Archive for May, 2020

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#296Daily – Honour Guard test

by CI Horton on May 31, 2020 at 9:00 am
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– Lets have some fun today – and check out this USAF team tryout for an honour guard. One of the tests is to ensure they keep serious without distraction – including a rubber chicken.

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Coming up this Wed:

by CI Horton on May 31, 2020 at 8:12 am
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Zoom meeting coming up this Wed eve – info on calendar. Lt Oss will be presenting marksmanship achievement levels to those cadets who hit the mark this year during range. We held range practices several times between September and March […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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#296Daily Parachutes, prison camps and Red Cross parcels

by CI Horton on May 30, 2020 at 9:00 am
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This article covers some of the amazing stories that happened behind the lines in German Prison Camps. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2018/03/10/parachutes-prison-camps-and-red-cross-parcels.html

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#296Daily – Weather Station Kurt

by CI Horton on May 29, 2020 at 9:00 am
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Did you know in the 1940’s the German navy secretly landed armed troops in Labrador and set up a weather station? This story and the station itself – lost for decades , only discovered in 1977 The station was forgotten […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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296 Cadet Meeting – 3 Jun 2020

by CI Horton on May 28, 2020 at 4:27 pm
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We’ll be holding a meeting on Wed Jun 3 at 1930h on Zoom. We encourage all 296 cadets to attend. Parents are also welcome. Link to the zoom call will be posted morning of on Website. ~We’ll go over how […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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#296Daily – Airport Planning

by CI Horton on May 28, 2020 at 9:00 am
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( Thanks to WO2 Kothe for providing this) You see airports in a lot of different places, even though it might seem weird, these places are extremely planned out.  Each airport is organized into 1 of 5 categories, these include; […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Attendance Award Candidates

by CI Horton on May 27, 2020 at 8:00 pm
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Each year we give recognition to the cadets whom met a high standard of attendance. Before formally announcing – I want cadets to review and ensure their attendance is correct. If you as a cadet believe you should be on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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@296Daily Bonus – Dragon Launch Today!

by CI Horton on May 27, 2020 at 11:00 am
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1630h today – NASA will be showing the launch of the SpaceX Falcon Rocket carrying the Dragon Crew vehicle to the ISS. Follow it here on you-tube! I know we wish the crew – astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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#296Daily – 2016 Pipe and Drum Competition Band

by CI Horton on May 27, 2020 at 9:00 am
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in 2016 we sent a Pipe and Drum team made of members of 296 Squadron and our friends in @21 RCACC Cambridge . They competed in London. The combined bands played at the Annual Review for both units ( held […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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HQ Newsletter

by CI Horton on May 26, 2020 at 4:01 pm
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Attached is the newsletter from our HQ in Central Region. ( Late May edition) Note that there is an art / media contest with fabulous cash prize. Lots of other info here as well. Please have a read as time […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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