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“Delivering news and information. At home and around the world.” • “Des nouvelles d’ici et de partout ailleurs.” Great Home, 10 Mins to CFB Trenton! 16 HARCOURT ROAD MLS® 2111501 DAVID WEIR BA, CD #1 Office Broker, 2001-2010 Top 1% in Canada 2005-2010 www.davidweir.com 613-394-4837 Royal LePage ProAlliance Realty, www.thecontactnewspaper.cfbtrenton.com Brokerage July 22, 2011 Serving 8 Wing/CFB Trenton • 8e escadre/BFC Trenton • Volume 46 Issue Number 29 • International paratroopers splash down in local waters By Jed Devenish The picturesque landscape of the Bay of Quinte, Sandbanks Provin- cial Park, and 8 Wing/CFB Trenton’s Mountain View Detachment were used as drop zones for military paratroopers from around the globe. The second annual Exercise Quinte Dipper, held last week, brought military jumpers from six nations to 8 Wing/ CFB Trenton for week-long exercises in parachute and competitive military training. Approximately 60 foreign military parachutists from the United States, United Kingdom, Poland, Chile, Ger- many and Mexico, joined 40 Canadian jumpers to create global understanding of how each country’s airborne operates and conducts operations. “The exercise was started as an in- itiative to enhance the Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare Centre’s ca- pabilities and staff understanding,” Rick Ruthven explains Capt Christopher Nobrega. Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare “Parachuting, like any other skill, is con- Centre (CFLAWC) stantly evolving and in order to maintain our currency and relevancy we must not potential opportunities or synergies that only look internally at what we do and can be followed-up in future training, how we do it, we must also look at what exchange, symposia and/or visits.” external agencies – both Allied military Co-operative weather and the and civilian – are doing.” beautiful waters of the Bay of Quinte Last year the initiative was taken to and Lake Ontario made it a perfect week conduct training and also invite foreign for jumping out of an airplane.
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