The Regional Cadet Support Unit (Eastern) (RCSU(E)) 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 Québec, Canada

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. 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 Land Forces Quebec Area (or Section Québec Force Terreste) of the Canadian Forces

Canadian Forces

The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...

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Purpose of the RCSU(E)

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

• Regional Cadet Support Unit (Atlantic)
  Regional Cadet Support Unit (Atlantic)
  The Regional Cadet Support Unit is the Canadian Forces unit that is responsible for providing support to the Canadian Cadet Organizations in Canada's Atlantic provinces - Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island...
  
   - Supporting the Cadet Organizations within the provinces of New Brunswick
  New Brunswick
  New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
  
  , Prince Edward Island
  Prince Edward Island
  Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
  
  , Nova Scotia
  Nova Scotia
  Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
  
  , and Newfoundland and Labrador
  Newfoundland and Labrador
  Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
  
  . The commanding officer is Commander Garrett Reddy, C.D., and the unit is a sub-unit Maritime Forces Atlantic;
• Regional Cadet Support Unit (Eastern) - Supporting the Cadet Organizations within the Province of Québec
  Quebec
  Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
  
   and the Ottawa Valley Air Cadets units.
• Regional Cadet Support Unit (Central) - Supporting the Cadet Organizations within the Province of Ontario
  Ontario
  Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
  
  . The commanding officer is Lieutenant-Colonel Morley Armstrong, C.D., and the unit a sub-unit of Land Forces Central Area.
• Regional Cadet Support Unit (Prairie) - Supporting the Cadet Organizations within the Provinces of Alberta
  Alberta
  Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
  
  , Saskatchewan
  Saskatchewan
  Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
  
  , Manitoba
  Manitoba
  Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
  
   and Northern Ontario
  Ontario
  Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
  
  . 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
  British Columbia
  British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
  
  . The commanding officer is Commander Roderick Hughes, C.D., and is a sub-unit of Maritime Forces Pacific.
• Regional Cadet Support Unit (Northern) - Supporting the Cadet Organizations within the northern Canadian Territories of the Yukon
  Yukon
  Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
  
  , the Northwest Territories
  Northwest Territories
  The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
  
  , and Nunavut
  Nunavut
  Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
  
  . The commanding officer is Major Deirdre Peet, C.D., and the unit is a sub-unit of Joint Task Force North.

Commanding Officer

RCSU(E) is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...

 Pierre Labelle, CD

Canadian Forces Decoration

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Cadet Summer Training Centres

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

• Sea Cadet Summer Training Centre HMCS QUÉBEC
• Army Cadet Summer Training Centre Valcartier
• Army Cadet Summer Training Centre Cap-Chat
• Air Cadet Summer Training Centre Bagotville
• Regional Cadet Music School (Eastern)
• Eastern Region Gliding School

Regional Cadet Instructor School (Eastern)

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

• RCIS (Atlantic)
• RCIS (Eastern) - however, known in French as l'École régionale des instructeurs des cadets (Est)
• RCIS (Central)
• RCIS (Prairie)
• RCIS (Pacific)