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Jim Hickson
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1961-Depot San Lenorado
1962-1st Bn RCR Ex Gagetown
1962-JR NCO Course Grad 19 Oct
1962-1965 Germany B-C-D-A Coy (Revecated Nov 64)
1965-1967 Sigs Pl Cyprus Prom CPL 'til xmas and C of Drums
1967-1973 Cpl, MCpl, Sgt, Sigs, D Coy
1973-1977 CFOCS Chilliwack Prom WO
1977-1982 UEO, Sigs, Pl WO RECCE, CSM B&A Coy,
1982-1984 SIT School
1984-1988 Career Manager (Prom CWO 1986)
1988-1990 RSM 1RCR
1991-1995 CWO Adm(Per) - C Of S
1995-1999 Base CWO Wainwright
1999-Retired
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Mark W. Tonner
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Hi Jim;
Front row - first on the left - Wayne Northrup (spelling?) - former RSM - 1 RCR.
Brian Howe was my Platoon Warrant Officer - 3 Platoon, Duke's Coy - Cyprus 78/79.
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Mark
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aldi
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The historical significance of this photo, taken sometime (I can't recall the exact date) during the winter of 1967/1968, cannot be overstated. It marks the end of one era and the beginning of another. The soldiers in this are members of the last Senior NCO course ever conducted by the Canadian Army.
On 1 February 1968, the three separate services were combined into a single unified service and the effect of the passage of the Canadian Forces Unification Act was cataclysmic. In late 1967 all six regimental depots of the Regular Army infantry regiments were closed and recruit training was shifted to central schools at Cornwallis and St. Jean. Senior NCO courses, traditionally held at the Royal Canadian School of Infantry in Borden, were done away with -- except for this one. The RCS of I and the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School, which had traditionally conducted their corps-wide Senior NCO courses, were about to be combined into the Combat Arms School and moved to Gagetown so the Canadian Guards Depot facilities and staff were retained just long enough to conduct this course. Students came from five of the six regiments (there were none from the PPCLI), as well as the Royal Canadian Engineers.
Once the course was completed, the Canadian Guards Depot was disbanded, and within two years so were three of the regiments represented in this photo, the distinctive uniforms were done away with, to be replaced by the green unibag. Training of Senior NCOs was sadly neglected as promotion became based on a simple airforce-based equation -- the accumulation of time-in and the acquisition of a hodge-podge of various tick-marks on the training record. It wasn't until the regiments began demanding a more formal system of training NCOs in order to produce the essential backbone of the army, and to a lesser extent the navy, that the Leadership Academy was created.
This photo deserves a place in the Regimental Museum for what it represents.
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Ernie Wetzel
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3rd row up #1 on the left looks like Maurice Guptal.
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It's the size of the fight in the dog".
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Ernie Wetzel
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I believe the RSM is John West
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"It's not the size of the dog in the fight,
It's the size of the fight in the dog".
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