Trials and evaluations: The unit that can put any piece of equipment through its paces
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Chris Thatcher You could do worse than borrow from the marketing campaign of Dos Equis: You might not always need an equipment trial, but when you do, use CATEU. Like The Most...
Urban Ops on Trial
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Allan Joyner For four days in mid-March, a section of soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment, navigated through a village in the training area of...
Secret shelters: Modernizing joint deployable intelligence facilities
by Richard Bray Major Gaétan Noël is a soldier with many secrets. The procurement project he manages, Combined Joint Intelligence Modernization (CJIM), is creating the deployable facilities where top secret information will be received, discussed, analyzed,...
Ground trials: Soldiers to test UGV applications
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Chris Thatcher Sometime in the next 24 months, light infantry soldiers could be asked to help test the utility of unmanned ground vehicles (UGV). The Directorate of Land Requirements...
Unleashing culture: Getting (un)comfortable with digital transformation
by Mike Nelson We thrive in chaos – or at least we did, when we were young and facing unprecedented challenges when deployed early in our careers. Then we moved to Ottawa, and it was not long until we realized the days of getting our boots dusty in far-away...
A/CDS Message on the Fall of Panjwai
Many of us have been watching the reports coming out of Afghanistan with dismay. The fall of Panjwai, reported last week, has hit many of us particularly hard, and as we question our legacy, it serves as a harbinger for all Canadians who served in the country,...
A proposal for combined arms training for Reserve officers
by Kevin Wang and HengLiang Wu Combat results in the last decade indicate that an appropriate amount of time should be made available for combined arms training, especially for those who do not have experience in this regard. As the recent Nagorno-Karabakh War...
Special Forces pistol discharge not caused by technical failure
The Sig Sauer P320 will likely be among several options to replace the Canadian Army’s current Browning 9mm pistol, shown here during the Canadian Armed Forces Small Arms Concentration at the Connaught Ranges and Primary Training Centre in Ottawa in September 2019....
Digital Transformation: How the Army plans to change its analog culture
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Chris Thatcher It’s an imperfect analogy, but imagine showing up at the family barbecue with a stack of CDs under one arm and photo albums under the other. You might garner a...
As the Arctic heats up, so too has Arctic warfare training
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Ian Coutts “It’s not the end of the world just because it’s minus 40.” Well, maybe not. Especially if you are, like Warrant Officer Daryl Towns, the man making that comment, a subject...
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- KWESST signs master agreement with defence contractor for digitization of Canadian land forces
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- Marshall appoints operations manager for Canadian land facility
- Manac joins General Dynamics team bidding for LVM fleet