to drop by the squadron HQ today between 1500 and 1530 for a zero-touch pickup of your MRE.
Virtual Training continues on Wednesday as well, so we’ll see you all then!
Training Night
13 Jan 2020
Training Night Schedule
See the Events Calendar.
CAF Member Dress
3C
Cadet Dress
C3F: Cdts, LACs, Cpls, FCpls
C3F: Sgts, FSgts, WO2s, and WO1
Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: 2Lt Nicolescu
Duty NCM: FSgt Lampman
This Week’s Activities
| Date | Day | Activity | Location | Dress | OIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jan 2021 1800–1900 |
Cooking Activity | Monday | Google Meet | Civilian | WO2 Abt |
| 11 Jan 2021 1900–2000 |
Effective Speaking | Monday | Google Meet | Civilian | CV Gowans |
| 11 Jan 2021 2000–2100 |
Fitness Activity | Monday | Google Meet | Civilian | WO1 Lett | 13 Jan 2021 1845-2045 |
Regular Training Night | Wednesday | Google Meet | C3F | 2Lt Nicolescu |
Upcoming Activities
| Date | Day | Activity | Location | Dress | OIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 2021 1900–2000 |
Effective Speaking | Monday | Google Meet | Civilian | CV Gowans |
| 20 Jan 2021 1845-2045 |
Regular Training Night | Wednesday | Google Meet | C3F | OCdt Couroux |
J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!
Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 3 Jan 2021
Date
3 Jan 2021
RO Number
2021-01
CO’s Message
Happy new year! We’re happy to have 2020 behind us and, while we’re still in lockdown at the beginning of 2021, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Here’s to an amazing new year for all of us.
We’re hoping you’re as enthusiastic as we are about getting started again with the cadet year. The senior cadets have been working on some really interesting activities outside of our regular training, so stay tuned to see what they have in store.
Virtual Training begins again on Wednesday. See you all then! Remember, if you can’t make it for whatever reason, it’s important that you inform us in advance. If you’re having difficulty connecting for whatever reason, we can help, but you need to let us know.
Next Monday night from 1900-2000, Effective Speaking training begins again with CV Gowans continues. Participation in this training is mandatory for level two cadets, but everyone’s encouraged to get involved even if you’ve done it before. It’s not too late to show up and participate.
Training Night
6 Jan 2020
Training Night Schedule
See the Events Calendar.
CAF Member Dress
3C
Cadet Dress
C3F: Cdts, LACs, Cpls, FCpls
C3F: Sgts, FSgts, WO2s, and WO1
Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Capt Lemoine
Duty NCM: WO1 Lett
This Week’s Activities
| Date | Day | Activity | Location | Dress | OIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jan 2021 1845-2045 |
Regular Training Night | Wednesday | Google Meet | C3F | Capt Lemoine |
Upcoming Activities
| Date | Day | Activity | Location | Dress | OIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jan 2021 1845–2045 |
Effective Speaking | Monday | Google Meet | Civilian | CV Gowans |
| 13 Jan 2021 1845-2045 |
Regular Training Night | Wednesday | Google Meet | C3F | 2Lt Nicolescu |
J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!
Monday Night Cooking
Good evening, Cadets.
As many know there was a cooking club announced and we are eager to start, this being said we need to gather a list of attendees. So if everyone could email in a little message by Friday night saying “Hey, I’m interested.” I’ll jot you into the plans so that we can begin in January.
WO2 Abt
Weekly Routine Orders – Week of 13 Dec 2020
Date
13 Dec 2020
RO Number
2020-29
CO’s Message
This is the last publication of WROs for calendar year 2020. After our Squadron Annual Mess Dinner on Wednesday, we go into our winter stand-down and won’t be returning to training until 6 Jan 2021. I have never been more glad to see another year put behind us, nor have I been more optimistic about the year ahead. The commitment that each and every one of you (cadets, staff, and SSC volunteers) have made to keeping our squadron going in these adverse times has been an inspiration and I’m very much looking forward to seeing your perseverance rewarded in 2021. It only gets better from here.
