692 air canada
stayed there for a while but never got past corporal cuz i was never there lol.

totally forgot there's exchange..what do you do? did anyone ever go to the space camp in quebec?

i was sent on exchange to nova scotia...wasnt really a camp...but they sent me there for 2 weeks, and in return their kids came here. sucked major balls!!! theres so little to do in that province :( and my curfew was 11pm EVERY night...

893 Beaufort Squadron in Parksville/Qualicum.

Was there about 6 years, left as a F/SGT I think..
Starting losing interest in it

ex 103 north van rcac

1996 basic - alberthead
1997 glider - comox
1998 power - kelowna

aged out as WO2, doing sqn cmdr and dep sqn cmdr a few times!

wish i had time to go back and help

2290 bcr good times but went out as SGT and squadron leader just before grade 12 because of school. the corp was bad in the later stages because people started leaving and we were becoming incredibly small so less funding and less outings. those outings in chilliwack were too awesome!!!

anyone remember summer thunder..the multi squadron survival-ex?
i remember i was only in cadets for a few months at the time and ended sleeping in rain-mud and cause' they didn't tell the noobs to bring the sleeping bag foam/mats. i thought we were gonna camp in tents..not half shelters!
i was so miserable for that entire long weekend..at least the imp was good

The new officers ran 2290 into the ground. That was a real shame hence why I left. :(

I was in 111 pegasus, left cause of school.

Was only corporal when I left at the end of 3rd year
2.5years I was in band, went to band comp got 2nd (damn 135 lol)

For camps I skipped basic and went to itlc and itic, was going to go slc but quit just before.
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O damn 135 won band comp.
O well 655 must have sucked real bad lololol
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pretty sure he didn't mean this year dude :p 111 won this year

655 remained more or less at the same level - it's the other sqns that improved quite a bit


btw if you guys interested - this was from this year's band comp, the sqn I'm currently volunteering with
609 Steveston, Winner of C division

wasn't in cadets but i will be applying to the air force 6 months after my eye surgery

it's even worse nowadays, anyways...

2290 BCR Dukes
Mcpl

The only other guy from BC in my year was from Elkford (279 Elk Valley RCACS). I was the only Chinese guy out of 93 in the program that summer. Everyone else was a whitie redneck (and I mean REDNECK). Do you match the description? ;)

Aged out as W02 @ 759 RCACs

1997 -Junior Leaders
1998 - Air Studies
1999 - Technical Training
2000 - Glider
2001 - Power

o rly? what years were you?

I was a QPO1, basically I stopped showing up right when I got my QPO1. didn't age out

gunnery ftw. gunnery > band

was in navy league too. got up to PO2 or PO1.

Air > sea
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Yeap, 2381 BCR Irish Fusiliers here. Also went on an FTX with you guys once where we got to fire the C7, it was so awesome.

I'm assuming the CO you were talking about is Gary Law?
I'm sorry but he totally f'd up the corp. Went on a crazy recruiting spree for the $$ that's why the corps is full of asians. Then basically just ran it to the ground. Promotions were being handed out like candy because of how large the corps got in such a short time.

I left as a WO at about 17, would've went all the way till I aged out but I was getting pretty pissed off and just couldn't take it anymore. Tried out reserves for a bit with the BCR's dt, but just wasn't my thing.

And to the other posters talking about camp lmao.. so true
You get these really hick white ppl from Alb/Sask and also your totally over the top brown nosers and try hards. So much politics involved and if you think about it, it's almost like brainwashing.. with all the crazy shit you're forced to do. But yea looking back now, it was a pretty good experience and I'm still glad I did it.

man there are alot of pigeons on here

i was in 2 different army cadet corps

first one was 2947 12th Service Battalion in richmond got up to Sgt. then moved over to

72nd Seaforth Highlanders Of Canada and aged out

went to VACC gotta say the best camp around
95 Hotel company basic
96 CL pipes and drums
98 Staff cadet band company
99 Staff cadet band company (lead drummer)
00 Staff cadet echo company (sec sgt)


man i miss cadets haha

when i was in seaforths gars might remember we went on FTX with the regiment and got to take c7's with us the whole weekend which was fun eat sleep shit with c7's man we the seaforths was the best dressed i tell ya sorry bcr dukes hehehe u guys came in second

Although the name sounds familiar, our CO was actually an officer of the BCRs so he had access to all the Regiment's facilities and resources. So to answer your question, no, it wasn't Gary Law.

I heard about the massive recruiting drive and how the money was "misused." It's a real shame because the Irish Fusiliers had a lot of potential to become a reall good unit alongside the BCRs but again, the new wave of officers ran it into the ground.

I have to admit, I always had this sick feeling in my stomach that 72nd Seaforth was a better unit. It took me a long time to finally pony up and to admit this. :D :p

Come to think of it, I was in CL Mil Band in 99! Small world! :lol

Mina! how are things?

But ya, it was a great Unit. Things haven't been great there now, I was asked by the sponsoring committee if I was heading back after I come back from London, but I'm not sure at the moment.

Every Unit has it's ups and downs. I remember when my Unit had 20 cdts total strength, but I also remember a summer where 2 of the CSM's at VACC were from my Unit - which shows you that we had amazing leadership at the corps.

Of course, there are no longer any officers who are also officers with the affiliated regiment now. The entire program has changed a lot - for the better...? I mean, yes, I had tons of fun running around the bush, thinking that my NCO's swearing at me and making us drop and do 20 pushups made me hardcore... but I think that the way the current program is aiming for, kids can learn so much more. The only issue is that you still need strong leaders from both Officers and Cadets, so Corps who are lacking that will still do poorly. All it takes is a shitty Sec Comd, or a shitty Trg O and a Cadet will have the worse time on their life on an FTX and never come back.

I'm just rambling on now....

Gars things are good man haha atleast there are a couple of army cadets in this bitch hahah i thought im gonna have to fight off these pidgeons for best cadets by my self hehehe man how i miss cadets best part of my life i'd say wish i could do it all over again prior to this whole chap shit hahaha

Who was the 279 elk valley guy? I knew someone named ellis, lol looked like a white version of Russell (UP)

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