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Show I "SOLDIERS OF THE SNOWS . 'Sit! A ' -X v ; ; - " I . ' ''til In a picture it looks almost like a Christmas card, but it's a lot different dif-ferent after you've been out in this kind of weather for two or three days. Most of the Canadian ski-troopers ski-troopers trained in special courses are sent back to their original units as instructors. The course lasts about two weeks, starting off in a class room and ending up on the snows. Many troopers are already expert skiers before they jin up, WINTER training is an integral part of Canadian Army training, both in the Active Army in Canada and the Reserve. Training will be carried out on skis and snowshoes wherever conditions permit. Troops will be taught to live oft the land to be tough and self-reliant. This instruction is not intended as a specialized form of training, but rather the carrying out of normal military training under winter conditions. con-ditions. Stress will be placed on the use of small arms and automatic weapons which are not too cumbersome cumber-some to be handled by men on patrols. Bushmen, trappers and prospectors will be sought as wiflter instructors. Units and training centres are being issued such special equipment as skis, toboggans, petrol stoves and snow shoes. Sufficient equipment will be available to all training een;'v and units, to permit the trali.i.ig of at least one platoon at Here's the way Canadian ski-troopers set up equipment for the nrr1 Skis and poles form platform for packs, rifles and other equipmtn'" keeping them well above ground. a time in an outdoor exercise involving in-volving bivouacing for several days. Soldiers must concentrate on military mili-tary tactics., camouflage, self-sufficiency while away from their base, and skill in armed and unarmed combat The basis for the winter training program was laid last k. son at a school for instructc:; t:: ducted at Petawawa Army (.':-In (.':-In the army in Canada uW-approximately uW-approximately 210.000 troops active" service in addition to men in the Reserve Array. |