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Weekly Message for 23 April 2025 (9 points of information)

1.     Dress for 23 April 2025: C1A Ceremonial Dress. See the files section for what should be worn while in C1A Blue Dress Uniform.

2.     Weekly Routine Orders for 23 April 2025 has been posted under the Files Section below.

3.     CO's Parade this Wednesday. Cadets are to ensure that their blue dress uniform is ready and worn for this event.

4.     Cadets Here is your chance to have your vote count. Once you sign on to our website, you will be asked to vote for the one person who you believe is a model cadet, the cadet who inspires and motivates you within the Squadron. The award criteria are as follows:  
  • Cadet who best exemplifies Captain Michael VandenBos’ personal qualities of friendliness, enthusiasm, and helpfulness while maintaining a high standard of conduct. The cadet can be of any rank and vote only once. Online voting ends 23 April.

5.      Badminton Team - Stage Two Selections. Thank you to the cadets who have tried out for the Badminton Team. Cadets who have advanced to the next phase of selections are to attend this Thursday's practice. List will be posted at the Ops table.
 
6.      Level 4 Cadets – Sign up to complete your Leadership Large Party Tasking assessments on Thursdays. Sign-ups are up now.

7.      26-27 April 2025 Field Training Exercise (FTX) - Cadets selected to attend the Spring FTX are to ensure they read the memo and bring the completed Parental Consent Form (both have been uploaded to our web calendar). Cadets are to wear their Feidld Training Uniform (FTUs) during this weekend exercise. Cadets are to arrive at the training site no later than (NLT) 0715 hours (7:15 a.m.).

8.      Parents:  Please remember to park prior to letting your child out of your vehicle. Safety is important to all members of our Squadron.

9.      What is expected in the event of Inclement (poor) Weather? – During the winter months, there is a possibility that we will cancel our in-person training. If we will be cancelling training, a message will be posted on the front page of our website at least 2 hours prior to the scheduled activity.
 

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16 May 2022
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Maj Blight, C.
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Accolades

Congratulations to Our Marksmanship Teams!

Two of our Marksmanship Teams participated in the Regional (Provincial) Marksmanship Competition at CFB Trenton. The Top 28 Teams across Ontario were invited to vie to the Top Rifle Team in the Prone and Standing disciplines.
 
Our Red Team Won the Following Medals:
 
WO1 Smith
  • Open Individual Standing – Gold Medal
  • Open Individual – Overall Standing and Prone – Ranked 8th overall (out of 140 competitors)
  • Team – Prone – Silver Medal
  • Team – Standing – Gold Medal
  • Team – Overall Standing and Prone – Silver Medal
 Sgt Bhagwat
  • Team – Prone – Silver Medal
  • Team – Standing – Gold Medal
  • Team – Overall Standing and Prone – Silver Medal
Sgt Aywaz
  • Team – Prone – Silver Medal
  • Team – Standing – Gold Medal
  • Team – Overall Standing and Prone – Silver Medal
FCpl Purdy
  • Junior Super Match Prone – Gold Medal
  • Junior Individual Standing – Silver Medal
  • Junior Individual - Prone – Gold Medal
  • Open Individual Prone – Gold Medal
  • Junior Individual - Overall Standing and Prone – Gold Medal
  • Open Individual – Overall Standing and Prone – Gold Medal
  • Team – Prone – Silver Medal
  • Team – Standing – Gold Medal
  • Team – Overall Standing and Prone – Silver Medal
Cpl Mitchell
  • Junior Individual - Overall Standing and Prone – Bronze Medal
  • Junior Individual – Prone – Ranked 4th Place (out of 60 competitors)
  • Junior Individual – Standing Ranked 5th Place (out of 60 competitors)
  • Team – Prone – Silver Medal
  • Team – Standing – Gold Medal
  • Team – Overall Standing and Prone – Silver Medal
Our Teal Team (WO2 Nichols, Sgt Wilson, FCpl Raguimov, FCpl Zheng and Cpl Akinola) – Originally ranked 10th in Ontario prior to the Regional Marksmanship Competition – Advanced to 7th Overall.

Additional medals won by our Teal Team:
 
WO2 Nichols
  • Open Individual – Overall Standing and Prone – Ranked 9th Overall (out of 140 competitors)
  • Open Individual - Standing – Silver Medal
FCpl Raguimov
  • Junior Super Match Prone – Gold Medal
  • Junior Individual – Prone – Bronze Medal
  • Junior Individual - Overall Standing and Prone – Ranked 5th in Ontario out of 60 Juniors at the competition

Bravo Teams! Super proud of you.

