A call for a digital insurgency
by Caleb Walker You should start an insurgency in the Canadian Army! I know, it sounds controversial, but remember, there are many reasons to build an insurgency. The goal of insurgencies commonly falls into one of five categories. Four of them are:...
Combat Ready
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. The Canadian-led battle group in Latvia has adapted NATO, Canadian and allied doctrine to evolve its standard operating procedures. Exercise Silver Arrow confirmed that and more. by...
A Star Wars experience: Royal Highland Fusiliers test future vision systems in live-fire trials
Photo: Pte Robert Kingerski by Lt (N) Andrew McLaughlin It isn’t often an infantry soldier gets to help test kit so vital to their craft way before it’s available for training or use on the battlefield. A program spearheaded by Defence Research...
Army recruiting resuming normalcy
by Ian Coutts After two tough years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) recruiting appears to be bouncing back. “We’re pretty much back at capacity now,” said Captain (N) Pascal Belhumeur, commander of the Canadian Forces Recruiting Group,...
Morale, health, resiliency and family support
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Ken Pole The “been there, done that” concept can be a key to promotion in any military force, but there’s obviously much more to the climb up the rank ladder, particularly when the...
Back to Bold Quest
by Chris Thatcher On the calendar of joint fires and sensor-to-shooter capability demonstrations, Bold Quest is a key event. But when around 600 participants gathered last October, most of the 200 international attendees were virtual observers, watching online...
Former Army commander confirmed as CDS
By Ken Pole Army General Wayne Eyre has been confirmed as Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) after nine months of doing the military’s top job in an acting capacity. His appointment, by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is seen as a key step in how the Canadian...
Royal Rumble: An exercise on the build to contingency operations for 1 RCR
by Canadian Army Today staff As exercises go, Royal Rumble is just another stepping-stone on the path to validation for the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (1 RCR). But when the battalion and other units of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (2...
Fall 2021
This Issue Army Sergeant Major: CWO James Smith Modernizing for the future fight A call for a digital insurgency Experimenting with combat support Joint Fires, incrementally Behind friendly lines RAMD: Test, break, repeat Can you 3D print that?
Diversity through experience
by Second Lieutenant Ahmed Elkar and Captain Michael Gray In the fall of 2020, the commanding officer of the Princess Louise Fusiliers (PLF), Lieutenant-Colonel Barry Pitcher, launched a new initiative to help soldiers understand societal diversity in the...
News Releases
- Rheinmetall awarded Canada’s Enhanced Recovery Capability project
- New player in tank production: Leonardo and Rheinmetall joint venture
- Ultra I&C wins $7 million contract for tactical data link support
- Allen-Vanguard receives follow-on order of SCORPION ECM systems for NATO ally
- Galvion receives follow-on Batlskin Caiman helmet order for Canadian DICE program