RCSU(A)

 

My new mug to use as I'm walking 

Regional Cadet Support Unit (Atlantic)

This is the command I fall under.

Tim Hortons and the Canadian Forces

 

So while there may be other Canadian coffee brands out there, I usually go to Tim Hortons. Now  not a huge coffee and donut fan, I do have a soft spot for this chain.

You see, while I taught in Asia from 1996-2015, the only time I could go to Tim's was on my few times i came home.

Now while I was in Japan, Tim Hortons did open up in China. Not sire if they got into Korea but they didn't go into Japan.

Now of all places you could get a Tim's double double, was Kandahar Airfield.

I never got there, but Tim's went to Afghanistan.  And many of our troops and our allies enjoyed Tim Hortons coffee.

I even heard when the American commander ordered that all other fast food spots close, he insisted that Tim's remained open.

I guess he got hooked on Boston Cream donuts and our Double doubles.

So I continue to get a coffee from them when I can as a thank you for theor service in providing a cup of coffee to those who went over.

Cadet sport uniform

 

Back in December 2024, our unit received a new sport type uniform for our physical training nights. Army green with the Cadet cap badge and our unit number on the pant legs and on the back of the jumper. 

Pretty cool, I just need to motivation to exercise 

 

Wow 60,000 views

 Im surprised, my cadet work and bits of Commonwealth military history are interesting to others and I'm happy to see.

Poppy sales

 

My good friend Francis Nickerson who is a Cold War vet and reenactment friend of mine. I was with my cadets today helping to raise funds for veterans and our cadets 

Outings with cadets

 

We got to see firetrucks

Now i admit I got to be by the helicopter on a base family day but still cool

This type of firetruck was used in the Halifax Explosion. The first one Halifax Fire Department had, and unfortunately was destroyed along woth the crew who manned it. 

 

Commonwealth Air Training Plan Stanley Airfield

 

Stanley Airport is now a small airfield which is a grass runway allowing for small planes to fly in. Sadly some of the hangers burned earlier this year. I was only able to get the sign and colours in this shot. The gate was secured and it's in a rather extremely rural area of Hants County Nova Scotia. 

As I drove across the Kennectocook River, the steel bridge must date from the war. I couldn't help but think if I was a young man learning to fly, the small base was perfect for focusing on training as there would be naff all else to do. The nearest town in the 1940s would have been an hour by country ba k roads.