- Hundreds of reservists from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador are on their way to the U.S. Friday to take part in a simulated island war.
- Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:50:29 EST
The North Bay Nugget
By PJ WILSON, The Nugget. Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:09:24 EST AM. Members of the Canadian Forces waiting to be given their next directions in exercise TRILLIUM RESPONSE 13. Tweet · Bookmark and Share. Change text size for the story. Print ...
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Canadian military abandoning soldiers at homeCTV News
His story is a spiral from a decorated, successful soldier to depression, despair, drug and alcohol abuse and, finally, his tragic, lonely suicide by hanging in March 2008 at the Canadian Forces Base in Edmonton. He was 28. “It's beyond comprehension ...
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Canadian military flies south for winter exercises at MacDill
Northwest News and Tribune
Lined up in neat rows on the flight line at MacDill Air Force Base, the 14 Royal Canadian CF-18s are the ultimate snowbirds. Part of the 410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron, the jets have come to Tampa from Cold Lake Air Force Base in ...
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Cost of relocations weighs on military families
CBC.ca
Canadian Forces Maj. Marcus Brauer has moved five times over the course of his 20-plus-year military career, and his last relocation to the East Coast from Edmonton was so expensive that he sold off family heirlooms to make ends meet. The Canadian ...
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Canadian Forces can't compete with oilsands salaries
CBC.ca
The Canadian Forces is finding it difficult to attract new recruits in Alberta, where a thriving energy sector is competing for the same demographic of skilled young people. Canadian Forces Capt. Isabelle Jean said military pay doesn't match the range ...
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France's top soldier thanks Canada for its role in Mali
Canada.com
Canadian military transport aircraft have helped move French troops and equipment into Mali for nearly two months to support France's assault on al-Qaida-linked militants that had taken control of the northern half of the country. In Ottawa on Friday ...
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DND To Cut Education Upgrade For Canadian Forces Members, Say Defence ...
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
Defence Watch received a copy of this DND notice from several readers. Here is what they write: “Will the education reimbursement program for the reserves be the next casualty of budget cuts? Reimbursing up to $2000 per year was already a small amount ...
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Watchdog warns Bill C-15 curbs military police freedomsCBC.ca
Military Police Complaints Commission watchdog Glenn Stannard will tell a Commons committee next week that Bill C-15 curtails guidelines that have protected the independence of military police since the Somalia affair, The Canadian Press has learned.
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Senior ranks of Canadian military set for shakeup
CBC.ca
A major shakeup is in the offing amid the senior ranks of the Canadian military, one that appears to give the new chief of defence staff an open field to implement the Harper government's long-planned defence reforms. The country's deputy top commander ...
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Canadian Forces Considering Lasers On Armoured Vehicles To Destroy IEDs
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
The Canadian Forces wants to put lasers on its fleet of Cougar armoured vehicles so soldiers can blast apart improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, from a safe distance. “(High-energy laser) is considered as one of the most promising technologies to ...
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Canadian Forces Reservist Demoted But Avoids Jail For His Role In Deadly ...
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
CALGARY – A Canadian Forces reservist has avoided jail for his role in a deadly training accident in Afghanistan and is being allowed to stay in the military. But Maj. Darryl Watts is being demoted by two ranks to lieutenant and is to receive a severe ...
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Canadian military spending panel suggests bigger role for companies
Toronto Star
Companies like Montreal-based CAE, which is a world leader in flight simulation technology, were held up as an example of where Canadian companies can position themselves in the world market to serve not only the Canadian military establishment, but ...
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Canada and Peru Sign Defence Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding
Marketwire (press release)
Canada is building strategic partnerships with strong, democratic states whose militaries face many of the same challenges as the Canadian Armed Forces, such as operating in extreme weather environments. "I'm pleased to establish a defence partnership ...
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War on drugs draws Canadian military focus in Central America
CBC.ca
The Harper government's new focus on the Americas means a dramatic change of effort for the Canadian Forces and an overt participation in the U.S. war on drugs. The commander of Canada's operational forces, Lt.-Gen. Stuart Beare, says Canada is now ...
