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Film controversy highlights poor relations between Canada and Iran “This really adds more ammunition to the kind of difficult relations between the two countries and maybe it’s going to have some impact on the function of the Canadian Embassy in Iran. It’s certainly an escalation,” Houchang Hassan-Yari, an expert on Iran and head of the…
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Let’s give the navy its name back Many Canadians support a return to Royal Canadian Navy, others, the descriptive moniker Canadian Navy; there is no dishonour in the latter. I believe that those serving today would be proud to do so under the title Canadian Navy. New Brunswick Senator H 7543 Joseph Day (CMR RMC…
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Preparing for the challenges of Canada’s Afghan pullout “It’s like moving a very large village or small town, lock, stock and barrel,” 16124 Lt.-Col. Steve Moritsugu, leader of the mission transition and liaison team for the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE ______________________________ Canadian troops pushing into volatile territory as Afghan mission winds…
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Canadian trainers likely to be sent across Afghanistan “At the end of the day, the NATO requirements are for trainers across the whole of the country,” 13337 Maj.-Gen. Stuart Beare (CMR RMC 1983), the Canadian deputy commander of the NATO training mission “The direction I have from (Chief of Defence Staff) Gen. Natynczyk is that…
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The Vancouver Island Ex-Cadet Club held its annual Christmas Reception and Luncheon Click on photos for better viewing. Photos by: Don Lovell and Dave Wightman Article by: 3334 Dave Wightman The Vancouver Island Ex-Cadet Club held its annual Christmas Reception and Luncheon for serving cadets and aspiring cadets and their families on December 28th. As…
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Who made Canada a better place in 2010? Former veterans ombudsman 12723 Pat Stogran (RRMC RMC 1980) Retired colonel Pat Stogran was the first to lead a Canadian battalion in Afghanistan in 2002. He was Canada’s first veterans ombudsman in 2007. But when the Harper government decided not to renew his three-year term in 2010,…
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CF-18s get perfect “hit” score on exercise “The complexity of engaging a moving target with a laser-guided bomb cannot be overstated,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Kenny, the squadron’s commanding officer. “There are a number of variables that need to be solved by the pilots both before and after the bomb has been released to ensure proper…
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Canadian colonel says Taliban defeated, will run in to a ‘brick wall’ on return “We weren’t really sure how things were going back April-May,” he said. “The insurgents had a lot of the momentum. They had freedom of movement, but the excellent efforts of the OMLT in concert with the rest of the task force,…
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CDS Message to the Troops From: Chief of the Defence Staff/Chef d’état-major de la Défense Friday, 19, November, 2010 Subject: Canadian Forces Engagement in Afghanistan beyond 2011 // Engagement des Forces canadiennes en Afghanistan après 2011 Earlier this week, the Government of Canada directed that the CF will remain engaged in Afghanistan beyond 2011 in…
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Keynote speaker, Dr. Paul Roman of The Royal Military College of Canada, at the NATO Modelling and Simulation Group workshop held at the NATO Modelling and Simulation Centre of Excellence (NATO M&S COE) in Rome. “As an emerging suite of education and training technologies it is clear that these experiential-based learning tools should be simply…
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16142 J.J. Smith (RRMC 1988) has been appointed counsel to the Ministry of Culture for the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, with particular responsibility for the creation of a transnational socio-heritage monitoring organization and the application in Western Sahara of the Hague Convention, 1954, for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.…
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Caption: Outgoing HCol Fred Sutherland (left) signed over command as the Snowbirds’ Honourary Colonel to Michael Potter (right), founder of Vintage of Wings of Canada. Snowbirds CO LCol Maryse Carmichael sits centre. Photo Credit: Sgt Frank Morin. Snowbirds 40th Anniversary Weekend The evening continued with a formal ceremony in which Lieutenant-General (ret’d) Fred Sutherland handed…