by Editor | Apr 21, 2023 | Combat Capability, News, Operations
by Chris Thatcher There’s a fine art to force generating a multinational battle group. Partner nations are often occupied with their own national priorities and grappling with the limitations of their defence budgets, so building combat capability requires some...
by Editor | Feb 12, 2023 | News, Operations
by Chris Thatcher In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, NATO allies responded with the formation of enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battle Groups in eastern Europe as one of several deterrence measures. The Canadian-led battle group in Latvia...
by Editor | Jan 12, 2023 | Army Reserve, News, Operations
by Lt(N) Andrew McLaughlin The Grey and Simcoe Foresters (G&SF), an Army Reserve unit headquartered in Barrie, Ontario, recently led a Joint Task Force (JTF) of over 150 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members made up of Army and Air Force assets and personnel....
by Editor | Nov 7, 2022 | News, Operations
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Chris Thatcher Training soldiers for future combat comes with distinct pressures; training soldiers knowing they will be in the fury of a life-and-death fight within days of...
by Editor | Aug 5, 2022 | News, Operations
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Tim Dunne Whether it’s combat operations in Afghanistan, training armed forces in Ukraine, providing a deterrence presence in Latvia, peacekeeping in the Middle East, Africa...
by Editor | Apr 25, 2022 | News, Operations
The flooding and mudslides that closed major highways in British Columbia last November were a powerful demonstration of how quickly Mother Nature can sever critical arteries connecting western ports from the rest of Canada. Each year, the Canadian Army plays a small...