by Editor | Aug 24, 2021 | News
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Chris Thatcher You could do worse than borrow from the marketing campaign of Dos Equis: You might not always need an equipment trial, but when you do, use CATEU. Like The Most...
by Editor | Aug 13, 2021 | News, Procurement, Training System
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Allan Joyner For four days in mid-March, a section of soldiers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment, navigated through a village in the training area of...
by Editor | Mar 12, 2020 | Equipment, News
by Chris Thatcher When the 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment (1 RCR) assumed command of the enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Latvia in July 2018, they deployed with their own aerial reconnaissance platform. Weighing little more than 50...
by Editor | Sep 5, 2019 | Combat Capability, News, Training System
by Chris Thatcher It is arguably one of the more difficult exercises in the career of a major or seasoned captain – Exercise Common Ground. For an intense 24-hour period, young leaders are thrust into command of a combined arms team for the first time in a...
by Editor | Feb 21, 2019 | C4ISR, Equipment, News
by Chris Thatcher Long-range weapon systems may be the coin of the realm as nations prepare for the prospect of peer-to-peer conflict, but recent counterinsurgency operations have demonstrated a significant threat from rockets, artillery and mortars (RAM)....