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
There are five Regional Cadet Support Units in Canada. They are:
- Regional Cadet Support Unit (Atlantic) - Supporting the Cadet Organizations within the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The commanding officer is Lieutenant Colonel Marc-Andre Watier CD, and the unit is a sub-unit Maritime Forces Atlantic;
- Regional Cadet Support Unit (Eastern) - Supporting the Cadet Organizations within the Province of Quebec and the Ottawa Valley Air Cadets units.
- Regional Cadet Support Unit (Central) - Supporting the Cadet Organizations within the Province of Ontario. The commanding officer is Lieutenant-Colonel Morley Armstrong, C.D., and the unit a sub-unit of 4th Canadian Division.
- Regional Cadet Support Unit (North West) - Supporting the Cadet Organizations within the Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Northern Ontario, northern Canadian Territories of the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. The commanding officer is Lieutenant-Colonel Leo Brodeur, C.D., and the unit is a sub-unit of 2 Canadian Air Division.
- Regional Cadet Support Unit (Pacific) - Supporting the Cadet Organizations within the Province of British Columbia. The commanding officer is Commander Brad Henderson, C.D., and is a sub-unit of Maritime Forces Pacific.
Commanding officer
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
RCSU Eastern also responsible for the organisation and distribution of the following Cadet Training Centres:
Regional Cadet Instructor School
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)