John Burke joined the Armed Forces in 1964 in London, Ontario. He remembers infantry training in Wainwright during 1969 for one month with two days R & R. Most of the time was spent in the field, many nights sleeping under the pancho. Survival, map reading, compass reading, and night manoeuvres were the daily lot of those in training. John’s trade led him to the position of 2IC Food Services running the Junior Ranks Kitchen when he left the Forces in 1982 to settle in Wainwright. He returned to the kitchens and cooking as a civilian at Camp. Over the years he has prepared many a meal for the whopping appetites of thousands of trainees. In the field with kitchen trailers, fresh rations coming in every day, cooks prepare three hot meals daily. Dining tents are set up cafeteria style with a ramp from the kitchen. Each soldier is issued melmac plate, cup, and utensils which they are responsible for washing after their meal. Coffee urns are on 24 hours, at the base camp. Coffee break supplies are sent out to the ranges as are hot disperse meals called haybox meals so as not to necessitate shut down of training procedures. During exercises, support staff in the kitchens is hired to accommodate the extra feeding commitments. A list is posted on the wall indicating duties for the day. John admits to kitchen duties as being stressful. Each meal or snack HAS to be prepared on time, with quantities enough to feed varying numbers of troops. Cleanliness is of the utmost importance and all staff members must be constantly checked or reminded if they are newcomers. Connie Johnson later to marry a soldier, remembers her short time in the officers kitchen at camp. Everybody had a job to do and things had to be done quickly. Occasionally some unfortunate who was being disciplined could be found on his knees scrubbing the kitchen floor and dressed in a hot coverall to add to his discomfort. He wouldn’t be allowed to speak to anyone so soon he was merely ignored while duties continued. Capt. Jim Kaye OC Maintenance Repair, was posted twice to Wainwright; from 1958 to 1960 as control officer and 1966 to 1974 at which time he retired from the army to settle in the Wainwright area where he owns a farm. Jim prefers rural life and had raised his family in this area so was satisfied to stay. He remembers all the APC’s in Western Canada were here and it was up to his staff to put them into preservation, a lengthy procedure. The winter of ’69 stands out in Jim’s memory when the Queen’s Own Battalion flew in from 43 degree above weather in Victoria and were greeted by Wainwright’s minus 43 degree temperature here. They insisted on bivouac accommodations. The first morning nothing moved. It was cold! Maintenance Repair organized a rescue operation with two wreckers. They disconnected the drive and towed the vehicles into the shop to thaw. After installing personnel heaters, they shoved the units back out into the cold. Even with gas in the oil pan before shutting off the engine, the machines were useless, as the rear ends wouldn’t turn. Meanwhile Field Workshop under folding canvas shelters below maintenance, were breaking wrenches off right and left because of the cold. They finally broke down and succumbed to the warmth of buildings rather than tents. Barry Kaye Jim’s son, is presently working with Range Control at Camp Wainwright, maintaining range areas such as targets, flags or signs to be replaced or posted, grass and trees considered fire hazards, fenceline repairs. Barry has secured various temporary positions at camp during peak employment opportunity when major exercises are taking place. He remembers some of his time at the Camp while living at the PMQ’s as a child. He was schooled there until Grades 7 - 9 closed and he bussed to town. He remembers feeling a bit out of place in town school for the first while, as he knew so few kids. One thing he’s not apt to forget is how good their Camp hockey team was, nearly unbeatable. They practised endlessly on the outdoor ice rink at Camp.