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A new look for 4 Wing Welcome
Joy Smith
Wing Commander, Col Dave Moar briefs some of the newest members of 4 Wing during the Wing Welcome. JOY SMITH, REPORTER As with many events in 2020, this year’s 4 Wing Cold Lake Welcome looked a bit different than in previous years. In accordance with current COVID-19 policies six briefings were held from 21 September to 25 September at the 4 Wing Theatre. With a maximum capacity of 25 personnel allowed to attend each briefing it was decided to pare down the presentation team in order to maximize the opportunity for all newly posted in members to attend a briefing. 4 Wing Commander Col Dave Moar and Wing Chief Warrant Officer CWO Lee Darling presented the newest members of 4 Wing Cold Lake with a snap shot of where 4 Wing currently is
operationally and what members can expect over the next 5 years during the sessions. The Wing Commander provided members with information about the people, mission and future plans for 4 Wing, Canada’s commitment to NORAD and the necessity to make changes in social behaviour of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members towards situations such as sexual misconduct and racism. On the subject of the people of 4 Wing, Col Moar’s priority is ensuring that people issues always get moved to the top of the pile and that families are being looked after properly. “We need to take action, we need to make it real, we build strong teams by first supporting individuals … all
my COs are encouraged to move all their people files to the top of their inbox …never put anything in a drawer, never delay because the issues are complex.” The mission for 4 Wing remains the same and members will see a busy year ahead with the focus on maintaining fleet health and to continue to support Canada and our allies. As for the future a lot of changes are in store for 4 Wing Cold Lake. “If you come back here in ten years you’re not going to drive to work the same way that you did today… The entire base is going to look and feel a lot different.” CWO Darling briefed members about the support agencies on 4 Wing such as medical/dental, Chaplain services, Military Family Resource
Centre Society (MFRCS), Valour Place, SISIP Financial, Personnel Support Programs (PSP), the Transition Centre and some services provided by the City of Cold Lake. Chief Darling talked about the CAF Connection webpage and all the great information that can be found there for members and their families, he also announced the launch of a 4 Wing Cold Lake Information Facebook group. “The big point (of today’s session) was to welcome you to 4 Wing,” commented Col Moar, “and to hopefully convey how excited we are that you are here and how excited we are about the mission and how important we feel it is; and how quickly we want you integrated into the team to make sure we can keep things moving forward.”
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Calling all would-be Preventive Medicine Technicians WARRANT OFFICER BRAD STUDHAM, PREVENTIVE MEDICINE TECHNICIAN, CANADIAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES COMMAND Traditionally, the Preventive Medicine Technician (PMed Tech) occupation accepted occupational transfers (OTs)/component transfers (CTs) from the Medical Technician occupation only. The approval of a new Entry Standard now allows OTs/CTs from any Regular Force or Primary Reserve occupation as long as the applicant has reached the operationally functional point in their current occupation. What is Preventive Medicine? In short, Preventive Medicine is a multidisciplinary occupation whose responsibility and ultimate goal is to protect and preserve the health and well-being of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members. Just shy of one hundred positions across Canada, we undoubtedly have our work cut out for us. As advocates for force health protection, PMed Techs employ proficiencies in public, occupational, and environmental health in order to anticipate, identify, evaluate, mitigate and prevent workplace conditions that may adversely affect the health of serving members. It is our duty to provide force health protection intelligence to leadership to enable them to safeguard the health of personnel, while we work towards achieving mission objectives. Distinguishing attributes of a PMed Tech include someone who is a strong communicator, has the ability to apply both analytical and “outside the box” critical thinking skills, is naturally inquisitive, and has an avid desire to learn new knowledge and
skills to enrich their personal and professional development. While I have held many positions at different units, the one I consider the most noteworthy is the position that I am currently serving in as a Supporter with Canadian Special Operations Forces Command. In this position, I am relied upon to identify, quantify, and mitigate potential health hazards domestically and internationally. In addition to spearheading Preventive Medicine Technical Assistance Visits for Special Forces operations worldwide, I am responsible for conducting public, occupational, and environmental health site assessments and investigations of derelict or abandoned facilities used to support off-based dynamic training and exercises. I have had the opportunity, on countless occasions, to work directly with foreign military force health protection specialists and organizations, as well as civilian health professionals and agencies. These partnerships along with my duties and responsibilities affirm the importance of my role as a specialist and have necessitated enhancement of my academic and professional competencies, which in turn, promotes and fosters professionalization of Preventive Medicine in the CAF. If you think this is a career you would be interested in, contact the Canadian Forces Health Services Group Staff Officer for Attraction, Major Tina Lipcsey at tina.lipcsey@forces.gc.ca, for more information. Those interested can also access the Call For Applications – 2021-2022 Voluntary Occupation Transfer Programs for Trained Regular Force Members CANFORGEN available on the CAF App.
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While deployed on a Royal Canadian Navy submarine, Warrant Officer Josée Couture, a Preventive Medicine Technician and member of the Deployed Health Hazard Assessment Team, prepares air sampling equipment to help ascertain air quality as part of an ongoing Canadian Forces Health Services occupational health study.
