by Chris Thatcher | Feb 24, 2020 | Equiment, News, Procurement
by Chris Thatcher When Canadian Army Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) walked away from the ramp check tables at Bold Quest 19 in Finland this spring, the eyes of many envious allies were on them. In 2017, the Army acquired the first Android-based...
by Chris Thatcher | Feb 23, 2020 | Army Reserves, News
by Steven Fouchard, Army Public Affairs Master Corporal Shaina Ryan didn’t fully embrace physical fitness until she joined the Canadian Army Reserve, but can now stand proudly among the country’s fittest soldiers. She recently joined a select group who have...
by Chris Thatcher | Feb 17, 2020 | Army Reserves, News, Training System
by Ian Coutts “It may seem like a lot of work.” Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Groulx is referring to the work that led up to the chaos surrounding him. Dozens of junior officers intently tap away at computer terminals or confer with more senior officers. Paper...
by Chris Thatcher | Feb 10, 2020 | Army Reserves, Combat Capability, News
by Bill Williams Military attacks generally focus on an enemy’s weaknesses. When cybercriminals, for example, wanted plans for America’s new state-of-the-art Joint Strike Fighter, they targeted one of the project’s subcontractors. Cutting around heavily guarded...
by Chris Thatcher | Feb 4, 2020 | Equiment, News, Procurement
by Ken Pole Two new weapons systems for the Canadian Army, the C6-A1 Flex 7.62-mm general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) and the C-20 sniper rifle, both coming from Colt Canada Corp. in Kitchener, Ont., are expected to significantly upgrade the already proven...
by Chris Thatcher | Jan 29, 2020 | News, Operations
by Chris Thatcher In the two years since the multinational battle group in Latvia was established in June 2017, Russian information operations on social media and other fora have painted a picture of an ineffective formation too small and too disjointed to...
