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9 November Meeting

Speaker:
Colonel (Ret) F. Paul Crober, Regional Director, BC/Yukon Office, Emergency Management and National Security Branch, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada

Topic:

Disaster Planning in B.C.

Place:
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
Officers' Mess, Room 314, Bay Street Armoury,
715 Bay Street, Victoria, BC.
(South entrance on Field Street)

Time:
1130 for 1200 hrs Luncheon

Cost:
$18.00 (pay at the door)

Biographical Sketch:

A 1974 graduate from Royal Military College, Col Crober served 23 years in the Canadian Forces Regular before transferring to the Reserves in 1997. He served in reconnaissance and was a tank squadron commander in Germany. He served on staff at brigade, divisional and army headquarters. He headed intelligence for the army in Europe during the Eastern European “revolution.” He was in Cyprus and with the UN protection Force in Bosnia as an operations officer in 1993/94 evacuating 4,000 casualties to the Adriatic; 300 children for medical care and helped setup of a multi-million dollar mobile hospital in Mostar. Leaving the Regular Force as a LCol, he joined the BC Provincial Emergency Program with the implementation team for BC Emergency Response management System. Promoted to Col in the Reserves in 2002, he was Comd 39 CBG – “the Army in BC” until Sept 2002. Thence he became Regional Director of the (Federal) BC/Yukon Office for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

11 January Meeting
Speaker:	Captain Arthur J. Hesford, CD
Topic:	Peacekeeping in Africa – With the British Army in Sierra Leone
Place:	The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) Officers' Mess, Room 314, Bay Street Armoury, 715 Bay Street, Victoria, BC. (South entrance on Field Street)
Time:	1130 for 1200 hrs Luncheon
Cost:	$18.⁰⁰ (pay at the door) Note the new price
Biographical Sketch:
Captain Hesford entered the Canadian Forces in 1987 as an Army logistics officer, transportation specialty following graduation from UVic and UBC with a BA (economics) and MBA, respectively. He specialized in movement control in 1995 and served two tours in Croatia and Bosnia. Opting for civilian life, he joined 11 (Victoria) Service Battalion Militia. He returned to the Regular Force in 2002 and was tasked to the International Military Advisory and Training Team (IMATT) in Sierra Leone where as acting major, he commanded a transport squadron in the Sierra Leone Armed Forces. He is currently adjutant of 11 Service Battalion.

11 December - Holiday Reception
Place:	The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) Officers' Mess, Room 314, Bay Street Armoury, 715 Bay Street, Victoria, BC. (South entrance on Field Street)
Time:	1400 hrs
Cost:	$15.⁰⁰ per couple, $10.⁰⁰ single.

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9 November Meeting
Speaker:	Colonel (Ret) F. Paul Crober, Regional Director, BC/Yukon Office, Emergency Management and National Security Branch, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
Topic:	Disaster Planning in B.C.
Place:	The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) Officers' Mess, Room 314, Bay Street Armoury, 715 Bay Street, Victoria, BC. (South entrance on Field Street)
Time:	1130 for 1200 hrs Luncheon
Cost:	$18.00 (pay at the door)
Biographical Sketch:
A 1974 graduate from Royal Military College, Col Crober served 23 years in the Canadian Forces Regular before transferring to the Reserves in 1997. He served in reconnaissance and was a tank squadron commander in Germany. He served on staff at brigade, divisional and army headquarters. He headed intelligence for the army in Europe during the Eastern European “revolution.” He was in Cyprus and with the UN protection Force in Bosnia as an operations officer in 1993/94 evacuating 4,000 casualties to the Adriatic; 300 children for medical care and helped setup of a multi-million dollar mobile hospital in Mostar. Leaving the Regular Force as a LCol, he joined the BC Provincial Emergency Program with the implementation team for BC Emergency Response management System. Promoted to Col in the Reserves in 2002, he was Comd 39 CBG – “the Army in BC” until Sept 2002. Thence he became Regional Director of the (Federal) BC/Yukon Office for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

Mark Your Calendar...

9 November Meeting

Speaker:

Topic:

Disaster Planning in B.C.

Place:

Time:

Cost:

Biographical Sketch:

11 January Meeting

Speaker:

Topic:

Peacekeeping in Africa – With the British Army in Sierra Leone

Place:

Time:

Cost:

Biographical Sketch:

11 December - Holiday Reception

Place:

Time:

Cost: