Brampton Armoury The Lorne Scots 2 Chapel St Air Son Ar Duthchais Brampton, Ontario L6W 2H1 (For our Heritage) Ph: 905 - 451-5724 Regimental Association The LSRA Newsletter Vol: 1, No 11 November 2013 Message from the Regimental Association President In This Issue Capt FA Garbutt (ret’d) CD President Message -1 [email protected] Lorne Scots Trust –1 I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the sponsors of the Golf CO’s Message –2 Tournament, because of your generous support we were able to have a successful tournament again this year. To all the players a big thank you HCol Activities –2 for your support of the Association, and to Derek and his team, Bravo Zulu for a job well done. HLCol Message –3 I would like to extend our deepest sympathy to the Dunn family on the From the Museum –4&5 passing of Tom. Tom was a good friend of the Regiment and the Associ- Cadets –6 ation. He will be missed by all that knew him. Again this year the Museum has represented the unit at the RCMI Concert at Roy Thomp- Unit Activities –6 son Hall. With the assistance of the unit they provided a display of Regimental history and a Photo Gallery –7 team to setup, tear down and answer the many questions from the people attending the concert. Well done to Rick Ruggle and his team. In the News –8 With Remembrance day fast approaching I trust you will all take the time to think of our vet- Golf Tournament –8 erans and represent the Unit and Association at a service in your local area. Fallen Comrades –9 The Association Exec is hard at work planning a visit in 2015 to the Allied Regiment for the 100 Anniversary Celebration of the Gallipoli Landing. As this is just over a year away, we Executive –9 are still in the planning stages, but to get maximum attendance we feel advanced notice is very important so you can start your planning now. Lorne Scot Trust The Lorne Scots Trust is now registered with CanadaHelps. What is CanadaHelps? CanadaHelps is a registered charity and public foundation on a mission to make giving simple. Through CanadaHelps.org, anyone can donate to any registered Canadian charity online. For donors, CanadaHelps.org is a one-stop shop for giving. For charities, CanadaHelps is a cost-effective online fundraising solution. To donate to the Lorne Scot Trust paste the following link into your browser: http://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?charityID=s23010 1 Message from LCol D. Hickson, Commanding Officer Good day association members. It has been six months since my last submission to the newsletter and a lot has happened with your Regiment in the meantime. The soldiers of The Lorne Scots have been hard at work after a very busy summer training schedule. Many have completed career courses while others have performed tasks with various courses, exercises and taskings throughout Canada and the USA. With September of course comes the beginning of a new training cycle and the arduous task of getting our annual individual battle task standards (IBTS) qualifications out of the way so we can move onto more exciting and challenging training which our soldiers want. With the two IBTS exercises completed, ABLE WARRIOR I and II with very high attend- ance numbers, we have moved onto full spectrum operations (FSO) training. This will be two field exercises, AGGRESSIVE VIPER I and II planned for 15-17 Nov and 01-03 Mar 14. Getting back to the basics is the focus for these events. With the high tempo training in counter-insurgency operations required for Afghanistan winding down, much of our FSO abilities have suffered and we need to sharpen them once again. This includes section, platoon and company advance to contact, patrolling and the deliberate attack. We will then force generate soldiers for the Brigade Battle Group exercises in April and May with the culmination of Ex STEADFAST WARRIOR at CFB Petawawa in August 2014. The Regiment has also been involved in many community events with great success. These include the Tin Hat charity golf event at the Oakville Golf Club in early September where the Regiment was well represented by both golfers and a static display. Other events were the Truth Through Valour dinner honouring vets of the Italian Campaign, MediChair Veterans’ luncheon and The True Patriot Love Foundation dinner. Once again the brigade has called upon the Lorne Scots leadership and experience for support as CWO Derek Murphy assumes the position as RSM of the 48th Highland- ers of Canada on 15 Nov 13. Congratulations and we wish him well. The next year is shaping up to be yet another cycle of high commitment and demand on the Regiment