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Countering a narco-economy
As Canadian troops combat the Taliban over rugged terrain in the isolated, rural communities of Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province, they are...
NORAD: Renewing a unique partnership
For almost 50 years, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has served as a unique bi-national partnership. No such...
Transforming NORAD
Eric Findley clearly enjoys a good movie and likes to pepper his presentations with Hollywood references, but the deputy commander...
Paper promises or real defence purchases?
Hallelujah and hosannas. That seems to be the response of supporters to the Canadian Forces extraordinary string of June announcements....
Long and meritorious service medals
The British first instituted a military long service medal in 1845 – the Army Meritorious Service Medal – followed by...
A logical solution for rapid analysis
Amongst the paraphernalia scattered throughout a house used by an enemy insurgent group, a computer is captured containing thousands of...
An Unwinnable War
While in Afghanistan shortly after the fall of the Taliban, I was taken aside by a local man during a...
Complex mandate: The multifaceted role of international policing
The first decades of international peace and security operations were very much the domain of militaries. But the end of...
The Evolution of 3D: The military’s new paradigm
For the Canadian Forces, the 3D concept has been evolutionary, not revolutionary. In Cyprus, little thought was given to Canadian...
Tragedy when priorities collide
On 13 June, 1942, my uncle, Sgt Roy Thomas, was killed while practising to drop bombs from the military version...