Nov 7, 2005 Magnificent Squadron purchases Domain Name

On November 7, 2005 Magnificent Squadron purchased the domain name MagnificentSquadron.com this was approved during our annual squadron meeting which was held in Port Hope in August of this year.

Nov 8, 2005 LCdr (NL) Roger Litwiller Receives National Presidents Award in Trenton

On November 8, 2005 LCdr (NL) Litwiller Magnificent Squadron Divisional Squadron Officer was presented the National Presidents award by the Vice President of Navy League Cadets Ontario Division Mrs. Gloria Campbell. LCdr (NL) Litwiller received this award for all of his hard work and dedication as a Navy League Officer.  LCdr (NL) Litwiller was responsible for the HMCS Trentonian Reunion held in Trenton in Aug 2-4 2002.  LCdr (NL) Litwiller also setup the Provincial competitions at 8 Wing Trenton for over 200 cadets and staff.

Nov 16, 2005 Website is live email sent out to all of Magnificent Squadron CO's and Ontario Division telling everyone about the website.  Anyone wishing to have information added is given a contact.

Nov 19, 2005 Added Classified Ads page to site to advertise items corps have available or need for their corps.

Nov 20, 2005 Added the Squadron Calendar of events to the website.  Please note that some events are not yet on the calendar as dates have not been confirmed.

Nov 24, 2005 Medal of Excellence awarded to CPO1 Katie O'Leary of NLCC TRENTONIAN

At TRENTONIAN's Annual Inspection in June, the staff and cadets were astounded when Jim Galway, Vice President, Ontario Division presented CPO1 O'Leary with the National Cadet Medal of Excellence.

O'Leary joined the corps and has performed exceptionally as a cadet. She also found time to work with Scouts, Food Drive and the Youth Bowling League. All this while maintaining a high academic level at school.

Her mother is especially proud as Chief O'Leary was born deaf and after several operations and therapy regained her hearing at a latter age.

CPO1 O'Leary has moved on to RCSCC TRENT and has been promoted to Able Cadet in her first three months.

Bravo Zulu Katie!

Roger Litwiller, LCdr(NL)
DSO, South West
Magnificent Squadron

Nov 24, 2005 Long Service Medals Awarded to Magnificent Squadron

Since this past June several Navy League of Canada Long Service Medals have been awarded to officers of Magnificent Squadron.

NLCC ADANAC -Lt. (NL) Terry Brooks and SLt. (NL) Susan Brooks Both of these officers had earned their Service Medals last year, but were not awarded with the certificate, due to a lack of inventory. Thankfully this was remedied and four medals showed up at the June Annual Inspection.

NLCC CATARAQUI -Lt. (NL) Mike Watt
Mike has been with the Navy League for many years and is on his second complete term as Commanding Officer of this corps. He was presented with his long service medal at CATARAQUI's Annual Inspection.

NLCC TRENTONIAN -Lt. (NL) Rhonda Howes
Rhonda joined the Navy League to teach First Aid, and never left. Now in Command of TRENTONIAN she was presented with her Long Service Medal at the Squadron Annual Meeting in Porthope.

Congratulations to all our officers for these continued years of service and sticking it out. As a Squadron we can boast, having so many senior officers. We also have several more officers approaching their ten year anniversary.

Nov 24, 2005 5 Year pin awarded to .....

A Good Start

At our Squadron meeting in July, A/Slt. (NL) Connie Jamison was presented with her Five Year pin, by Jim Galway, Vice President Navy League of Canada, Ontario Division.

Connie has served her entire time with NLCC CARLPLACE.

Roger Litwiller, LCdr(NL)
DSO, South West
Magnificent Squadron

Nov 24, 2005 Squadron Officer of the Year Trophy Presented

Our DSO's are pleased to announce that the 2004-05 recipient of the HalMar Award for Squadron Officer of the Year was presented to SLt. (NL) Susan Brooks of NLCC ADANAC.

Susan has been an active member of ADANAC and accepted command last year.
She has also been a staunch supporter of Squadron activities.

This training year has seen Susan bring to the Squadron a great acheivement, Division First place for Semaphore at the Ontario Division Competitions in April. This is a first for Magnificent Squadron and is the result of many years of hard work and dedication by Lt. Brooks and the cadets of her corps.

