Paratrooper: Airborne with the Army’s advanced warfare centre
by Ian Coutts “We’re up in the air and we’re flyin’ around.” Forty attentive faces focus on Sergeant Brandon James. “Get ready, stand up…” As one, the soldiers rise from the benches, and pointing one hand stiffly, almost theatrically, off to their side and then...
Land C4ISR: The bridge to a better way to buy high tech?
By Chris Thatcher Imagine buying your home wireless network and your cellphone by taking four to eight years to analyze your options and define your requirements and a year or more to purchase and install the system, all with the intent of operating it for the...
LCol Kathy Haire first woman commandant of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery School
By Captain Nicholas Kaempffer There is always great pride and celebration when there is a change of command parade at The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery School (RCAS), but on June 21, 2019 when the RCAS’s first woman commandant took command, a new page of...
Army honorary colonel comes ‘full circle’ with visit to Iraq
By Steven Fouchard, Army Public Affairs Since first stepping into the role two years ago, Honorary Colonel of the Canadian Army (CA) Paul Hindo has visited with soldiers on overseas deployments on several occasions. The locations – including Ukraine and Latvia...
Air Defence: Reacquiring a vital capability
By Ian Coutts There is a classic cartoon by Bing Coughlin from the Canadian Army’s old Maple Leaf newspaper featuring Herbie, his archetypal Canadian soldier of the Second World War. In it, Herbie, cowering with his pals in a crude shelter in the midst of a...
Second woman in the Canadian Army to receive her door gunner badge
By Cpl Laura Landry Master Corporal Brigitte O’Driscoll, a reservist with 438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, based in Saint-Hubert, Quebec, and the Royal Montreal Regiment (RMR), a Canadian Army Reserve unit in Montreal, Quebec, received her door gunner badge...
The Leopard changes (some) of its spots
By Allan Joyner With the exception of a short period in the early 2000’s, when General Rick Hillier recommended replacing them with a wheeled gun system, main battle tanks have been seen as a key part of the Army’s combat mix. Some suggested that tanks would be...
Mobile, lethal and better protected: Lessons from the LAV
By Chris Thatcher As of the end of April, the last of 550 modernized light armoured vehicles (LAVs) were in the field with Regular Force units across the country. For a program that has seen the scope of work expanded twice, the schedule adjusted several times, and...
Better bang for a bullet: Artillery school aligns core exercises with courses
by Chris Thatcher “The pressure hasn’t been too bad because you are enjoying it at the same time,” said Second Lieutenant Shannon Snape as she ducked behind a truck to get out of the wind breaking over the nearby treeline. “But there is always pressure as you...
Shedding the weight: Project aims to lighten the load with updated soldier clothing and equipment
by Richard Bray The first layer of protection between Canadian soldiers and a hostile world is operational clothing, and some of that wardrobe needs updating. “Some pieces of equipment, not all of them, need to be upgraded or modernized,” said...
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