Lost in translation: Understanding tribal culture
Come Back to Afghanistan Said Hyder Akbar, Bloomsbury, 2005, 337pages, $14.50 The twelve-year old Pathan male shot his father’s killer......
Surfboard SEALs: A Canadian’s concept for a sea reconnaissance unit
Few among Canada’s military have enjoyed the distinction of creating a unit and then leading it into combat, but an......
Canadian Forces get a strategic lift
“Good morning, Team C-17! Or should I say bonjour?” It is early April...
The lessons of modern stability campaigns
With more than a decade of stability campaigns under its belt, it may seem rhetorical for the Canadian Forces to...
Future Force: Incorporating more than the military
While tensions over the Taiwan Strait and Kashmir still threaten to draw nations into conflict, military forecasters believe that any......
A glimpse into Afghanistan
A Canadian medic aiding a badly injured Afghan child; a soldier in conversation with village elders; Canadian troops emerging from......
Buying local opens business in Kabul
With all the money pouring into United Nations’ missions, it’s eye-opening just how little reaches the people directly affected by...
Music to their ears: A Pashtu-Canadian voice in Kandahar
Every minute they are listening to us is a minute they are not......
A military solution to fostering civil service capacity
In August 2005, Colonel Mike Capstick led a 15-person Canadian Forces team into complex, dangerous and very unfamiliar territory –...