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Rendons à César...; / Render unto Ceasar...

J'aimerais apporter quelques corrections concernant l'article publié aux pages 18 et 19 du Vol. 2, No.1 du journal La Feuille d'érable; qui portait sur la compétition; Fincastle.

Comme vous le mentionnez dans votre article, une équipe; formée; de membres de la 14^e Escadre Greenwood s'est rendue au Australie au mois d'octobre dernier pour représenter; le Canada lors de la compétition; internationale de chasse anti-sous-marine Fincastle.

Although most of the information in your article is correct, you forgot to mention that the Fincastle team was composed of members from 14 Air Maintenance Squadron (14 AMS) as well as from 405 Maritime Patrol (MP) Squadron.

As the Commanding Officer of 14 AMS, I would like to see our 10-person ground crew team receive the honours they deserve for winning the Lockheed Martin Maintenance Trophy. The guys worked hard and proved to be the best maintainers of the Commonwealth during this very demanding competition by defeating all other participating nations. As well, the Canadian detachment, of which both 405 (MP) Squadron and 14 AMS were a part, won the Fellowship Trophy, making us very proud here at 14 Wing Greenwood.

Good job, guys, et encore une fois, bravo à toute l'équipe; Fincastle.

Officier commandant Le lcol Michel Jetté  
14^e Escadron de Maintenance (Air)

(Editor's note / NDLR : Letter submitted in bilingual format / Lettre soumise sous cette forme bilingue.)

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sion by an officer at CF recruiting headquarters in Borden was that the CFMS wished to adopt a more operational focus. Therefore, they wanted more doctors in brown, rather than blue!

As an infantry officer, I found their insistence on uniform colour and operational capability absurd. I have served with black, brown and blue medical staff in the last 10 years and have found all equally capable. This is perhaps because our medical personnel belong to a "purple MOC" whereby their training is common and their goal is health care, not inter-service rivalry. I would also venture to guess that any injured CF member would be less concerned about uniform dye lots than proper treatment.

This then begs the question: why does the CFMS care so much about it?

Sadly, the net result of this experience has left a sour taste in my brother's mouth for the military he once proudly served. And the CF has lost a capable and proven officer. The inherent lack of flexibility outlined in this sorry tale can only lead me to believe that the CFMS is not committed to hiring or retaining doctors, regardless of the lip service given.

Capt Jason Tarzwell

CFB Borden

CF Journal looking for submissions

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Institute looking for new members

The Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDAI) is looking to increase its membership. CDAI was established in 1987as a charitable, and non-profit, non-governmental and non-political organization. Its role is to promote the need for combat-capable armed forces properly equipped and fully supported by the Canadian government and its taxpayers. For more information on CDAI and its membership guidelines, please contact Commander (Ret) Robin Corneil by mail at CDAI: 359 Kent Street, Suite 502, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 0R7, Phone: (613) 236-9903, Fax: (613) 236-8191, Internet E-mail: cdai@cdacdai.ca

Le Journal des FC en quête; de textes

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par la rédaction; et servira à l'échange; et à la discussion d'idées; critiques sur les questions de défense; au sens large, incluant, sans s'y limiter, la politique de sécurit;é, la structure des Forces, l'instruction, le professionnalisme, le matériel;, l'approvisionnement, la doctrine et l'évolution.; Les textes - passés;, présents; et à venir - de tous les grades des FC et de la collectivité universitaire liée; à la défense; sont les bienvenus. Pour de plus amples renseignements sur la publication et sur les directives de présentation; des textes, adressez-vous à Michael Hennessy à :

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Le CAD recrute

Le Congrès; des associations de la Défense; (CAD) désire; augmenter le nombre de ses membres. Fondé en 1987 comme organisme caritatif sans but lucratif, non gouvernemental et apolitique, le CAD veut promouvoir une armée; apte au combat, adéquatement; équip;ée; et jouissant du soutien entier du gouvernement et des contribuables. Pour plus de renseignements sur le CAD et sur les directives d'adhésion;, adressezvous au cdr (ret.) Robin Corneil :

Congrès; des associations de la Défense;, 359, rue Kent, Bureau 502, Ottawa (Ontario), K2P 0R7, Tél;éphone; : (613) 236-9903, Tél;écopieur; : (613) 236-8191, Courriel : cdai@cda-cdai.ca

The CF-not the doctor-is out

In response to the article titled "The doctor is out" (Vol. 2, No. 2, p.1), I would like to outline my brother's experience with the Medical Officer Training Plan (MOTP) recruiting program. Perhaps other members of the CF will then under- stand why doctors neither wish to join or stay in the CF. In my brother's case, it appears the CF is out, not the doctor.

To put my brother's case into perspective, I will outline his current situation and background. He is now finishing his second year as a civilian medical student, although before this, he was an air force captain with six years of commissioned service. He completed four years of service with the regular force and two with the air reserve. His experience included going on a tour with 407 Maritime Patrol Squadron in Comox and working as an Air Navigator on the CP-140 Aurora and a staff officer on a reserve call-out with Air Command HQ in Winnipeg.

In the spring of 1998 my brother applied for, and was subsequently accepted into, the MOTP program offered by the CF. Throughout his recruiting process, he had several discussions with the LCol Henry Flaman, who was mentioned in your article. During those discussions, my brother expressed his desire to pursue aerospace medicine. As a step in that direction, he wished to be re-enrolled into the air environment. Further to this, he expressed a desire to complete operational UN and NATO tours as a doctor to broaden his medical experience.

Things went off the rails when the CF offered to enroll my brother into the MOTP program but only in the land environment. Upon questioning this, he was told at the recruiting centre that the only uniform he would be offered was for land; air was out of the question.

The rationale given to me for this deci-

CORRECTION

In the article "Respected pilot dies in air crash" (Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 2), the statement that Captain Michael VandenBos was the fourth Snowbird pilot to die in an air accident since 1989 is incorrect.

Captain VandenBos was the second fatality resulting from an air accident since 1989, but the fourth pilot to die in an air accident since the Snowbirds were formed in 1971.

The following is a list of Snowbird pilot fatalities as a result of aircraft accidents: Capt Lloyd Waterer, 1972; Capt Gord deJong, 1978; Capt Shane Antaya, 1989; Capt Michael VandenBos, 1998.

The Maple Leaf apologizes for the error.

Rectification

L'article intitulé Un pilote respecté perd la vie dans un écrasement; (vol. 2, no 1, p. 2) mentionnait par erreur que le capt Michael VandenBos était; le quatrième; pilote de Snowbird à trouver la mort dans un accident d'avion depuis 1989.

Le capt VandenBos est le deuxième; pilote à périr; accidentellement depuis 1989, mais le quatrième; depuis la formation des Snowbirds en 1971.

Voici la liste pilotes de Snowbird déc;éd;és; à la suite d'écrasements; : le capt Lloyd Waterer (1972), le capt Gord deJong (1978), le capt Shane Antaya (1989) et le capt Michael VandenBos (1998).

La Feuille d'érable; s'excuse de cette méprise.;

Vol. 2, No. 5, 1999