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Department of National Defence is making sure military spouses and partners have more job opportunities NATIONAL DEFENCE
opportunities at the Department grow within the Department of of National Defence. Today’s National Defence community. I The Department of National announcement expands upon feel extremely secure in my career, Defence is making it easier for the initiative offering the entire and I’m proud to be contributing military spouses and common- Public Service access to a talented to my own pension and making a law partners to find secure and workforce. career for myself.” Opening up meaningful jobs. Today, the The initiative has already the employment inventory to the Military Spouse Employment proven to ease some of the stress entire federal public service will Initiative will open up opportunities felt by many military families, ensure there are more stories like for them across the entire federal including Justine Walker’s. “I’m Justine’s. public service. very grateful for my job, and I Further, at the Department The average military family definitely wouldn’t have it if it of National Defence, military relocates three times more often wasn’t for the Military Spouse partners can now be considered than the average Canadian family. Employment Initiative,” said Justine as a hiring option ahead of other This means uprooting their lives, Walker, who works as a candidates (with the exception of changing their routines, and compensation assistant at National those with priority entitlements or encountering new challenges on Defence. A military spouse, Justine preference) if they meet all of the a regular basis. As a result, it can says her full-time position gives essential qualifications for the job. be very challenging for partners her security, both now and in the Go to https://www.canada. of serving members to secure future. “When we get posted again, c a / e n / d e p a r t m e n t - n a t i o n a l continuous and meaningful I’ll have options for transferring d e f e n c e / c o r p o r a t e / j o b employment. To help address this my job, finding a new job, or o p p o r t u n i t i e s / c i v i l i a n - j o b s / challenge, in 2018, the Department putting my job on hold while c i v i l i a n - j o b - o p p o r t u n i t i e s / of National Defence created the on a temporary posting. My m i l it a r y- sp o u s e - employ mentMilitary Spousal Employment employer is across Canada, and initiative.html more RINK BOARD - 96” X 30” for Initiative to identify job there are many opportunities to information. (8’ X 2.5’)
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Member from 419 Tac F (T) Sqn takes his last flight
Cpl Justin Roy
Capt Andy Chen , Capt Keith Latulippe, LTA Jacob Chua, LCol “Moose” Roesler-Yue, Capt “Pikey” Pike, Maj “Pavel” Skolik, Maj “Stu” Hurlbut, Maj “Oreo” Parker, Flt Lt “Ratner” Dutton.
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L to R: Sheryl, Erica, Paige and Maj Brett Parker. Major Brett Parker flew his final flight with 419 Tac F (T) Sqn on 18 September 20. His family and Sqn members were in attendance to wish him well on his next posting.
You got a boo-boo
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long time ago, on a base far, far away, there was a platoon of recruit chaplains. They were eager, excited, motivated, and very dim. Well, some were. There were a few who were quite intelligent, thoughtful, and really very smashing blokes with whom to have a pint (you’ll never guess in which group your esteemed writer puts himself). One day, these padres-in-production were squarebashing under the command of an energetic and daunting former Patricia, MCpl (then) Chabot. Up and down the square under a hot sun and his baleful eye we marched (poorly) until a plaintive voice was heard: “MCpl, I can’t do this. I have a sore leg.” The eye of Sauron fell upon this hapless soul. We all shrank back fearing fire and torment. But all the good master corporal said was, “OK. Sit down. I’ll tell you a war story.” So we eagerly took a seat, grateful for the break. And he proceeded to tell us about training with the French commandos in South America: torrential rain, steamy humidity, mud everywhere, spiders as big as sheep, steep hillsides covered in jungle. A few days in, he broke his collar bone, but endured the remainder of the training, gritting his teeth, unwilling to take a knee, determined to finish the course.
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It was then he uttered his now famous words, “But I finished the course! And you? You got a boo-boo?!?” My hitherto sore companion leapt to his feet muttering, “I’ll show him!” and we continued our square-bashing. MCpl Chabot’s story was deliberate, of course, designed to elicit this very reaction. I was reminded of that long-ago episode when that same padre (greyer) was invited by that same former-MCpl (ditto) to speak about resiliency on a web cast. He talked about what it means to be resilient, able to recover when stretched and challenged. It doesn’t mean being unchanged by your experiences, trauma, or ordeals, but that you’re able to bend without breaking like a reed in the wind. How does one do that? He offered three tactics gleaned from research: 1) A realistic outlook on life. Don’t expect everything to be sunshine and roses. When difficulties come (and they will like COVID-19), embrace the suck! This is more than mere pessimism; it’s being able to accept what is, not what ‘should’ be or dreaming of ‘what-ifs.’ 2) Able to see meaning and purpose in our situation. Instead of moaning about how unfair life is (see #1),
the resilient hang onto things like spiritual values, or something greater than themselves, and thereby remain anchored in the torrent rather than being swept away. 3) Able to improvise. This is a tactic many of us have been taught in the CAF. It was our mantra on basic: Adapt and overcome! Taught to us by experienced infanteers who were our training staff, we took it to heart. Improvise solutions like the vehicle techs who kept the old ML on the road with wire, jury-rigged parts, and more than a little hope. And I would add a fourth tactic: humour. Those who are able to laugh at themselves, at the absurdities of life, and in the face of trials bend and bend some more. We laughed a lot on basic – it was that or cry. And judging by the number of memes on Facebook, we must be laughing non-stop at the absurd and weird things said or seen during COVID-19. So as we continue to engage in social distancing, masking, working from home, wondering what the next months may have in store, how might you develop these tactics in your life?
