Canadian Forces

"It is startling that we had the personnel trained and we didn't deploy them," said Walter Dorn, a professor at the Canadian Forces Staff College. He said Canada's failure to send soldiers to the one of the most auspicious missions on the UN's plate throws into doubt the Liberals' election pledge to return to ...

OTTAWA — The Canadian Forces have been running a recruitment ad on the American website Breitbart — a digital force in far-right politics that's among U.S. President Donald Trump's staunchest allies and one of Canada's biggest critics. The military indirectly paid Breitbart, in violation of Ottawa's ...

A CANFORGEN has now gone out outlining the latest promotions and retirements from the Canadian Forces. Here it is: PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS, RESULTING FROM RETIREMENTS, ARE AS FOLLOWS: LIEUTENANT-GENERAL J.A.J. PARENT WILL RETIRE FROM SERVICE RESULTING IN ...

After facing criticism over arguments its lawyers made in court, the federal government is moving to settle proposed class action lawsuits filed by members of the Canadian Armed Forces who allege rampant sexual misconduct, racism and gender discrimination within the military. "I am pleased to announce ...

A sharp drop in Americans willing to sign up for their country's armed forces attributed in part to a steady mass-media diet of wounded soldiers, wars without end, and mistreated veterans is a recruiting problem Canadian military brass say they don't have — with exceptions. This month, the Pentagon began ...

OTTAWA – The Canadian Forces are in the market for pot "goggles" to show its members the effects of marijuana impairment. According to a tender notice posted on the federal government's "Buy and Sell" procurement website, the Department of National Defence is looking to purchase 26 marijuana ...

An A-29 Super Tucano of the Afghan Air Force flies over Kabul. The planes provide close air support for Afghan security forces. Photo courtesy USAF. Share Adjust Comment Print. At the recent Senate defence committee there was an interesting exchange between Senator Diane Griffin and Chief of the ...

The Canadian military has laid disciplinary charges against Lieutenant-Colonel James Jonasson, Commander of the Role 2 Medical Treatment Facility in Iraq. The charges relate to an alleged incident in October 2017 during pre-deployment training in Canada that was later reported in January 2018, the ...

OTTAWA — The Canadian Forces is scrambling for answers after one of its military helicopters dropped an inflatable life raft that smashed a hole in the roof of a home in Miami. The Griffon search-and-rescue helicopter was on a training exercise in Florida on Wednesday and returning to a U.S. Coast Guard ...