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Regional Cadet Support Unit (Eastern)

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The Regional Cadet Support Unit (Eastern) is the Canadian Forces unit that is responsible for providing support to the Canadian Cadet Organizations (Royal Canadian Sea, Army, and Air Cadets) within the province of Quebec, Canada as well as the Ottawa Valley Region. By French-Canadian and other Francophones, the unit is known as the Unité régionale de soutien aux cadets (Est) or l'URSC (Est).

The RCSU Eastern is a sub-unit of the National Cadet and Junior Rangers Support Group, which is under the authority of the Vice Chief of Defence Staff.

Purpose

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There are five Regional Cadet Support Units in Canada. They are:

Commanding officer

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The Editing Regional Cadet Support Unit (Eastern) is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Steve Lessard, CD. (Effective September 3, 2020)[1]

The unit was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Serge Lapointe, CD. (From, July 6, 2017, to the September 3, 2020)[2]

Cadet training centres

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RCSU Eastern also responsible for the organisation and distribution of the following Cadet Training Centres:

Regional Cadet Instructor School

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Regional Cadet Instructor School (Eastern) is the training school for officers of the Cadet Instructor Cadre within the Eastern Region. There are schools in every region of the cadet movement, including:

  • RCIS (Atlantic)
  • RCIS (Eastern)
  • RCIS (Central)
  • RCIS (North West)
  • RCIS (Pacific)

References

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  1. ^ Rivet, Lissa (2020-07-04). "L'URSC Est change de commandant". connexionfac. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  2. ^ https://www.facebook.com/CadetsQuebec/posts/10155615110214301 [user-generated source]