From: amheater@BYE.SAILORcogeco.ca   
      
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   > The Museum in Stadicona may have some of the RCN photos. I don't recall   
   > any Museum left in the Cornwallis area, the closest Navy Museum would have   
   > to be in Halifax.   
      
   Haven't been to the museum in Stad for quite a few years.  Know the photos   
   weren't there then.  Although my Dad's photo is!  Good one too.   
      
   > When I went through Cornwallis, it was supposed to be 11 weeks of Basic   
   > Training. We only did 9 weeks, because it was Christmas Time, and they   
   > wanted us on our way before they shut down for the holidays.   
   > There was a time since, when I believe they may have done 16 weeks basic   
   > training.   
      
   Son was home for Christmas that year.  Obviously it wasn't the same year you   
   were there ... you would have said if so.   
   NET (RCN basic training) use to be 16 weeks for the guys;  9 weeks for   
   Wrens.  We _ did not _ call it boot camp!!!!  That is a USian expression.   
      
   > For one of my Trade Courses, we had T-Shirts made, "Success without   
   > college" and the creator of the image collected from the class, so we all   
   > had the TeeShirts in time for a Course photo. WE took our dress shirts   
   > off, and posed with the T-shirts.   
      
   First off we didn't have anything like you describe with T-shirts etc .. No   
   such thing as any piece of clothing with Cornwallis on it either.   
   Zilch.  No way would we have been allowed to get our own and pose for _ any   
   _ 'official' photo.  #1s only, not even every day #2s.  I did my RP1s at the   
   Admin building in Stad, part of which was spent in the Tactical Trainer,   
   Weapons, Engineering & Warfare Schools, with several trips (0600-2200h only,   
   each time - and only that Wren's trade got to do so) aboard ship.  Then some   
   of us were drafted to CFMWS (Warfare School) for OJT.  After OJT, I was   
   drafted to CFMWS.   
   >   
   > This was the only class photo, where there were T-shirts, and one old   
   > cranky Chief quickly removed it from the file, so it would not be mounted   
   > on the wall. I used to have my own copy of the Course Photo, but the one   
   > in the archives was tossed by that Chief, leaving one course number out of   
   > the sequence.   
      
   Sorry, but I agree with the Chief!!  In the RCN the photo wouldn't have been   
   taken to begin with!  I'm old school I guess .. reared on the history and   
   traditions of 'Nelson's Navy' .. so that would have been totally against my   
   beliefs of what the RCN stood for.   
      
   wrcn   
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