by Chris Thatcher | Nov 11, 2019 | Combat Capability, News
How a Brazilian exchange officer is helping the Army develop its jungle warfare doctrine and train future specialists. by Ian Coutts Sometimes it really is a jungle out there. And when it is, the Canadian Army may have to respond. That isn’t easy. The jungle...
by Chris Thatcher | Nov 4, 2019 | Leadership, News
Lieutenant-General Wayne Eyre was surprised as anyone when he was asked to take command of the Canadian Army in August. But two months into the job, he has visited a few bases in Canada and operations in Iraq and is finding his feet as he reconnects with an...
by Chris Thatcher | Oct 31, 2019 | Equiment, News, Procurement
by Chris Thatcher “Contact!” The shout comes from a soldier in the lead section of a platoon conducting an attack through the scrub, sand and small trees of Canadian Forces Base Petawawa. Behind him, soldiers quickly drop to a knee or lie prone, their weapons...
by Chris Thatcher | Oct 28, 2019 | News
by Steven Fouchard, Army Public Affairs A Canadian Army (CA) member is Canada’s first female Cyber Operator. She says she prefers to stay focused on the pleasures of the job rather than dwell on her place in the ongoing history of female advancement in the...
by Chris Thatcher | Oct 7, 2019 | Army Reserves, News
by Steven Fouchard, Army Public Affairs A Montreal-based Army Reservist has attained the distinction of becoming the second female door gunner in Canadian Army history. While Sergeant Brigitte O’Driscoll of the Royal Montreal Regiment (RMR) does not consider...
by Chris Thatcher | Sep 20, 2019 | Leadership, News
by Allan Joyner and Chris Thatcher As far as anyone knows, none of the units of the Canadian Combat Support Brigade (CCSB) possess mutant powers – nobody can teleport, manipulate weather or bend metal with their minds. Still, when your soldiers are...
