by Chris Thatcher | Mar 27, 2019 | News, Operations
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...
by Chris Thatcher | Mar 26, 2019 | Exercises, News, Training System
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....
by Chris Thatcher | Mar 21, 2019 | Army Reserves, Leadership, News, Training System
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...
by Chris Thatcher | Mar 21, 2019 | News Releases
Viasat Inc., a global communications company, in partnership with MDA, a Maxar Technologies company, announced Viasat’s KOR-24A Small Tactical Terminal (STT) was selected by the Canadian Department of National Defence in September 2018 to support its ASCCM project....
by Chris Thatcher | Mar 19, 2019 | Exercises, News
by Captain Jamie Tobin, 5th Canadian Division Public Affairs In the spirit of multi-national interoperability and joint readiness, a Canadian contingent participated in Exercise DYNAMIC FRONT 2019 (Ex DF19) alongside soldiers from 27 Allied nations from March 1-9....