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CAPRICORN - December 22 - January 19 Capricorn, something keeps pulling your focus away from the task at hand. This may be the universe telling you that this project needs to be delayed for a bit. AQUARIUS - January 20 - February 18 Don’t stress about making hard decisions or commitments, Aquarius. You already have the next few months planned out, as you like to be two steps ahead all the time. PISCES - February 19 - March 20 While someone may be pushing you to take action, it is even better if the motivation comes from you. Take a step in the right direction. ARIES - March 21 - April 19 A debate is growing inside of you, Aries. You do not know whether you should lean toward practical decisions or have a little fun. Why not do both? TAURUS - April 20 - May 20 Taurus, maintaining balance will be challenging this week. There’s a conflict for which you can’t seem to find a resolution. Give things a little more time. GEMINI - May 21 - June 21 You may be daydreaming a bit too much lately, Gemini. It’s time to get your head out of the clouds and focus on some practical matters that need to be addressed. CANCER - June 22 - July 22 Cancer, when you are in charge of a situation, you have to keep in mind others’ feelings before offering a critique. Take a moment before you give commentary. LEO - July 23 - August 22 Try to keep your emotions in check this week, Leo. This is not the time to let your feelings seep into a work environment. You have to remain focused and firm. VIRGO - August 23 - September 22 Virgo, even if something rubs you the wrong way this week, don’t let others know. Surround yourself with people and activities you love so you can boost your mood. LIBRA - September 23 - October 22 Libra, your artistic side is ready to get a little attention. Maybe you will redecorate a room or design a website. Channel those creative urges purposefully. SCORPIO - October 23 - November 21 What was moving along so smoothly just yesterday may hit a snag now, Scorpio. Don’t let this sidetrack you. You just may have to put forth a little extra effort. SAGITTARIUS - November 22 - December 21 The pace of your life is bound to slow down a bit in the days to come, Sagittarius. This will be a welcomed change from the hustle and bustle that has been the norm lately.
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Grand prize winners of the 4 Wing Summer Active Challenge PERSONNEL SUPPORT PROGRAMS (PSP) The 4 Wing Summer Active Challenge or #4for4wing, brought to you by your local Personnel Support Programs, was an eight-week challenge that
asked members to either bike, run or walk specific routes each week. There was a competitive portion and a recreational portion to the challenge. To help give a little extra motivation, participants had a chance to win one of two weekly prizes of a $25
gift card. At the end of the challenge, 32 grand prizes of $100 gift cards were awarded. Prizes were made possible thanks to our event sponsor BMO Bank of Montreal, the official bank of the Canadian Defence Community.
Amanda Proctor receives a $100 gift card to Sport Chek.
Andrea Catania receives a $100 gift card to Canadian Tire.
Cecilia Wingerter receives a $100 pre-paid Visa.
Charles Ambrose receives Christa Pyke receives a a $100 gift card to Mach 1 $100 gift card to Canadian Tire. Sports.
Emilie Tremblay receives a $100 gift card to Lululemon.
Gary Webb receives a $100 pre-paid Visa.
James Wingerter receives a $100 pre-paid Visa.
Jesse Nesvold receives a $100 pre-paid Visa.
Jessica Girard receives a $100 gift card to Lululemon.
Justin Catania receives a $100 gift card to CANEX.
Kelly Riess receives a $100 gift card to CANEX.
Kris Erling receives a $100 gift card to CANEX.
Melissa Krohn receives a $100 gift card to Sport Chek.
Mike O’Neill receives a $100 gift card to Purr Athletics.
Nicolas Poirier receives a $100 gift card to Canadian Tire and Mach 1.
Noel Krohn receives a $100 gift card to Sport Chek.
Patrick Morin-Savard Olivier St-Jean receives a receives a $100 gift card to $100 gift card to Lululemon. CANEX.
Rhea Kettles receives two $100 gift card to Mach 1 Sports.
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Candice Price $100 gift card to Lululemon & Purr Athletics Carolyn Hincke - $100 gift card to Running Room Corey Gander - $100 gift card to Canadian Tire Lisa Gander- $100 gift card to Running Room Pablo Celi - $100 gift card to Sport Chek
Robynne Hansen receives a $100 gift card to Running Room.
Shelby Lewis receives a $100 gift card to Purr Athletics.
Sophie Quan receives a $100 gift card to Purr Athletics and Running Room.