Elite shooters: Taking aim at the key components to improving sniper systems
by Ken Pole Most of us can be trained to use firearms and, given practice, can learn to shoot well. That’s particularly true within the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), where weaponry is a fundamental element of training at the CAF’s Leadership and Recruit School in...
Close Engagement: An evolution in the Army’s operating concept
by Chris Thatcher Calling it the hitchhiker’s guide to the Canadian Army might be a stretch. But whether you are identifying capability gaps, analyzing requirements for procurement projects, scripting training scenarios, or developing capability, tactics or strategy...
CANZEX: Interoperability at its best
by Capt James Neeley, senior instructor JTAC, RCAS The international Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) community is unique in its interoperability, collaboration, and collective mindset and training: We share tactics, techniques and procedures and we share air...
Force protection in Mali: Infantry on the ground, medics in the air
by Chris Thatcher On November 1, a CH-147F Chinook and two CH-146 Griffon escorts responded to an IED strike about 100 kilometres northeast of Gao in central Mali that critically injured two civilian contractors working for the United Nations. As the helicopters...
Combat divers celebrate 40 years of international partnership
by Capt Andrew MG Jarvis This past February, combat divers from all four Canadian Combat Dive Teams deployed to Cultus Lake, BC, where they met with divers from Germany, Holland, the UK, and the US to participate in a training event that has been running since 1979....
Exercise Siberian Husky prepares Arctic Response Company Group
By Captain Ian McIntyre, 37 Canadian Brigade Group Public Affairs Large areas of North America, Europe and Asia lie within either the sub-Arctic or Arctic regions, making it critical for the Canadian Armed Forces to be prepared to conduct exercises and operations in...
News Releases
- Saab receives order for multispectral camouflage systems
- Rheinmetall Canada awarded major Land C4ISR program support contract
- Viasat, MDA win Army’s Airspace Coordination Centre Modernization (ASCCM) project
- Calian Group Awarded IT and Software Development Services Contract
- Three contracts to enhance the Canadian Armed Forces’ integrated IT systems