by Editor | Feb 5, 2023 | Army Reserves, Exercises, News
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Chris Thatcher When you’re confronted by a determined foe, sometimes the only solution is to blow the bridge. After a hard-fought battle to seize the strategic crossing earlier in the...
by Editor | Sep 5, 2022 | Exercises, News
By Lt(N) Andrew McLaughlin Hundreds of Canadian Army Reserve soldiers from across Ontario and beyond participated in simultaneous infantry and artillery exercises at 4th Canadian Division Training Centre (4 CDTC) in Meaford from August 20-27. The expansive...
by Editor | Jun 10, 2021 | Exercises, News
by Chris Thatcher As the Canadian Army’s largest computer-assisted training event, Exercise Unified Resolve often requires a year of planning to construct the scenario, develop the injects, secure the network and coordinate the movement of troops and contracted...
by Editor | May 4, 2021 | Exercises, Leadership, News
by Chris Thatcher “Odd. I don’t know a better term to describe it.” Brigadier-General Bill Fletcher had just returned to Edmonton in August 2020 after a two-year posting as the Deputy Commanding General – Operations with XVIII Airborne Corps of the U.S. Army at...
by Editor | May 21, 2020 | Exercises, News
by Ian Coutts There’s a classic line sometimes attributed to Samuel Mayer, the legendary Hollywood mogul. When asked what made for a great movie, he said. “Get your hero up a tree, then throw rocks at him.” Exercise Unified Resolve boasts none of the...
by Editor | Mar 25, 2020 | Army Reserves, Exercises, News
by Allan Joyner and Chris Thatcher For two weeks in the August 2019 heat, Primary Reservists from across 4th Canadian Division gathered in the training areas of Meaford and Petawawa, Ont., for an annual confirmation exercise meant to test their individual and...
