by Editor | Jun 18, 2024 | Army Reserve, News, Training System
by Chris Thatcher With the standup of a Canadian-led multinational brigade in Latvia as of 2026, the Army is transforming how it validates brigade leadership and subunits for operations. The large collective training exercises of Unified Resolve, a...
by Editor | May 17, 2024 | Army Reserves, News, Training System
by Lt(N) Andrew McLaughlin Approximately 300 soldiers from 33 Canadian Brigade Group (33 CBG) recently completed a major emergency response exercise in Mattawa and North Bay with local civilian partners. 33 Territorial Battalion Group (33 TBG), formed by 33...
by Editor | May 8, 2024 | News, Training System
by Chris Thatcher The training area of the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) is nothing new to Canadian light infantry. Units have for years been training alongside American partners in Fort Wainwright, Alaska. As recently as last April, a...
by Editor | Mar 25, 2024 | Leadership, News, Training System
Story and photos by Chris Thatcher On a clear, cool morning in mid April, a platoon from Charlie Company of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI) loaded into three CH-146 Griffons and a CH-147F Chinook and lifted off...
by Editor | Mar 14, 2024 | Equipment, News, Procurement, Training System
What was once labeled a midlife upgrade is now a full modernization program. Over the past three years, Weapons Effects Simulation (WES) has transformed from an enhancement of the equipment the Army currently uses to capture weapons and other effects in training, to a...
by Editor | Feb 14, 2024 | News, Procurement, Training System
By Canadian Army Today Staff When the Land Vehicle Crew Training System (LVCTS) eventually opens doors on five new simulation centres across the country, it will launch the Army into a new world of networked and immersive individual and collective training. An...