Airborne Regiment
Association of Canada

Good Afternoon All,

I received the following from Danielle Sullivan this AM:

…………..Tom passed away on Dec. 26 this past year.  It has been a rough time for me as we were together for 40 yrs and I deeply miss the old geezer. 

We did not have a service as per his request. 

Enclosed is a write up from the skydiving magazine – ..........Click here [ CanPara ]

Should you wish to pass your personal condolences along, please contact me. 

BJ Phillips     (250) 598-5517 (r)  (250) 661-1680 (c)

Let me begin with saying that I am currently a serving member of the Canadian Forces, a former infantryman of eight years and a current supply technician. I’m also the webmaster of a new online community geared towards our common interest – the Canadian Forces. Our official title is Duty & Valour, the Canadian Forces Wiki and we can be found at http://cdnforces.wikia.com/ . I first came up with the idea of this site in the final weeks of my recent tour to Afghanistan, where I got the desire to create an online encyclopaedia and repository for all information about the history and current on-goings of the Canadian Forces. Thus, earlier this year, I created Duty & Valour. 

I feel that Duty & Valour’s community is now at the point where I would like to start communicating with other Canadian Forces online communities, as well as other military online sites, about the possibility of doing cross-linking between Duty & Valour and these other sites. What this would mean is that a “Official partners of Duty & Valour” box will be added to our front page with the names of all partners who have agreed to cross-link with us. These names on the front page will then be internally linked to that site’s article in our encyclopaedia where any or all information about that site can be added, including any number of external links to the site and its possible aspects. 

The aim of this, I am hoping, is two-fold: that Internet/viewer traffic to both ends of the cross-linking will increase over time; and that it will help create a tighter and more familiar “web” on the Internet of online Canadian Forces communities for viewers and visitors.

Denison Dining Hall. The cost for those attending CWO Durelle's retirement will be $15 payable at the door. Please confirm attendance NLT 13 Apr 2009 to MWO Darren Read, WO Robert Kanash or CWO Rick Quickfall

Regret to notify you of the death yesterday of Vonnie, wife of CWO (Ret.) Don Reekie - former RSM 2RHC, 2RCR and CAR. 

Based on her wishes there will be no service however a memorial “social” function will be held in May. 

Condolences may be sent to: 

CWO (Ret) Donald B. Reekie

4 – 27 420 Township Road 540

Spruce Grove, AB  T7X 3S7

Regards, Chris

I have put up a Memorium for LCol Mike Rafferty on mine. Please let your members know that this is another place that they can remember a fallen comrade complete with a picture. Thanks

We will communicate more information as it becomes available.

Airborne!

Fellow Paratroopers, 

For those of you who may not yet know, the Discovery Channel will be airing a series of six episodes, beginning 10 Mar 09, focused on 1 Platoon, Mike Company (Para), 3 RCR, who have been serving in Afghanistan since last September. The series starts at the beginning of their pre-deployment training and follows them through to the initial stages of combat in Afghanistan – warts and all.

Advance notice of the series and an informative trailer can be found at the link in the first attachment above. Watch the trailer and review the ‘Meet the Soldiers’ link.

The second attachment is one brief segment of the final episode, in which 1 Platoon gets through its first firefight at an isolated strong point at Zanghabad. The series looks to be interesting.

Well... alright, I do have a family tie to one of the characters, but it’s not like I carry around pictures of my kids in a wallet or anything!

Airborne,

James S. Cox