and our members which will rise to the task once again. Other events on the horizon we are working on include the Gallipoli 2015 and our 150th Anniversary celebrations in 2016. The committees have been organized and I ask you to get involved. I encourage all past and current members to keep themselves updated with all the happenings and events occurring with both the Association and your Regiment. Air Son Ar Duthchais Some Activities of the Honourary Colonel G. Reamey 19 Jun Participated on Operation Executive Precision Shoot at CFB Borden with Canada Com- pany. 18 Jul Attended the Commander Canadian Army Change of Command from Gen Devlin. HCol Reamey made a substantial donation to Canadian Charities on behalf of Gen Devlin. Col Reamey presented him with a very large challenge coin. 30 Jul Completed a tandem jump at CFB Trenton 2 Sep Attended the Lorne Scots Golf Tournament at the Acton Golf Course. The event was very successful bringing in $4400.00 for the Regimental Association. 6 Sep Participated in the 43rd Tin Cup Memorial Golf Tournament and Mess Dinner at the Oakville Golf Course. This event was honouring the Lorne Scots. Each year they honour a different branch of the service. 18 Sep Attended the Lorne Scot Trust Meeting where he was voted in as the chairman. 16 Oct Attended Peace Through Valour Dinner 17 Oct Attended Operation Collaborative Spirit at CFB Petawawa 23 Oct Attended HRH Princess Anne Charity Dinner and National Club 26 Oct Attended the Drumhead Service and Statue Dedication at Brampton City Hall. 2 Message from The Honourary Lieutenant Colonel W. Adcock, OMM CD There has been constant activity throughout the entire Regimental Lorne Scot Family. We are very much alive and as a Regiment very Healthy. Over the summer our administration cell was busy preparing the soldiers of the Regiment for courses which included basic training and leadership courses at every rank level. The success of our leaders on these courses ensures that we will have the right people for senior leadership positions in the future. Professional de- velopment is part of this ongoing training and helps our Sr NCO’s and officers focus on the important issues of the day. This summer both the RSM and the CO conducted professional development seminars in a relaxed atmosphere at the CO’s summer cottage and my perma- nent home on the Trent Canal south of Campbellford. The weather was perfect. They de- scended on River Wood House on Friday evening, efficiently set up modular tentage for sleep- ing and lectures as well as a field kitchen which produced excellent meals and a magnificent mess dinner. On Friday evening we had a meet and greet around the fire pit where, as the night progressed the war stories got better and better. On Saturday we all attended lec- tures on dress regulations, training, the latest on courses and a great discussion on leadership led by WO Mike Kase. In my opinion there was a healthy exchange of ideas. Well done RSM! After the day’s activities there was time for a river cruise, swimming and a bit of fishing. The Mess Dinner was held on the front lawn, the meal was fantastic and finished as the moon came up over the river. After dinner the discussions continued by the fire and continued well into the night. The next morning we woke to the smell of pancakes and bacon. Breakfast was fol- lowed by a spirited mess meeting. I am glad things have not changed since I was RSM. After the meet- ing the pioneers of the mess dragged a tree from the water that was obstructing my wife’s view of the riv- er. After packing up and a quick lunch all 30 depart- ed. What a weekend!!!!. We hope they come back next year. Just to remind everyone the CO , the DCO, the HCol, the HLCol and President of the Regimental Association are busy planning the visit to England in 2015 and the 150th Anniversary of the Regiment in 2016. We will begin send- ing out information as we consolidate the plans for these events. Throughout the fall training period the ops tempo once again has increased, especially since the CO and his command team are leading a Battle Group from 32 Brigade on a series of tactical exercises. The CO’s main effort will be to shake off the rust and focus on the basic soldier skills which are the foundation for any type of operation. We should all be reminded that we train warriors not administrators. We must maintain our ability to operate in combat. We in the forces have learned the hard way that peacekeeping is not possible unless there is a peace to keep. For this rea- son we have shifted our focus to peace support operations which includes combat if necessary.