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A-CR-007-000/ag-003 Alliance PROMOTING THE VALUE OF RESERVISTS<br />
THIS PAGE—Soldiers <strong>of</strong> 39 Canadian Brigade Group, <strong>the</strong><br />
Army Reserve formation from British Columbia, conducted<br />
Exercise COUGAR SALVO with <strong>the</strong> Idaho National Guard in<br />
Idaho, May 4 and 5. FACING PAGE—The CFLC hosted an<br />
ExecuTrek to Exercise COUGAR SALVO, which allowed employers<br />
and educators to observe training, as well as meet<br />
members <strong>of</strong> Canada’s Reserve Force and Idaho’s National<br />
Guard.<br />
- Photos by Cpl SHIRLEY EDEL<br />
By TED HAWTHORNE<br />
President BCR Association<br />
www.cflc.forces.gc.ca<br />
ExecuTrek: Ex Cougar Salvo<br />
We were guests <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CFLC for an<br />
ExecuTrek Tour <strong>of</strong> Cougar Salvo 2012<br />
held in Boise, Idaho, May 4 and 5. Our<br />
group consisted <strong>of</strong> 30 guests. We left<br />
Vancouver on board our chartered ‘Air<br />
North’ Hawker Siddeley 748 and arrived<br />
in Boise at noon Friday, May 4. Our tour<br />
OPI was Commander King Wan. We<br />
were greeted by Lieutenant-Colonel<br />
Romano Acconci, Deputy Commander<br />
<strong>of</strong> 39 Canadian Brigade Group, and were<br />
transported on our bus to Gowen Field,<br />
Idaho National Guard (see <strong>the</strong> attached<br />
link for full details <strong>of</strong> this excellent<br />
training centre:<br />
www.idahoarmyguard.org/<br />
GowenField/GowenField.asp). We<br />
dined in <strong>the</strong> mess hall with various<br />
members <strong>of</strong> 39 CBG.<br />
The initial plan was to proceed to<br />
‘Orchard Training Area,’ about one hour<br />
out <strong>of</strong> Boise, in order to observe <strong>the</strong><br />
various units <strong>of</strong> 39 CBG in <strong>the</strong> field. The<br />
trip was cancelled when <strong>the</strong> troops were<br />
ordered to stand down for safety reasons<br />
when an unexpected sandstorm with<br />
winds <strong>of</strong> 70 knots and driving rain made<br />
it unwise to proceed. The backup plan<br />
was implemented and we were brought<br />
to a lecture <strong>the</strong>atre where we were<br />
briefed by Colonel Bryan Gagne, Commander<br />
39 CBG, who clearly outlined<br />
<strong>the</strong> mission. He provided us with full<br />
details <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> unit participation in this<br />
complex scenario <strong>of</strong> a combined Field<br />
Firing Exercise at Level 3/4 (Troop/<br />
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