by Chris Thatcher | Oct 30, 2018 | Leadership, News
by Chris Thatcher You can take a general out of Chief of Programme (CPROG), but you can’t take Chief of Programme out of the general. It’s not an old Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) saying, but you wonder if it should be after spending some time with...
by Chris Thatcher | Jul 17, 2018 | Leadership, News
“There has been no greater privilege or honour for me than to serve as you commander.” With those final words, LGen Paul Wynnyk transferred command of the Canadian Army to LGen Jean-Marc Lanthier during a ceremony on Parliament Hill July 16. Despite the hot, humid...
by Chris Thatcher | Jul 11, 2018 | Leadership, News, Procurement
By Chris Thatcher On a corner of Brigadier-General Steve Kelsey’s desk sits a marked-up copy of Strong, Secure, Engaged. Coloured tabs stick out from the well-thumbed pages of the new defence policy, placeholders for current and future capability investments that will...
by Chris Thatcher | May 15, 2018 | Leadership, News, Operations
By Chris Thatcher The deployment of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to Ukraine in 2014 was intended to bolster NATO’s assurance measures against Russia’s invasion of Crimea and its ongoing support for the conflict in the Donbas region. However, the training mission...
by Chris Thatcher | Apr 19, 2018 | Exercises, Leadership, News
by Chris Thatcher Artillery gunners pride themselves on timing and accuracy. So when a round misses its intended target, it can quickly become a nightmare. For Captain Valérie Harvey, it resulted in one of her more challenging days. Within seconds after the...
by Chris Thatcher | Apr 9, 2018 | Leadership, News, Training System
Among the many directives in the government’s new defence policy is a mandate for the Canadian Armed Forces to be able to concurrently conduct up to nine distinct operations around the world. It also seeks to expand the capability and capacity of the Reserve Force,...
