Web Updates! (22 June 2013)
More pictures... More, more pictures.
Page 15 has been
completed and pages 16
has been added. Enjoy
Fathers' Day! (16 June 2013)
Happy day to all the fathers out there, including my
dad, Georges
Martel
I've not worked as diligently as before but I've still
managed to add one more page.
Page 14 has been
completed and pages 15
has been added. Enjoy
Web Updates! (11 June 2013)
I've worked diligently at adding pictures of
gunplumbers. I've added two pages to the photo album
since the site re-
launch. Each page contains 50 pictures.
Page 12 has been
completed and pages 13
and 14 have been
added. Enjoy
Web Updates! (08 June 2013)
I've fixed the photo albums. Therefore the armourers'
names are now visible
I've started adding previously missing pictures.
I've added the pictures of Dan Germain, Raymond Gauthier,
Ken
Greer, Dave Olive, Gaston Guay, Robert Oliver, Dave Olson
and Donna Otterman.
They can be viewed in their individual alphabetised listings or all together
in the photo album
More pictures! (04 June 2013)
I've started adding previously missing pictures.
I've added the pictures of Harvey Pope, Mario Doré and
Brian Frank.
They can be viewed in their individual alphabetised listings or all together
in the photo album
Update! (02 June 2013)
The site is back up as of 02 June 2013. The site is
exactly as it used to be but we will be making changes in
the
coming weeks/months.
It's good to be back! (and long overdue as is evidenced
in the previous update.)
Guy Bowser (01 June 2009)
Just thought I would let you know that Guy Bowser died
in PEI at 1315 today 1 Jun 2009. He
had been battling cancer and had been in and out of
hospital for the past few months. Details
haven’t been finalized but there is
going to be a rather informal
service on Thursday 4 Jun
2009 in Summerside.
Armament Trade Badge, Old or New??? (08 April 2009)
 From:
Gyuk CWO JS@A4
Maint@Winnipeg
Sent:
Tuesday, 7, April, 2009 07:32 AM
To:
All Armourers
Subject: Trade badge
Fellow Armourers
With the establishment of the resurrection of the
AWS occupation, there is a requirement to design,
approve and
produce a trade badge
The designing phase is the time where all members
within the Air Maintenance community can
participate. I am
soliciting the assistance of your creative and artistic
personnel to submit designs for the new AWS trade
badge. If
however, it is determined that the majority of those who
are planning to transfer to the AWS occupation wish to
resurrect the old trade badge, then that is what we will
do.
Keep in mind, if letters are used ie: the ACS
badge, the meaning must be bilingual. In addition, the
area is very
small for stitching, therefore simplicity is best.
Those who wish to submit a design can do so by
sending the design directly to me by the end of May 09.
The selection board is looking forward to the
judging of the submitted designs.
Thank-you in advance for your assistance.
J.S. (Sandor) Gyuk
CWO
AVN SOA A4 Maintenance
1 Canadian Air Division | Quartier général de la
1re Division aérienne du Canada
National Defence | Défense nationale
Winnipeg, Canada R3J 3Y5
Telephone | Téléphone 204-833-2500 ext 5966
Facsimile | Télécopieur 204-833-2560
Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada
2009 Jim Zotek Memorial Armament Curling Bonspiel (08
February 2009)
From:
Dent Sgt SW@1AMS@Cold Lake
Sent:
Thursday, 5, February, 2009 09:15 AM
To:
All Armourers
Subject: Bonspiel
The bonspiel is on the 21st of
February. I would like for you to canvass all the
other armourers that you know to see who would like to
partake
and if they will be bringing their spouses or
whatever. The cost will be around $25.00 that will
cover the prizes food and curling I need to know by
the 13th of Feb 12:00 noon. Thanks
>
> Stephen ( Bucky ) Dent
> Sergeant | Sergeant
> 1 Air Maintenance Squadron | 1 Escadron de
Maintenance
> 4 Wing Cold Lake | 4e Escadre Cold Lake PO Box 6550
Station Forces
> CP 6550 Succ Forces Cold Lake AB T9M 2C6 STEPHEN.DENT@forces.gc.ca
> Telephone 780-840-8000/8361
> CSN: 690-8361
> Facsimile | Telecopier: 780-840-7337
> Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada
Bruce Webb Suffered a Heart Attack (7 January
2009)
Bruce Webb suffered a heart
attach on 1 Jan 09. He was transported fr St
Joseph's Hospital ICU in Comox to
Victoria. Bruce underwent antiogram on Monday,
January 6th. They found and cleared a blockage in a
main artery
to his heart. He was released from hospital that
evening and is doing well.
