The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

[SHARP WO]

Im there, I am always there.

 

[BDTyre]

Why is there rarely anything like this in Vancouver?

AFAIK, the last open house was to celebrate the move of the Recruiting centre to a new facility, and that was nearly 3 years ago.

 

[MikeM]

I guess the units do not put much of an effort in as the Argylls do.

 

[Love793]

This is a 31 CBG directed event.  Windsor, London, Hamilton, Kitchener and Guelph will be running one simultaneously.  Timings are all the same.  Look for advertising in the local papers and on radio.

 

[JBP]

Sooooo what happened to St.Catharines? I know they do this every once in awhile also...

R they on thier "own time" to do it every so many years??? Just wondering because thier under 31 CBG also...

 

[Love793]

I think they're coming under Hamilton, but they just ran one, or about to run their own.

 

[RossF]

Wait, just to clarify something..this is an Open House to the public right? Sorry for sounding confused, but I am after reading the Argylls website on this. I need to clear this up ASAP.

 

[Love793]

Yes it's open to the public.

 

[RossF]

Alright, thank you for getting back so quick.

 

[Lexi]

I was there today,
Had a Riley cadet that wouldn't leave the Argyll display... lol.
Propaganda I tell thee! 

 

[Thompson_JM]

no offense to most of you cadets, but those RHLI cadets in Fake CADPAT were Driving me nuts! isnt there some way for them to look more cadet-ish?

i mean from 20 feet away there was no way to tell if they were military or cadet, at least not to the average civilian....... and to be perfectly honest that does worry me somewhat.... however Im going to talk about that in another thread somewhere else....

The recruiting open house was quite good, not just from a recruiting perspective but i had an interesting talk with a few army folk from other units where i was accually explaining to them what a CSS Company accually does in the feild....hopefully all those who went enjoyed it, and all those who worked it got something out of it as well..

cheers
  Josh

 

[RossF]

I was there yesterday and I really enjoyed it. I got a lot of information about the differnet reserve units that were there. I'm really glad that I went, I got to hold the ruck sack, helmet, vest, C7, C9 and the rocket launcher for the first time, very cool!

Thanks to those of you who put it on and made it happen!

 

[Lexi]

no offense to most of you cadets, but those RHLI cadets in Fake CADPAT were Driving me nuts! isnt there some way for them to look more cadet-ish?

i mean from 20 feet away there was no way to tell if they were military or cadet, at least not to the average civilian....... and to be perfectly honest that does worry me somewhat.... however Im going to talk about that in another thread somewhere else....

The recruiting open house was quite good, not just from a recruiting perspective but i had an interesting talk with a few army folk from other units where i was accually explaining to them what a CSS Company accually does in the feild....hopefully all those who went enjoyed it, and all those who worked it got something out of it as well..

cheers
  Josh

True - That's why I don't agree with cadets having CADPAT. I was there in civvies, (in my faithful "I'm out of my mind, feel free to leave a message" teeshirt,) with my friend who was in OD's.

The open house was, in my opinion, very well done and tons of fun. Everyone there was incredibly friendly and talked with enthusiasm.
(Beats the hell out of doing PT!)

Cheers,
Lex

 

[humint]

RossF:

I see what you mean about confused.

The ARMY FOR A DAY event was an event organized for people currently in the recruiting process, or about to enter. It's a way for them to experience army life for a few hours, so they know what they are getting into.

ARMY FOR A DAY event was not the OPEN HOUSE. They are separate events.

ARMY FOR A DAY is much more intensive, and focuses on giving the applicant some hands-on. Kinda like the show SAS -- Are you tought enough? but you are not in the field, and you won't have people yelling at you.

We will be holding another one in April -- so, if you plan on joining, and want to get involved in the event, please come by an Argyll Open House on a Wed night at 6.30 PM. We'll get you to fill-out a contact sheet and we'll call you when we put the event together.

This invitation also goes out to the other applicants out there, so feel free to come in to the Argyll Open House, or give us a call at 905.541.ARMY

 

[RossF]

Ahh okay. I decided to just call the armouries and ask if it was for the public, got my answer and so I went. I enjoyed every minute of it!

 

[Thompson_JM]

True - That's why I don't agree with cadets having CADPAT. I was there in civvies, (in my faithful "I'm out of my mind, feel free to leave a message" teeshirt,) with my friend who was in OD's.

The open house was, in my opinion, very well done and tons of fun. Everyone there was incredibly friendly and talked with enthusiasm.
(Beats the heck out of doing PT!)

Cheers,
Lex

I think i remember you... you were with another female cadet pte in OD's? I think i remember you guys climbing all over the HLVW Wrecker and MRT Truck we had in the center of the armouries... and i think your freind was talking to one of our guys about your RSM's Jump course over the summer.

Cheers
  Josh

 

[Lexi]

I think i remember you... you were with another female cadet pte in OD's? I think i remember you guys climbing all over the HLVW Wrecker and MRT Truck we had in the center of the armouries... and i think your freind was talking to one of our guys about your RSM's Jump course over the summer.

Cheers
  Josh

Yep that was us!
Hey, I couldn't help it.. that HLVW was too cool...  :-[
We were also with a little boy, (well.. boy.. he was 13, but looked like he was 7.) and my friend and I spent most of the day there because we had to wait for cadets to go home. (Just so happens the last cadet there wasn't getting picked up... he was walking...)

Cheers,
Lex

 

[JBP]

I was there also.....

But I wokeup off that damn cold dirty cement floor that the whole "Open House" was on because I was in the middle of my BMQ course...  >

After you folks all left we had our C7 Weapons Handling Test.... HOUA!

I was one of the guys running around from time to time like a chicken with my head cuttoff, a C7, in combat CADPAT with TacVest+helmet...


Hope you all had fun!

 

[Thompson_JM]

I was there also.....

But I wokeup off that darn cold dirty cement floor that the whole "Open House" was on because I was in the middle of my BMQ course...   >

After you folks all left we had our C7 Weapons Handling Test.... HOUA!

I was one of the guys running around from time to time like a chicken with my head cuttoff, a C7, in combat CADPAT with TacVest+helmet...


Hope you all had fun!

Heh heh heh.. I remember you guys.... and strangly enough i also remember running around JFA like a chicken with my head cut off during my Co-op QL-2 back in '99... heh... memories...

 

[Lexi]

Heh heh heh.. I remember you guys.... and strangly enough i also remember running around JFA like a chicken with my head cut off during my Co-op QL-2 back in '99... heh... memories...

There were plenty there that day that were running around like headless chickens, myself included....

(Hey, wasn't my fault - my shoe was stolen off of my own foot!  :crybaby