Opening Remarks

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Opening Remarks

• Colonel Commandant
• BGen (Retd) Ernest B. Beno, OMM, CD

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State of the Artillery

• Operational Commitments
• Op tempo
• Training Commitments
• Personnel Issues
• Regular Force-Reserve Relationships
• Equipment - leading edge technology
• New roles/functions
• Doctrine and Tactics

The Army is at War, and the Artillery is at the
Forefront
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Regimental Robustness and Cohesion

• Support our Gunners and Units
• To maintain op tempo
• To build on the past, and prepare for the future
• Build Cohesion
• Esprit de Corps
• Build depth and resilience

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Force Generation and Force Sustainment

• Valid argument to justify efforts in supporting
  and sustaining the Royal Regiment.
• Operational imperative that we build the agility,
  robustness and resilience.

• "Heritage" is a legitimate combat multiplier -
  and ever so gradually being recognized as such.
• "Heritage" is the glue that keeps the fighting
  units together.

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The RCA Heritage Legacy

• Intuitively all regiments preserved trophies,
  silver, photos/paintings, unit museums, etc.
• Freedom of City Parades, etc for pride,
  recruiting, fighting spirit.
• Creation of the Home Station and RCA Museum in
  Shilo, and registry of things regimental
• Management era much of this lost. Matters
  heritage faded and so did cohesion, esprit de
  corps, teamwork and fighting spirit.

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Artillery Heritage Program
To bring the story of the Royal Canadian
Artillery to all Canadians
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The Heritage Program

• Much work has been done, by a few people, with
  considerable progress
• The strategy is sound, but has not been fully
  embraced by the regiment
• The strategic management of heritage could be
  more effective
• A fund raising organization of volunteers has
  been established Doug will brief on momentum
• Communications needs work
• Administrative support has been inadequate.

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An Integral Part of all things Regimental

• Bottom line - Artillery Heritage must be an
  integral part of all things Regimental
• all units,
• all ranks,
• serving and retired, and
• friends of the Regiment
• It must have legs, and must be sustainable - not
  just a fund raising campaign, and a burst of
  energy
• It must be, and must be seen/felt as being
  meaningful.

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Colonel Commandants Coin