2009 Jim Zotek Memorial Armament Curling Bonspiel (25
December 2008)
The Armament Bonspiel is
currently being planned. A meeting of minds will
take place early in the next year.
The tentative date for the
Bonspiel has been set to 07 Mar 2009.
Stay tune for more information
as it becomes available.
"Taz is Back" Picture (02 July 2008)
Pat Savoie drew an awesome picture of the return of
Taz! Well he
actually drew two, the last one is made to replace the
first one as the
1st one has a CWO rank which is not possible in the new
AWS trade since WO
and above will be Air Maintenance Superintendants
(AMSupt). The
highest rank an armourer will be able to achieve will be
Sgt. If you
have the old picture, here is the new one.
Once I have more time, I will post it and another one on
the Graffiti page.
Passing of Paul Haswell (13 April 2008)
It is with sadness that I post the passing of Paul
Haswell in Hamilton, March 31st 2008.
Many will remember Paul as a hard working armourer as well
as a DJ at CFNS. Paul was a happy
go lucky guy that would do anything he could to help
anyone and often did. He is survived by
his wife Elizabeth, a daughter and two grandchildren.
Nicole & Valère Côté
More on the Resurrection of the Armament Trade (11 April
2008)
The web site on the CF Intranet
DIN where you can find Questions & Answers and a forum
regarding the "Air
Tech Transformation" can be found at
http://winnipeg.mil.ca/a4maint/Sections/A4OccRdns/subjects/AOE.htm.
Copy the hyperlink and paste it in your browser at work as
it is on the Intranet DIN and not the Internet.
The latest words are:
- that Implementation will start in earnest in APS
09 and we expect the total transition to take 5-7 years.
- They are committed to recording every question, doing
the legwork and providing qualified answers to you all.
To this end a Q & A website
will be stood up shortly which identifies what they know
now. As each visit is completed and answers are
confirmed they will be added to
the site. A discussion group has been formed on the
National DIN home page. Every one of you (CF
members) will be able to join that
group. As topics (forums) are introduced they will
be assigned to one of the Senior Occupation Advisors
(SOA) or an Military Employment Structure-Implementation
Planning (MES-IP) Team member to chair and research.
- After the SOAs visit they will be asking those members
who are interested in finding out more about
"Volunteering to Compulsory Occupation
Transfer (V/COT)" to AWS, to complete a short on-line
survey which will give them their qualifications,
experience and demographics data.
They require this data to be able to model how long it
will take them to successfully grow the new AWS
occupation. You already appreciate
how 'tight' the CF is with our current commitments, so
they need a plan that will not fail, not one that just
looks good on paper. They won't
burden you with paper forms or booklets to
complete, this will be a simple group of questions
asked via the DIN and can be completed in the
workplace. No member will be committing to
anything at this point.
- They don't have all the answers. CWO Alex does
not have all the answers, nor do the SOAs or the CMs.
But collectively we and our most
senior leadership are convinced this is the way forward
and as a true team committed to the outcome they can
refine this model and make it
truly what the maintenance community should be and will
be for the future. They are not afraid of 'Nay
Sayers', neither is CWO Alex or the team.
They need to hear their voice. In 1995 the
amalgamation was wounded before it really got off the
ground because of the unqualified 'talk
around the coffee boat'. A lack of understanding
at the WO and Sgt level cannot be overcome by a single
speech from a CO, SAMEO or SWO.
They have learnt that lesson. You can expect an
aggressive communication plan that they want you to
champion. They did not say that you have
to be in full agreement. They need you all to
ensure that every members have the opportunity to ask
questions and access the information they
need to fully understand what will be happening in the
coming years.
More on the Resurrection of the Armament Trade (09 April
2008)
Those who transfer to the new
AWS occupation and had the 572 MOC will keep their current
ranks.
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