Well Done Susan!

Roger Litwiller, LCdr(NL)
DSO, South West
Magnificent Squadron

Nov 24, 2005 Magnificent Squadron Cock-of-the- Walk Award

LCDR. (NL) Agnes Drury and LCDR (NL) Roger Litwiller are please to announce the winner of the Magnificent Squadron Cock-of-the- Walk Award to the cadets and officer's of NLCC NORTHUMBERLAND in Porthope.

The trophy was presented at their Annual Inspection in June, in front of a large crowd. I do not know who was more surprised, the cadets, officers of spectators, but the roar that followed the announcement was deafening.

After much consideration for all corps in the Squadron the DSO's decided on NORTHUMBERLAND due to this corps energy, enthusiasm, squadron participation, new ideas, placement at squadron competitions, etc. All this by a corps that is only completing it's second year.

Keep up the good work and watch carefully, for the rest of the squadron will be looking for their name on this trophy next year.

Roger Litwiller, LCdr(NL)
DSO, South West
Magnificent Squadron
 

Nov 24, 2005 Change of Command at NLCC Carlplace

This October marked the end of Command for Lt. (NL) Steven Drury, Commanding Officer of NLCC CARLPLACE.

Steve took command of the corps three years ago and has kept CARLPLACE strong. He was responsible for the Tenth Anniversary celebrations last year, including a dinner and attendance of several members of the crew of HMCS CARLPLACE.

The unfortunate part of becoming CO is you are given an expiry date and then we each must move on.

Taking command of the corps is Lt. (NL) Bonnie Walther. Bonnie has had several years with the corps and is looking for to taking the helm of the corps.

On behalf of the Squadron, we wish Bonnie Good Luck in her new command and Steve, God's Speed in his future endeavors.

Roger Litwiller, LCdr(NL)
DSO, South West
Magnificent Squadron

Nov 24, 2005 Change of Command at NLCC Cataraqui

The "Old Man" Steps Down.

Lt. (NL) Mike Watt stepped down from command of NLCC CATARAQUI at a formal parade at the corps.

Mike has served many years at CATARAQUI including two terms as Commanding Officer. He has developed a highly motivated staff, and brought the corps back from closure when it re-opened four years ago. Well Done Mike.

Taking command of the corps is MID (NL) Susan Offord. Susan is new to the system, but she is energetic and enthusiastic. We will all make ourselves available to give her a hand when she needs it. Good Luck Susan.


Roger Litwiller, LCdr(NL)
DSO, South West
Magnificent Squadron

Nov 24, 2005 Assumption of Command

Two of our Corps Have Changed Commanding Officers

In addition to the recent Change of Command parades with two of our corps, two others have recently had a less formal assume command.

NLCC ADANAC has seen Jim McMillin take over command when SLt. (NL) Susan Brooks stepped down following last June's Annual Inspection.

As well, NLCC VICE ADMIRAL KINGSMILL has had SLt. (NL) Heather O'Neil take over command from LCdr. (NL) Dave Mahoney, this past September.

Both outgoing CO's will be missed by the Squadron, there contributions to their corps and the Squadron has been invaluable.

The incoming CO's will have the full support of the Squadron and we look forward to their participation.

Roger Litwiller, LCdr(NL)
DSO, South West
Magnificent Squadron

Nov 24, 2005 New Squadron Trophy

NLCC NORTHUMBERLAND donated a new trophy to the Squadron. The trophy or more appropriately Ceremonial Paddle is for Top Corps at Magnificent Squadron Summer Camp.

The paddle, designed and built by A/Slt. Michael Pigeon is very well done.
It is to be awarded on a points system to the corps who shows the most spirit, cooperation, responsibilities, etc by the cadets at camp.

The paddle is to be awarded at the end of camp during the award ceremony.
NORTHUMBERLAND won the award last year and decided to create the paddle as a permanent record of the winners. This years winner was NLCC CATARAQUI.

Roger Litwiller, LCdr(NL)
DSO, South West
Magnificent Squadron
 

Nov 24, 2005 LCdr (NL) Agnes Drury Steps down

This fall we say thank you and Job Very Well Done to LCdr. (NL) Agnes Drury, as she steps down from the DSO position of Magnificent Squadron.

