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CFB Esquimalt, Home of the Canadian Pacific Fleet

August 30, 2010 | Vol 55 | 35  

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Several of the 44 army cadets pose for a photo after receiving thier jump wings in the Canadian Forces Basic Parachute course. Ryan Deveau took the Top Army Cadet Award and will return to instruct cadets at next year's course.

eventeen-year-old Alena VanDerPoelen proudly took the Canadian Forces Cadet Parachute Finalist Award.

Penny Rogers, Lookout

Photo By: Penny Rogers, Lookout

FMF's EETOP program is in its last weeks which is the time the participants chose a trade of their choice. Wagdy Rezk chose the machine shop as he is a machinist by trade in his home country of Egypt. Here he spends some time working on a lathe turning down welding coupons for the welding shop.

Penny Rogers, Lookout

Photo By: Penny Rogers, Lookout

FMF EETOP participant, Hanlin Li is learning to set up some frequencies and some modes of transmition on the HF Exciter, part of a ship's broadband HF transmitter suite for HF radio communications.

Penny Rogers, Lookout

Photo By: Penny Rogers, Lookout

Diana Charles chose to learn more about the paint trade during her final three weeks on FMF's EETOP program. A skilled artist, her focus is on Coast Salish design work. She loves the colour pink and, after making a toolbox in the metal fabrication shop, couldn't wait to powder coat it pink.

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Photo By: Penny Rogers, Lookout

The service band is a six-week program designed for senior musicians from across BC where, among other things, they acquire skills to assist their home squadron band officers. They learn to become instructors, hone their skills at beiing drum majors or parade conductors. The band performs at community events and for the centre's graduation parades.

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Photo By: Penny Rogers, Lookout

David Hecht, 14, from Grand Forks admits he does more ironing at Albert Head than he does at home.

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The cadets are marked on the neatness of their barracks and uniforms every day, so when there is a break in training and activities, they assemble in the drill shed to catch up on ironing or boot polishing.

Penny Rogers, Lookout

Photo By: Penny Rogers, Lookout

In the basic aviation technology and aerospace program (BATA), students were tasked to construct a biplane but these three, Ryan Davies, Gregory Tinga and Matthew Sherlaw, wanted a bigger challenge so they are turning it into a Second World War F4 Corsair.

Penny Rogers, Lookout

Photo By: Penny Rogers, Lookout

Albert Head Air Cadet Summer Training Centre was where Penny Rogers from the Lookout spent a day as a cadet. This is one of the flights doing drill practice.

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