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Delays in purchasing for Canadian military at record levels under Conservatives
Ottawa Citizen
It now takes, on average, 199 months — more than 16 years — from start to finish for military acquisitions, the examination of 55 equipment projects found. It was written in 2011, but there has been no improvement in the meantime, say Defence ...
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Israel and Canada conduct joint naval exercise
Canadian Jewish News (blog)
Comments. Israeli and Canadian military naval vessels conduct search-and-rescue and passing exercises in the Red Sea on Feb. 7. From right, an Israeli patrol boat leads the Canadian frigate HMCS Toronto and the INS Kidon, a Sa'ar 4.5 class missile boat.
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Canadian Ranger dies during Arctic military exercise
CTV News
GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - A member of Canada's Arctic reserve force has died on a military exercise intended to monitor snow and ice conditions in the Northwest Passage. Donald Anguyoak -- a hockey coach, hunter and father -- died Sunday in a ...
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The Canadian Forces Integrated Soldier System Project Restarts - Industry Day ...
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
An industry day for the Integrated Soldier System Project (ISSP) will be held on March 5 in Gatineau, Que. Public Works says the day will provide a forum for industry to discuss the upcoming Request for Proposal for the ISSP. The morning will be ...
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He preserved Canadian soldiers' stories
Globe and Mail
After the war, he became an esteemed Canadian military historian. In the six decades he spent in uniform and in studying the military, Mr. Roy's most formidable weapon proved to be an unlikely one: the tape recorder. He interviewed enlisted men and ...
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Matt Gurney: The sad story of Canada's unmanageable military
National Post
Last year, as the F-35 fighter procurement process began to fall apart, troubling questions emerged concerning how good a job the military was doing keeping its civilian masters in-the-know. Now, a new report has raised that troubling question again.
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DUNNE: Small but resilient: Canadian Forces meet international challenges
TheChronicleHerald.ca
When the Iron Curtain between Eastern and Western Europe drew back, Canadians hopefully believed we were entering a time when “peace is breaking out all over.” But these are unrealized hopes, and Canada has been engaged in military operations ...
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Minister MacKay Announces Major Infrastructure Upgrades at Canadian Forces ...
Marketwire (press release)
ESQUIMALT, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 18, 2013) - The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, today announced plans to replace the existing A and B jetties at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt's dockyard. These two projects ...
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Drones would fly in Canada
Winnipeg Free Press
Well, if geography was the mother of invention for the Wright brothers, so it should be for the Canadian Forces. With three oceans and a vast (and disputed) Arctic archipelago to defend and monitor, it is remarkable that the military has such a limited ...
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Newfoundland's Memorial University and Prince Charles Charity Help Canadian ...
Toronto Star
Formed by Prince's Charities Canada and the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) in partnership with Newfoundland's Memorial University (which already had a similar, smaller scale program), the project offers former Canadian Forces members a ...
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US admiral calls for alliance of special forces
CBC.ca
The fact the Canadian military is entering a period of retrenchment and cuts was underscored several times Friday by Defence Minister Peter MacKay, who appeared by video conference from a NATO meeting in Brussels, and by Gen. Tom Lawson in his first ...
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No military charges for video mocking bin Laden
Toronto Sun
Military police will not lay charges over a video that showed a Canadian Forces member mocking terrorist Osama bin Laden while using a phoney Arab accent and wearing a turban and brown makeup. Air Force Lt.-Gen. Yvan Blondin immediately apologized ...
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Textron Introduces New Variants Of Commando Vehicle Family. Family Includes ...
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today introduced the addition of two vehicles to its COMMANDO family of vehicles at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX ...
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Major-General Dave Millar Assumes The Role of the Canadian Forces Chief of ...
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Feb. 20, 2013) – Major-General Dave Millar today assumed the role of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Chief of Military Personnel from Rear-Admiral Andrew Smith, who will become the Military Lead of the Defence ...
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