by Editor | Jun 9, 2020 | Equipment, News, Operations
by Chris Thatcher The Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) Standard Military Pattern (SMP) truck has marked a key milestone on its road into service with the first overseas deployment. Three variants of the Mack Defense logistics trucks – cargo, load handling,...
by Editor | May 28, 2020 | News, Operations
by Tim Dunne Canada launched Operation Unifier in September 2015 by deploying about 200 Canadian Armed Forces members in response to Ukrainian government requests for help to remain a sovereign, secure and stable government. Canada is part of an...
by Editor | May 4, 2020 | Leadership, News, Operations
The Canadian Armed Forces is at war everyday in the information domain. Whether in Latvia, Ukraine, Iraq, Africa or even at home, deployed forces face a barrage of false information that can quickly undermine or fail an operation. In recent presentations,...
by Editor | 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...
by Editor | Dec 10, 2019 | News, Operations
by Allan Joyner When the LAVs of Duke’s Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment (1 RCR) squeezed up the congested roads in Constance Bay, Ont. on the morning of April 26, the spirits of the local volunteers who had spent days filling sandbags to protect...
by Editor | Mar 27, 2019 | News, Operations
by Chris Thatcher On November 1, a CH-147F Chinook and two CH-146 Griffon escorts responded to an IED strike about 100 kilometres northeast of Gao in central Mali that critically injured two civilian contractors working for the United Nations. As the...
