This page is dedicated to providing cadets and parents with information about travel during summer training. Any cadet travelling for Summer Training should read this page, in its entirety, before travelling.
This page will not provide information on what cadets are selected for training, or any other matters pertaining to Summer Training.
Details and resources will be added as they become available. If you have a Summer Training travel question that is not answered here, please direct that question to Major MacDonald so that it can be answered, and posted for the rest of the squadron to see and benefit from.
Cadet Photo Identification
068/18 – PHOTO IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR AIR TRAVEL
1. It is the responsibility of the corps/squadron COs to ensure that cadets being sent on
DND arranged transportation are in possession of the correct types of valid government issued
photo ID. This identification is required for all modes of transportation to and from the CTC (CTC=location summer training is being held at), including parent drop off.
2. Valid government issued photo ID include: driver’s license, passport, status card, or a
provincial identity card. The following are not considered to be valid ID: school IDs, bus passes
or other forms of public transportation passes, or photocopies of any form of government issued
ID.
3. In order to acquire provincial ID cards from any BC driving license office, the following
requirements are to be noted:
a. parental consent is required for any individual applicant under the age of 19 years
old;
b. applicants must produce one primary and one secondary piece of identification –
consult the driving license to confirm which documents are accepted;
c. as of 2018, fees are: original BCID – $35, replacement or renewal – $15. All fees
associated with acquiring government issued photo ID for cadets are the
responsibility of the parents/guardians of the cadets; and
d. the completed BC Photo ID card will be mailed to the applicant in four to six
weeks.
4. Corps/squadron COs shall ensure that this information is passed to all cadets, all staff,
their sponsor/parent committees, and the parents/guardians of all cadets.
5. The cadet’s name in FORTRESS shall be the same name that appears on the government
issued photo ID.
Further to the above information, it is the responsibility of the cadet and their parent to ensure their travel documents are accurate, up-to-date, and identical to that of the details provided during cadet registration.
This is because the information provided during registration is directly entered into FORTRESS (our database of cadets). FORTRESS is used by DND to create travel orders and tickets. These tickets, per Canadian and international law, must match the information on cadet ID.
Therefore, if the information does not, the cadet will not legally be able to travel and will be denied travel.