Against the Odds
by Master Corporal Mark Kusi-Appiah The Patrol Pathfinder (PPF) is a legendary course run by the Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre, where mythical bush creatures crawl out from underground and attend as candidates. Those who pass would be reclaimed as...
Transitioning to meet new challenges
by Allan Joyner Anniversaries have a way of encouraging introspection. Last year’s anniversary of the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RCEME) Corps was no exception. After 75 years of evolving roles, RCEME is in a transition, and not for the...
Tactical Mobility for Light Forces
by Chris Thatcher When Canadian Army Light Forces next deploy into a conflict zone, it could be on a fleet of four-wheeled, lightweight, off-road vehicles. A request for information (RFI) went out to industry this fall to help the Directorate of Land...
IDEaS to solve bad beard breaks
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. Beards and mustaches, neatly trimmed, of course, are a common sight on Army bases from coast to coast. The 2018 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) general order allowing facial hair and longer...
Adapting to COVID: The Army Surgeon’s guide to navigating a pandemic
by Chris Thatcher If you have ever transferred into a job in the midst of an emergency, you can probably empathize with Colonel David Coker. On Apr. 6, he was promoted to his current rank and named Canadian Army Surgeon, a role that involves providing...
Powering up the next gen of generators
If ever there was a project that proved no defence acquisition is ever as straightforward as it seems, perhaps it is Tactical Power Systems (TPS). The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) inventory of tactical generators includes 50 different types, some 3,000 in all under 60...
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