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July on the FOB
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By WO Deveaux
1 September 2010
 Early mornings, late nights, long days, average daytime temp over 50 degrees, dusty, camel spiders, venomous snakes, and a mongoose running loose”, was the response to an e-mail I sent to a friend back home when asked how it was going, and the heat has just kept on rising. July has seen the temp peak at 57 degrees.
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“Here We Are…”
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Trooper Tony Peters
11 August 2010
 Well we’ve been on the ground for about three and a half months. For most of us, this is our first time and so far it has certainly been a whole new experience. The heat is unbelievable but surprisingly you just become used to it. Don’t get me wrong, there are days that it’s almost unbearable. Regardless, we still get our jobs done with the help of a lot of water. Throughout our time here the Squadron has truly become a family. There’s the odd family member you just don’t get along with, but in the end we all know that we’re in it together. There’s no shortage of laughs, and well, the odd hot temper.
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Change of the Colonel of the Regiment Parade
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By: Captain Graham Kallos
11 August 2010
 With steady hand and heavy heart, Colonel John Roderick returned his final salute as Colonel of the Regiment while being honoured with a Regimental Roll Past. Serving from 2006 – 2010, Col Roderick was charged with fostering the Esprit de Corps throughout the Regiment, acting as an advisor to NDHQ on matters significant to the Regiment, enabling relations between reserve and regular force elements and liaising with affiliated formations and units. In addition to his primary roles, Colonel Roderick took it upon himself to donate many hours of his personal time to teaching the Subalterns of the Regiment his time-honoured techniques for sampling all forms of fermented fruit and grain.
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LEAGUER LIFE
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By Cpl McQueen
5 July 2010
 When thinking of Afghanistan I am sure that a lot of things come to mind. One of the most under-rated and yet most profound aspects of this country is the opportunity to experience leaguer life. As most of us know the leaguer can be an enjoyable environment that helps to break up the doldrums of ongoing operations, usually set in the middle of nowhere with lots of heat and dust. However people seldom think of all the other opportunities that leaguer life has to offer.
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HQ Sqn – Busy times
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By Cpl Joseph G Levesque
7 June 2010
With the Change of Command parade fast approaching, HQ Sqn was an extremely busy place to be employed in this past month of May. Many projects and taskings were required to be completed before the big parade. All members of the Squadron worked extremely hard, not only to prepare for the handovers and the parade but also to complete their everyday work responsibilities. Soldiers continually upgraded, maintained and developed the skills required to achieve the high standard that this Squadron is known for. HQ Sqn had several troops taking various courses last month ranging from PLQ to Unit HAZMAT coordinator as well as Hazmat spill response. With the change of command parade in the minds of soldiers throughout the Regiment, many people did not know that a handful of troops from HQ Sqn were involved in a 100 man honour guard at the Alberta legislature grounds for Alberta’s new Lieutenant Governor Col (Ret’d) Donald S. Ethell which saw Capt David Williams leading the colour party for the guard. With everything that was going on within the Squadron, there was still time dedicated to recognizing soldiers for their hard work and professionalism. Many troops were promoted within the ranks at all levels. One example was MCpl Terry Whynot who also received his CD. Our Regiment is a very busy place to be, adapting to the task at hand and HQ Sqn, just like the rest of the Strathcona’s continues to hold onto our Regiment’s motto, “Perseverance”, with pride. |
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Canadian Journalism Students Visit the Regiment
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By Captain David Williams
9 June 2010
 The Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI), in partnership with the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary, sponsors a scholarship for 12 students to attend a nine-day certificate course on military journalism and the Canadian Forces. The course includes a combination of media-military theory in a classroom setting, coupled with field visits to armed forces Regular and Reserve units. The goal is to enhance the military education of Canadian journalists who will report on the issues facing the Canadian Forces and their activities domestically and abroad.
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Prince of Wales Sqn Update
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By Cpl John Nancarrow
9 June 2010
 As the sun rises over Afghan mountains the sky is lit with brilliant colours of red and yellows, just as the blanket of night is pulled to the West. Fields of golden wheat gently move in the morning breeze as 2 Troop sits in their Leopard 2 turrets watching the pattern of life.
In the recent months, they have endured sand storms that easily blind soldiers and rain that falls for only a brief few seconds. Fascinations with strange new bugs, and long days, everyone’s mind may be on the job at hand, but thoughts of HLTA are always there. Read More ... |
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CTCC 1001
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Lt M. Dullege
31 May 2010
 In-keeping with the extremely high pace of the Regiment currently, April/May was no different with Recce Sqn and C Sqn kicking out the door to support the Combat Team Commander’s Course in sunny Wainwright. The CTCC is generally accepted to be a good training environment for Sqns and this year was no different. The course represented a more compact Maple Guardian, if not a small view of the road to high readiness for TF 1-11. Recce Sqn took time prior to the course starting to conduct 5 days of their own training and get the Recce chops back up that so many years of tank rotos had slowly eroded and, as always, time spent on Recce was not wasted.
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