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Announcements: Week of Sept 13, 2022

This week:

  • Monday Sept 19, 2022 — Royal Canadian Legion commemorative service for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Open to second year cadets and above who have appropriate dress uniforms. Cadets are to meet at 1000hrs at the Royal Canadian Legion (9912 101 Ave Grande Prairie). Dress is C1 uniform (Orders of Dress Reference). Finish time should be around 1200hrs.  Sign Up here to attend.
  • Tuesday Sept 20, 2022 — NO Training this evening, see Thursday for what training will be this week
  • Thursday Sept 22, 2022 — Rotary Food Bank Drive (in lieu of our regular Tuesday training). All cadets are encouraged to attend. Cadets are to arrive at the old ATCO building at 9717 97 Ave at 1700hrs (5pm). Dress will be C5 for returning cadets or squadron t-shirt and hoodie for cadets without a uniform yet. Cadets available sign up here.

 

Upcoming events:

  • October 1-2, 2022 — Our first Field Training Exercise (FTX), more information to come
  • October 4, 2022 — Meet and Greet Potluck Supper, open to all immediate families of cadets ot come and meet other parents, cadets, and the staff
  • October 18, 2022 — Annual Wings Parade
  • As well please keep an eye out for our extra-curricular (OPTIONAL) activities as signups and times for these will becoming in the coming weeks

 

Welcome to all our new cadets and families!! If at all throughout the year you have questions reach out your senior cadets or staff. Information about events, dates, and activities is always posted to our website 577aircadets.ca and Microsoft Teams (new cadets will get access in the coming days). Please check these places first for information before asking questions, they will likely answer them for you and eases the number of questions are staff handle (We do all work full time jobs outside of cadets).

2022-2023 Training Year Start-Up (2022-08-22)

Good evening cadets,

I hope you have all had an excellent summer. It is soon time to begin our 2022-2023 training year. The first night back for returning cadets will be Tuesday August 30th when we will be completing annual validation paperwork and doing uniform exchange. Timings are as follows:

  • 6:30 pm – Cadets last name A-F
  • 7:00 pm – Cadets last name G-M
  • 7:30 pm – Cadets last name N-S
  • 8:00 pm – Cadets last name T-Z

Please be at the armouries for your assigned time and have a parent/guardian with you to sign papers. Dress for the evening is civilian attire and you can bring any uniform parts with you that need to be exchanged. The following evening (September 6th) is our recruitment night for new cadets. Only senior cadets (sgt and above) are expected to attend that evening. Regular training will resume on September 13th. Your staff have been hard at work preparing for the upcoming training year and we look forward to seeing you all soon!

End of Year Announcements

Good day everyone thank you again for all your dedication and support over the last year! We’re sad that the end of another training year is here but excited for what the future holds. Have a safe and fun summer!! We will see you all in the fall.
~ 577 Staff

ACR 2022 Announcement

The website is back up now as you can tell. Below is information regarding ACR this Saturday June 11th which has already been distributed to cadets/ parents via other forms of communication.

ACR 2022 Letter