L-3 WESCAM adds advanced operator course for MX-series turrets
L-3 WESCAM of Burlington, Ontario, has launched an Advanced Operator Training course for its MX-Series of EO/IR imaging and targeting...
JOINTEX: Integration of live and virtual key to Forces’ future
It’s hard to appreciate the ambition of JOINTEX 13. Not only did Stage 5 involve a complex web of live...
JOINTEX: Exercising national command and control
As the Canadian Armed Forces anticipates future expeditionary operations, it sees a future not dissimilar to its recent past: full...
For want of a nail: Logistics and the ANA
It is extremely doubtful that any coalition soldier deployed to Afghanistan has not been asked at some time by a...
Training the Army of tomorrow
The confirmation in late September of the second rotation of troops for the Afghanistan training mission was a timely reminder...
RIMPAC exercises Canadian, coalition interoperability
The world’s largest maritime exercise wrapped up on August 3 following a month of scenarios to test coalition interoperability. Exercise...
Competing the multi-mission Spartan
With another industry day scheduled for mid-October, Canada’s Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue program may finally be heading toward a draft...
Advising in the cradle of the Afghan army
“I remember that his first question concerned the centuries-old Buddha statues that were dynamited by the Taliban in March of...
Tactical advice: Mentoring an Afghan partner
A new Canadian team of advisors and support staff are settling down to business as part of the first rotation...
Preparing tomorrow’s leaders
During the past decade the Canadian Forces (CF) have conducted combat operations in Afghanistan and Libya, provided disaster assistance in...