This week, we’re suspending our Effective Speaking training for Monday evening. 128 RCACS in Thorold is hosting a special presentation from Capt Christian Stenner, MStJ, CD, FRCGS of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society about the exploration of caves. I’ve already signed up and am really looking forward to his presentation. If you haven’t signed up yet, it’s important that you do so in advance so that Capt Copses-Parker at 128 knows how many seats to provision for the Zoom conference.
On Wednesday, we’re conducting our Annual Mess Dinner. Normally, this would be a very memorable in-person formal dinner to mark the end of training for the calendar year. Circumstances have forced us to try to approximate it virtually, but we’re going to do the best that we can. There are two significant considerations this year:
- Dinner is being delivered to your home. It is IMPORTANT that you fill in the Virtual Mess Dinner form to indicate your attendance and any dietary restrictions NO LATER THAN 1900 (7:00pm) on Monday, 14 Dec. Failing to do so does not prevent you from attending, but you’ll be on your own for rustling up dinner and you’ll be missing out on early delivery of a special gift too.
- Awards and presentations from Training Year 2019-2020 will be presented during the dinner. We didn’t have an ACR and those awards have been waiting too long to be presented. Physical keeper plaques and bursary monies will have to wait until there’s an opportunity to physically present such things.
We’re relaxing the formality of the Mess Dinner as well, considering the medium. We would normally be in 1A (CAF) or C1A (cadets) for a formal event like this, but we’re going to stick to 3C (CAF) and C3F (cadets) for the virtual event.
See you all on Wednesday!
Training Night (Annual Mess Dinner)
16 Dec 2020
Training Night Schedule
See the Events Calendar.
Registration
All attendees must check in using the Registration for Virtual Events form.
Virtual Training Connection Information
Mess Dinner
Meet
CAF Member Dress
3C
Cadet Dress
C3F: Cdts, LACs, Cpls, FCpls
C3F: Sgts, FSgts, WO2s, and WO1
Duty Personnel
Duty Officer: Lt Russell
Duty NCM: WO2 Abt
This Week’s Activities
| Date | Day | Activity | Location | Dress | OIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Nov 2020 1900–2100 |
Monday | Special Presentation Royal Canadian Geographical Society |
Zoom | C3F | Capt Lemoine |
| 16 Dec 2020 1830-2100 |
Wednesday | Annual Mess Dinner | Google Meet | C3F | Lt Russell |
Upcoming Activities
| Date | Day | Activity | Location | Dress | OIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2020 – 5 Jan 2021 |
Winter Stand-Down No Training |
||||
| 6 Jan 2021 1845-2045 |
Wednesday | Regular Training Night | Google Meet | C3F | Capt Lemoine |
J. Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!
Virtual Mess Dinner
Good afternoon.
We’re planning to host our annual Mess Dinner virtually this year on 16 Dec at 1830 (6:30pm) sharp. Hosting it virtually means that we have a few more logistical hoops to jump through, particularly with respect to dinner itself. If you will be attending the mess dinner, it’s critical that you let us know, provide an address for delivery, and let us know what dietary restrictions you might have, if any.
J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!
2021 Air Cadet National Summer Training Course (ACNSTC) Selection Process
Good morning.
The process below relates primarily to the Glider Pilot and Power Pilot Training Courses, though there is some information concerning the International Air Cadet Exchange as well.
If any cadets are applying for these courses, the information below will be of significant importance. I also need to know as soon as possible if you are applying and to which course.
Please contact me directly with any questions you might have.
J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!
