https://youtu.be/ZtHuPgMG4wU Kevin Ford admits he wasn’t sure what he was getting into when he agreed to join the soldiers of the Canadian Army’s 4th Division for a day on the training range of Canadian Force Base Petawawa. Despite 10 hours in full combat rig, in...

by Major L. Angell Master Warrant Officer Roch Lanteigne, born and raised in Caraquet, N.B., is a member of the North Shore NB Regiment and one of 14 Canadian soldiers in Dȩba, Poland supporting a multinational army training event, 5-16 November, 2017. With 42 years...

by Allan Joyner   Mention military lasers and the first quip is often about sharks with head-mounted laser beams. Fans of the Austin Powers movies will recall that, were it not for bureaucratic red tape, Dr. Evil might have got his armed sharks on the first try...

By 1 CMBG Public Affairs   Wainwright, Alberta  — Much of 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1 CMBG) descended on the Wainwright training area in mid-October to participate in Exercise Iron Ram. With nearly 2000 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members representing...

  “If you ever want to light up a townhall meeting,” my neighbour, the lieutenant-colonel, told me when...

Captain Michelle Whitty spent the past year pushing both her mind and body to their outermost limits in hopes of being named one of Canada’s next generation of astronauts. The combat engineer and medical doctor hung in as the field of nearly 4,000 candidates narrowed...

In the run up to the Road to High Readiness (RTHR), Exercise Iron Ram is a key test of individual and combined arms skills. Soldiers with 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1 CMBG) are at the mid point of the three-week exercise at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright....