1 THE PATRICIAN 2016 2 2 THE PATRICIAN THE PATRICIAN 2016 2016 3 4 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry salutes the following for their support in the production of The Patrician Charlene King (Royal LePage) Guthrie Woods Products Ltd Realtors Association of Edmonton Rosslyn Inn & Suites St. Albert Royal Canadian Legion Supply Sergeant The Canadian Corps of Commissionaires The Flag Shop Valerie Moroz (Royal LePage) 5 THE PATRICIAN VOLUME LXVIII Allied with The Rifles and The Royal Australian Regiment Colonel-in-Chief The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD Founder and the First Colonel of the Regiment Brigadier-General A. Hamilton Gault, OBE, DSO, ED, CD Colonel of the Regiment Major-General W.B. Vernon, CD (retired) 6 The Patrician is the Regimental Journal of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, published under the authority of the Regimental Executive Committee Editor Major Q.M. Innis, CD Regimental Major Assistant Editor Captain D.B. Boyes Regimental Adjutant Business Development Warrant Officer S.A. Peterson, CD Layout Editor Master Corporal S.E. Cherney, CD To order a copy of The Patrician 2016 edition, contact: Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Regimental Headquarters PO Box 10500 Station Forces Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4J5 www.ppcli.com 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Colonel-in-Chief-------------------------------------------------- PPCLI Association Colonel of the Regiment-------------------------------------------- Victoria Branch----------------------------------------------------- Regimental Leadership--------------------------------------------- Edmonton Branch-------------------------------------------------- Regimental Council------------------------------------------------- Kingston Branch---------------------------------------------------- ERE Representatives------------------------------------------------ South West Ontario Branch---------------------------------------- Regimental Headquarters------------------------------------------ Atlantic Area Branch----------------------------------------------- Regimental Awards------------------------------------------------- Regimental Promotions-------------------------------------------- PPCLI Cadet Corps Retirements--------------------------------------------------------- 2483 Esquimalt------------------------------------------------------ Regimental Gratuities---------------------------------------------- 2551 Edmonton----------------------------------------------------- Regimental Museum and Archives------------------------------- 3003 Battle River---------------------------------------------------- Regimental KitShop------------------------------------------------ Regimental Veteran’s Care------------------------------------------ Allied Regiments Outward Bound----------------------------------------------------- The Rifles------------------------------------------------------------ Royal Australian Regiment----------------------------------------- TheBattalions First Battalion------------------------------------------------------- Feature Articles Second Battalion---------------------------------------------------- Excercise Mountain Man------------------------------------------- Third Battalion------------------------------------------------------ Imjin Classic-------------------------------------------------------- The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4 PPCLI)------------------------ CAFSAC------------------------------------------------------------ PPCLI Drumline--------------------------------------------------- The Extra-Regimentally Employed (ERE) 1 PPCLI Soldier For a Day----------------------------------------- Deployments-------------------------------------------------------- 3 PPCLI Solider For a Day----------------------------------------- French Grey Battalion---------------------------------------------- Sen. Martin Receives Regimental Certificate of Appreciation---- CANSOFCOM------------------------------------------------------ BGen (Ret’d) Gollner Receives MVA Commendation------------ 3rd Canadian Division Training Centre--------------------------- Alex Sim PPCLI Receives 90th Birthday Citation---------------- 39 Canadian Brigade Group--------------------------------------- 65th Anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong------------------------ Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School------------------ Winnipeg Remembers Kapyong Veterans------------------------ Joint Task Force North--------------------------------------------- 72nd Anniversary of D-Day at Siffleur Falls----------------------- NATO Allied Headquarters Joint Force Command-------------- The Curious Tale of John Almstrom------------------------------- German Staff Collage---------------------------------------------- PPCLI Nominal Roll------------------------------------------------- PPCLI Foundation PPCLI Foundation Report----------------------------------------- Last Post--------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Colonel-in-Chief The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD As I reflect on this past year, I am once again struck with a sense of profound respect and admiration for the Regiment. As we navigated through various remarkable 100th Anniversary Commemorations, the Regiment once again resumed with what we do best – answering the call of duty. All three battalions were extremely busy this year as they worked feverishly to prepare themselves to assume the High Readiness Task, a feat undertaken by 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in order to maintain a combat ready force that can respond to any potential national or expeditionary deployments. Soldiers at all rank levels participated in many physically and mentally challenging exercises. Exercise UNIFIED RESOLVE was a computer assisted exercise that allowed command teams to employ their operational planning procedures in an attempt to test their command and control capabilities. Subsequently, command teams were able to utilize their training and apply it in the field when they deployed on Exercise PROMETHEAN accolades the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel RAM. The exercise tested the fortitude of our soldiers Wayne Niven, and the Regimental Sergeant Major, Chief as they maneuvered complex live fire environments. Warrant Officer James Smith have received. The astounding Completion of the Road to High Readiness culminated work of the battalion, under the command of these leaders, in the success of Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE, where unequivocally contributed to mission success – well done once again soldiers honed their skills within a realistic, to you, Second Battalion! complex, force-on-force operation environment. Concurrent to these flagship exercises, each battalion Simultaneously, the First Battalion deployed Alpha Company maintained a vigorous course cycle and participated to Poland for Operation REASSURANCE and participated in unit specific exercises to enhance individual soldier in a series of exercises across Central and Eastern Europe skills. in unforgiving conditions with the intent of enhancing interoperability between NATO allies. I would like to make As a result of the High Readiness Task, elements from special mention of Majors Lonnie Campbell, Commander all three battalions were called upon to deploy on Land Task Force, and Stephen Wyatt, Officer Commanding various operations around the world. In the summer, Alpha Company, and their respective Company Sergeant Second Battalion sent a contingent to Ukraine to Majors, Master Warrant Officers Christopher Thorne and participate in Operation UNIFIER, a joint training Scott Proctor. The impact of the effort and dedication put effort that involved cooperation between the United forth by all the soldiers was felt back home in Canada. I States, United Kingdom, Ukraine, and of course, commend you for perpetuating the fine reputation of this Canada. I would like to acknowledge the overwhelming Regiment. 9 for success. I have previously spoken of the magnificent devotion and energy that Brigadier-General (retired) Vince Kennedy brought forth during the planning and conduct of the Regiment’s 100th Anniversary. I was absolutely ecstatic to hear that he was formally recognized for his exceptional service and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Well done, Brigadier-General (retired) Kennedy; you have brought enormous credit to yourself and the Regiment as a whole. I would be remiss if I didn’t recognize Brigadier-General (retired) Larry Gollner. Brigadier-General (retired) Gollner was awarded the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation for praiseworthy initiatives that care for veterans. Under his oversight, he encouraged the Regiment to establish the Casualty Care Cell and tend to wounded soldiers and families of the fallen. Among many other accomplishments, he also established and managed the Volunteer Patricia Program, which to this very day still remains under the administration of the PPCLI Association. I feel most gratified that we have such a compassionate, tight-knit regimental family caring for our own. My profoundest thanks to Brigadier-General (retired) Gollner, the PPCLI Association, and of course, the Regimental Veteran’s Care Cell for continuing to As the Third Battalion moves to replace the First in the improve the standard of veteran’s care. new year, I would like to take this opportunity to wish the new command teams, Majors Jesse Van Eijk, Land Force I was recently advised that the Association will make a Task Commander, Spencer Sharpe, Officer Commanding presentation to the Veterans