Ref:
- CANCDTGEN 035/20 – Air Cadet National Summer Training Course Selection Process 2021, 18 Nov 20
- 8060-7 Gp Order – Air Cadet National Summer Training Course Selection Process
- 2021 Spring and Summer Training Directive, 9 Nov 20
With the release of the above references, a process will be conducted for the selection of cadets for Air Cadet National Courses during the summer of 2021. Please ensure to review all above references to ensure that you are familiar with the selection process for this year, so that you can advise your cadets on the changes for this year. An ACNSTC Booklet will be released shortly for cadets and parents. As there are some significant changes to the process, personnel need to be familiar with the above references.
Some of the highlighted changes for this year are:
- Only PPTC and GPTC will be included in this process;
- Cadets that were selected for PPTC 2020 and were successful in achieving a 70% overall score on the PPTC Online Ground School will receive Advance Standing for PPTC 2021;
- PPTC/GPTC Qualifying Exam will be conducted online via WebEx and all cadets that meet the prerequisites for either PPTC or GPTC may write the exam;
- All interviews will be conducted online, platform TBD;
- File review scoring has been updated;
- Reduction of PPTC and GPTC billets for summer 2021; and
- A Behavioural Interview will be conducted for all cadets separate from the standard merit interview.
As well, RCA Ops will be providing a briefing by 15 Dec for cadets interested in applying for either PPTC/GPTC regarding their career progression within the ACFP. Cadets applying for GPTC and PPTC will be required to view the video at https://youtu.be/CCJVqr236cM and then participate in a live Q&A session hosted by OC Air Ops or a member of the Air Ops staff. Details for the Q&A session have been sent to your J3 Z Trg O and will be out to squadrons shortly.
We have now confirmed the dates for the flying exam and the interviews as follows:
- Flying exams – 16 Jan 21
- Interviews – 6-7 Mar 21
- Behavioural Interviews – Mar 21 – (exact date to be decided by RCA Ops)
As per the billet allocation for PPTC/GPTC in reference C, we have been provided the following allocations per course:
| PPTC Advanced Standing Billets | PPTC Billets | PPTC Interview Positions | GPTC Billets | GPTC Interview Positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 33 | 96 | 30 | 45 |
In accordance with references A and B, the maximum number of cadets who can be selected for PPTC is one per squadron regardless of squadron quota. When a squadron already has a cadet selected through advanced standing, the 2021 PPTC cadet(s) would be placed on stand-by and only selected if the 2020 Advanced Standing cadet declines the opportunity and they are the next cadet on the regional selection list. A list of Advance Standing cadets will be sent to squadron COs to confirm their cadet(s) are still interested and available to attend PPTC before Christmas.
The PPTC/GPTC qualifying exam will be delivered online via WebEx Training. The exam will be provided by CJCR HQ and they will be creating sessions by Area across Canada to allow for as many cadets that wish to write the exam to do so, as long as they meet the criteria for selection, In accordance with reference B. Each session will allow a maximum of 500 cadets to write the exam per Area. Cadets may only write one exam for either PPTC or GPTC and only in their Area.
All applications will be submitted in FORTRESS after the PPTC/GPTC Qualifying Exam has been written, so squadron COs will have the opportunity to use the qualifying exam to assist them in their decision regarding which cadet(s) application to submit for PPTC/GPTC.
As per the file review, FORTRESS will provide the scores using the FORTRESS Selection Tool. All cadet records must be complete no later than 15 Dec 20. This would include the following:
- Data modifications must be submitted;
- Attendance must be up to date; and
- RDA/NDAs must be complete and closed for cadets to receive points.
For this year, as IACE will not be a part of the selection process, only the school transcript / final report card will required to be submitted for scoring. The school report/transcript will be from the end of Jun 20. Homeschooled cadets will require to submit a school package for scoring. Further details will be provided to the squadron regarding document requirements. This will be submitted electronically to an email or drop box that will be identified shortly.
All personnel should review and be familiar with the process in the above ref. Any questions after you have reviewed the subject orders can be directed to your J3 Z Trg O.
Goodbye to an Aviation Legend.
USAF General Chuck Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier, passes away at 97 on Monday, December 7.