Agnes entered the system with NLCC CARLPLACE and took command of the corps.
On completion of her term in command she was offered the newly formed Area Training Officer's position. When this position was removed LCdr. Drury was offered the DSO position for Magnificent Squadron. When she accepted she became the second female to hold this position in the squadron.

We have seen a great deal of positive change in the squadron under Agnes' command, and her attitudes and personality are greatly reflected in the interaction of the squadron as a whole.

I am pleased to say, we have not lost LCdr Drury, she is going back on strength with CARLPLACE, she has always said, "working with the cadets is most important".

From all of us, tank you Agnes for your understanding, dedication and leadership.


Roger Litwiller, LCdr(NL)
DSO, South West
Magnificent Squadron

Nov 24, 2005 LT (NL) Steven Drury appointed as DSO East, Magnificent Squadron

Lt. Drury comes to the position following his full term as Commanding Officer of NLCC CARLPLACE. He is highly motivated and has developed a very detailed understanding of the Navy League system. Steven has taught on several OTC courses in the division and has also designed several computer programs for use by corps. His knowledge and ability will make Lt. Drury a valuable asset and resource to the corps.

As in past practice he will share the Squadron with LCdr. (NL) Roger Litwiller. Lt. Drury will be directly responsible for NLCC KINGSMILL, CATARAQUI and TRENTONIAN.

Congratulations Steve and we look forward to your term as DSO.

Roger Litwiller, LCdr(NL)
DSO, South West
Magnificent Squadron

Nov 24, 2005 NLCC Northumberland Officer Promotions

NLCC Northumberland is pleased to announce the promotions of Mid Martin J to A/Slt, and S/Lt Pigeon to LT. Well done bravo zulu

Nov 30, 2005 More Promotions for NLCC Northumberland

NLCC Northumberland is very pleased to announce the promotion of Mid (NL) Coghill to A/SLt (NL) congratulation to A/Slt (NL) Coghill.

Dec 28, 2005  Added popup to site. 

Server upgrade is being done.  The site will be down for an estimated 4 hours on Saturday January 7, 2006.   I will not be taking the site down until after 2:00pm the website should be up and running by 6:00pm.

Feb 11 - 12, 2006 Squadron Competitions were held in Trenton.  During the weekend the cadets participated in First Aid, Seamanship and Semaphore.  The winners of the competitions will be representing our squadron at Provincials on April 21 - 23 2006 in Trenton.  NLCC Northumberland # 194 won the First Aid competition and NLCC Vice Admiral Kingsmill won both the Seamanship and Semaphore competitions. Congratulations to these teams and best of luck at Provincials.

March 1, 2006 LC Helen Rudnicki was first prize for her poem that she wrote about Remembrance Day.  The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Command presented LC Rudnicki with her prize at Brach 632 in Ottawa.  LC Rudnicki won first place in Zone G5.

Click on the icon to read her poem.

March 11, 2006 Squadron Drill Competition held in Ottawa.  Six of the seven corps participated in the Drill Competition.  The drill was awesome to watch and the teams all did really well.  The winners of the Squadron Drill Competition were NLCC Northumberland #194.  They will be representing Magnificent Squadron at the provincial competitions which our Squadron is hosting on April 21 - 23, 2006 in Trenton.  Also award was the top Drill Captain who was PO2 Z Lindup from NLCC Northumberland.

Congratulations to both the team and the drill Captain and best of luck at provincials.

March 11, 2006 Squadron Officer of the Year Award goes to LT (NL) Pigeon from NLCC Northumberland.  Congratulations to LT (NL) Pigeon for an outstanding job this past year.

March 11, 2006 Squadron Cock of the Walk Award goes to NLCC Vice Admiral Kingsmill #171 Congratulations to NLCC Vice Admiral Kingsmill for doing a great job.

March 22, 2006 NLCC Trentonian promotes... LT (NL) Howes to the Rank of LCdr (NL).  Congratulations to LCdr (NL) Rhonda Howes from all of the Squadron.

May 28, 2006 More Squadron promotions.