After almost two years of waiting, this September I was finally in a position to put all the skills and training which I had received into action. Ex KAPYONG-MACE 15 was the first time that many of our new tank crews had worked together...

Headquarters Squadron (C/S 8) has always been extremely diverse organization. We are a combination of maintainers, cooks, medical technicians, armoured soldiers and many other trades. We all come together to create a cohesive team.

Exercise TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2015 was NATO’s largest joint exercise in over a decade. It involved 36,000 people from over thirty allied and partner nations and took place throughout Italy, Portugal, Spain, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.

The Worthington Cup is a long standing armoured gunnery competition which fosters excellence in our ability to shoot, move, and communicate with our advanced armoured fighting vehicles, and raising the overall proficiency within the Canadian Army.

The crisp morning air pinched our cheeks as Recce Squadron vehicles rolled past the north gate at Edmonton Garrison early in the morning of August 30, 2015, en route to Wainwright to commence Exercise RECCE RELOAD.

During the first week of September the students of the Leopard 2 Gunnery courses, the TOC course and the crews of B Squadron faced off against their timeless and most hated enemy on the range – rectangular wooden targets.

It has been five years since Major General (retired) Cam Ross took over as Colonel of the Regiment, and on 20 June 2015 he gave his final speech and salute.

In the early morning of the 23rd of July, the Strathcona Mounted Troop (SMT) began the long trip to Vernon, BC. There were many miles to cover, and hot chow waiting for us at the end of the line.

For the last few months, Canadian Pacific (CP) and the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) [(LdSH(RC)] Regimental Society have scrutinized through numerous applications for the 2015 CP – Strathcona Student Scholarship Program.

With the crowd looking on in anticipation the Strathcona’s one hundred man honour guard stood poised to deliver the Feu de joie. With rifles held high pointed towards the blazing sun Major Darryn Gray, Commander of the Guard delivers the order to “FIRE!”