by Editor | Mar 21, 2019 | Army Reserves, Leadership, News, Training System
By Captain Ian McIntyre, 37 Canadian Brigade Group Public Affairs Large areas of North America, Europe and Asia lie within either the sub-Arctic or Arctic regions, making it critical for the Canadian Armed Forces to be prepared to conduct exercises and...
by Editor | Feb 12, 2019 | Army Reserves, News, Training System
by Ian Coutts Second-Lieutenant Richard McCurrach cradles a scabbarded cavalry sabre on his knees. Between it and his waxed mustache, he wouldn’t look out of place in a Victorian cavalry regiment – all he needs is a scarlet tunic or a hussar’s braided jacket. Instead...
by Editor | Jan 22, 2019 | News, Training System
by Ian Coutts It sounds like a scenario for a hilarious Hollywood summer hit: Take an army training centre run on disciplined military lines, throw in a bunch of animators, graphic designers and all-round art school types, and then see what happens. Comedy...
by Editor | Oct 12, 2018 | News, Training System
by Ken Pole There’s something fundamentally unsettling about a robotic weapons system that can track you silently and relentlessly with its cameras, computers and servo motors – even if it only fires paintballs and the only damage is to your ego. That was the...
by Editor | Sep 5, 2018 | News, Procurement, Training System
by Ian Coutts “You know the movie The Matrix? It’s essentially like that.” Major Giuseppe Ramacieri is trying to explain the thinking behind the Army’s proposed Land Vehicle Combat Training System (LVCTS). If the Keanu Reeves movie of life inside a...
by Editor | Jul 3, 2018 | News, Training System
By Chris Thatcher The federal government’s 2017 defence policy proposed to increase the Regular Force by 3,500 to 71,500 and the primary Reserve Force by 1,500 to 30,000, and to expand the roles and responsibilities of the Reserves to include combat capabilities such...
