B Squadron Family Letter
The Royal Canadian Dragoons
Worthington Barracks,
Canadian Forces Base Petawawa
PO Box 9999 Station Main
Petawawa, Ontario Canada K8H 2X3
August 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to you as the Officer Commanding B Squadron of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, an armoured reconnaissance unit based in Petawawa, Ontario. The Squadron Sergeant-Major, Master Warrant Officer Kevin Mathers and I are honoured to have the privilege of commanding the finest soldiers in the country.
As you well know, your loved one will deploy as part of the Canadian Forces commitment to NATO in Afghanistan. Our deployment will be approximately six months in duration. Our first flights will most likely depart Canada in mid-September and we will begin to return to Canada in March 2010.
I would like to remind you of the services that the Canadian Forces offers to family and friends of soldiers who are deployed:
The CFB Petawawa Deployment Support Centre (DSC) provides support and information and can be used to get
urgent messages to deployed soldiers. The DSC is manned 24/7 with bilingual staff and can be reached at
1-877-218-9993, or via internet at http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/DSC_Petawawa.
Military Family Resource Centres (MFRCs) are located across Canada (as well as several in the US and Europe)
and offer a variety of services to immediate and extended military family. You can locate your nearest MFRC and
obtain information on MFRC services at http://www.cfpsa.com/en/psp/dmfs/mfrccontact/index.asp or by calling
613-995-6792.
Should you wish to send your loved one mail while we are deployed, our address can be found on the back of this letter, as well as some important contact numbers. All mail will be forwarded to our soldiers no matter where they are located. Please keep in mind that mail delivery often takes many weeks to reach us.
Please do not hesitate to make use of the many resources available to support you and your family while your loved one is away from home. Finally, I invite you to follow our deployment through the B Squadron website http://www.dragoons.ca/bsqn.html.
Sincerely,
Major M.N. Popov, CD Master Warrant-Officer K.J. Mathers, CD
Officer Commanding B Squadron B Squadron Sergeant-Major
The Royal Canadian Dragoons The Royal Canadian Dragoons
Mailing address:
RANK/ INITIALS/ NAME
BATTLE GROUP RECCE SQN (RCD)/ TROOP
OP ATHENA
PO BOX 5058 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
Contact numbers:
Deployment Support Centre (Petawawa): 1-877-218-9993;
Petawawa Military Families Resource Centre: 613-687-1641;
Royal Canadian Dragoons (RCD) Duty Centre: 613-687-5511 ext 5632;
Land Forces Western Area (LFWA) Deployment Support Group: 1-888-711-5533;
Mission Information Line: 1-800-866-4546, follow menus to Squadron recording; Message Box 1262 for Newsflash/Critical incident recording (updated 24/7, as necessary).
Web Sites:
Deployment Support Centre (Petawawa): http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/DSC_Petawawa
Petawawa Military Families Resource Centre: http://www.pmfrc.org
All other MFRCS http://www.cfpsa.com/en/psp/dmfs/mfrccontact/#
B Squadron RCD: http://www.dragoons.ca/bsqn.html
Land Forces Western Area (LFWA) Deployment Support Group: http://www.army.gc.ca/lfwa-dsg
Mission Information Line: http://www.cfpsa.ca/en/PSP/MIL/index.asp
Guidelines for mailing letters/ packages to Afghanistan: http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/Commun/message/index-eng.asp
Worthington Barracks,
Canadian Forces Base Petawawa
PO Box 9999 Station Main
Petawawa, Ontario Canada K8H 2X3
August 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to you as the Officer Commanding B Squadron of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, an armoured reconnaissance unit based in Petawawa, Ontario. The Squadron Sergeant-Major, Master Warrant Officer Kevin Mathers and I are honoured to have the privilege of commanding the finest soldiers in the country.
As you well know, your loved one will deploy as part of the Canadian Forces commitment to NATO in Afghanistan. Our deployment will be approximately six months in duration. Our first flights will most likely depart Canada in mid-September and we will begin to return to Canada in March 2010.
I would like to remind you of the services that the Canadian Forces offers to family and friends of soldiers who are deployed:
The CFB Petawawa Deployment Support Centre (DSC) provides support and information and can be used to get
urgent messages to deployed soldiers. The DSC is manned 24/7 with bilingual staff and can be reached at
1-877-218-9993, or via internet at http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/DSC_Petawawa.
Military Family Resource Centres (MFRCs) are located across Canada (as well as several in the US and Europe)
and offer a variety of services to immediate and extended military family. You can locate your nearest MFRC and
obtain information on MFRC services at http://www.cfpsa.com/en/psp/dmfs/mfrccontact/index.asp or by calling
613-995-6792.
Should you wish to send your loved one mail while we are deployed, our address can be found on the back of this letter, as well as some important contact numbers. All mail will be forwarded to our soldiers no matter where they are located. Please keep in mind that mail delivery often takes many weeks to reach us.
Please do not hesitate to make use of the many resources available to support you and your family while your loved one is away from home. Finally, I invite you to follow our deployment through the B Squadron website http://www.dragoons.ca/bsqn.html.
Sincerely,
Major M.N. Popov, CD Master Warrant-Officer K.J. Mathers, CD
Officer Commanding B Squadron B Squadron Sergeant-Major
The Royal Canadian Dragoons The Royal Canadian Dragoons
Mailing address:
RANK/ INITIALS/ NAME
BATTLE GROUP RECCE SQN (RCD)/ TROOP
OP ATHENA
PO BOX 5058 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6
Contact numbers:
Deployment Support Centre (Petawawa): 1-877-218-9993;
Petawawa Military Families Resource Centre: 613-687-1641;
Royal Canadian Dragoons (RCD) Duty Centre: 613-687-5511 ext 5632;
Land Forces Western Area (LFWA) Deployment Support Group: 1-888-711-5533;
Mission Information Line: 1-800-866-4546, follow menus to Squadron recording; Message Box 1262 for Newsflash/Critical incident recording (updated 24/7, as necessary).
Web Sites:
Deployment Support Centre (Petawawa): http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/DSC_Petawawa
Petawawa Military Families Resource Centre: http://www.pmfrc.org
All other MFRCS http://www.cfpsa.com/en/psp/dmfs/mfrccontact/#
B Squadron RCD: http://www.dragoons.ca/bsqn.html
Land Forces Western Area (LFWA) Deployment Support Group: http://www.army.gc.ca/lfwa-dsg
Mission Information Line: http://www.cfpsa.ca/en/PSP/MIL/index.asp
Guidelines for mailing letters/ packages to Afghanistan: http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/Commun/message/index-eng.asp
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