by Editor | Dec 3, 2019 | Equipment, News, S&T
Unmanned aircraft have long been catnip for commanders on operations. The persistent feed of sensor data from ISTAR (intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance) platforms has been vital to the success of coalition missions globally. For over a...
by Editor | Nov 26, 2019 | Leadership, News
by Ken Pole When Lieutenant-General Wayne Eyre officially took command of the Canadian Army on Aug. 20 at a ceremony on Parliament Hill under a cloudless summer sky, he was taking over from Lieutenant-General Jean-Marc Lanthier, newly-promoted to Vice-Chief of...
by Editor | 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 Editor | 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 Editor | Oct 31, 2019 | Equipment, 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 Editor | 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...