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C3 Dress (Winter). Diagram details what to wear when the order of dress is C3 (Winter).
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If you are unable to complete your required tagging shifts, you will have the opportunity to complete your shifts by sharing the 2024 Fall Tagging Fundraising Sheet with your network of Family and friends.
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Coffee/Tea/Hot Chocolate Fundraising Form
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How to Wear the Poppy
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Instructions on how to onboard Cadet365
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2 Squadron's 2020/2021 Interactive Electronic Yearbook
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All Cadets who did NOT attend a virtual CTC this Summer should complete these steps to set up their (web app) access to our Microsoft Teams virtual training platform.
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All Cadets who DID attend a virtual CTC this Summer should complete these steps to set up their (desktop version) access to our Microsoft Teams virtual training platform.
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Message from our Squadron's Sponsoring Committee Chair

Did you know that the majority of adults in our program all have full-time jobs? It’s true!

We do this as it is a passion, or we do this as our duty to serve – to foster the spirit of leadership and responsibility in each of your children – voluntarily!! Only the Officers are paid (by the Department of National Defense), but they max out their allotment of yearly paid time within a month of working with our very engaging program – the majority of their time is spent with us voluntarily and is invaluable to the day-to-day operation of our unit.

As a 200-Strong Cadet Squadron whose expenses are high - $500 each week lets us rent the school spaces we require! In addition to school space we provide the Squadron with several experiential learning activities, training aids, transportation, meals and activities. We depend on Parental support to continue to offer our program free of charge to all Cadets.

1.   If you have the means to make a monetary donation, tax receipts are offered for each donation over $20. Donations can be made on our website via our “Donate Now” button on the homepage or you can me email at sscchair@2vandenbos.org to discuss

2.   If you or someone you know would like to make a corporate sponsorship, I can be reached by email at sscchair@2vandenbos.org

3.   If you would like to support the Squadron by donating your time – that is precious to us! Do you have cadet or military background? Are you good with numbers and writing grants? Are you interested in supporting the fun activities and fundraisers we run? Please see me on a Parade Night or send me and email at sscchair@2vandenbos.org

Cyber Challenge
Upcoming Dress Regulation changes
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM FORMATION - As of 22 August 2022

Updates to the Cadet Dress Regulations are pending. In that regard, CANCDTGEN 011/22 speaks to the cadet portion of Dress Regulations changes.

Existing Dress Regulations remain in effect with updates IN PROCESS and PENDING - with the exception of the following:

HAIR STANDARDS
 
Shall be nearly groomed and conservatively styled.  The length, bulk or style of hair shall not detract from a positive appearance or preclude the proper wear of the cadet headdress.  (Bulk is the distance that the mass of hair extends from the skin, when groomed, as opposed to the length of hair.) Must be natural colour (i.e. no purple, green etc.).

Option 1: Hair shall be taper-trimmed at the back, sides, and above the ears to blend with the hair-style; be no more than 15 cm (6 in.) in length and sufficiently short that, when the hair is groomed and headdress is removed, no hair shall touch the ears or fall below the top of the eyebrows; be no more than 4 cm (1-1/2 in.) in bulk at the top of the head, gradually decreasing to blend with the taper-trimmed sides and back; and be kept free from the neck to a distance of 2.5 cm (1 in.) above the shirt collar. Taper trimmed square back styles and shaving of all the hair on the head are permitted. 

Option 2: Hair must be up in a bun centred at the back of the head. Accessories (hair ties, bobby-pins) should not be seen. If hair is too short and does not touch the bottom of the shirt collar, it may be worn down.  However, it must be kept neat and out of the face. 

Once the Dress Regulations have been finalized, will we communicate these new dress instructions to the cadets and post on our website.

If you have any questions about these standards, please contact CI Haripal or CI Haleem. 

 
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Primary Headquarters Location - Father Leo J. Austin Catholic School
Secondary Headquarters Location - Enterprise Airlines

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Headquarters: Enterprise Airline (EAI)
1190 Keith Ross Drive Oshawa Ontario L1J 0C7

Commanding Officer: Maj Blight, C.

Training Nights: Wednesday 1830 - 2130 hrs

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