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British soldier assaulted at Alberta military base
SUFFIELD, Alta. -- A British soldier training at a southern Alberta military base has been assaulted and badly injured. Pinup project aims to boost military morale
LONDON -- The photographs of smiling women holding wrenches, rolling tires or showering with strategically located soap suds have already made it to the front lines with Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan. IEDs the frontline in war with insurgents in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Improvised explosive device.
A decade ago, the words had no place in the common Canadian lexicon. 'Forgotten' fallen honoured at Calgary memorial
CALGARY - The 44 Canadian peacekeepers who died while serving in Korea after the war will now have a lasting tribute on the memorial wall in Calgary's Peacekeeper Park. 2nd Canadian soldier killed in blast named
Canadian military officials in Kandahar on Monday identified the second soldier killed in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan on Saturday. Two Canadian soldiers die in bomb blast
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Two Canadian soldiers who were the best of friends died together Saturday when an improvised explosive device blew up as they investigated another IED in an area west of Kandahar City long regarded as a Taliban bastion. Joint training exercise embeds journalism students
CFB Suffield, Alberta — 38 Canadian Brigade Group (38 CBG) hired three students from the Creative Communications program at Red River College to be embedded as journalists during Exercise Western Defender, held 2-10 May. Military jury finds soldier guilty in shooting
SYDNEY, N.S. -- A Canadian reservist was found guilty Thursday of criminal negligence causing death in the shooting of a fellow soldier he shared a tent with in Afghanistan. Submariners' health to be tracked over the long-term.
OTTAWA - Submariners who survived the deadly electrical fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi almost five years ago will be the subject of a long-term health study. CFB Rockcliffe can't go out with a bang: DND
The Canadian Forces base that will be shut down in Ottawa's east end on Friday won't be able to hold its own farewell party, says the Department of National Defence. Canada, U.S. divvy up turf in Afghan war
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — The marriage between Canadian and American troops in war-plagued Kandahar is still some weeks away from consummation, but the two forces have settled on a division of labour for Canadian-American military and civilian effo Canadian Forces win six medals at arms competition
Puckapunyal, Australia — Despite tough competition, the Canadian Forces Combat Shooting Team brought home six medals from the Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting (AASAM) 2009. Audit finds holes in system for tracking military gear
The system designed to track the Defence Department's extensive stocks of materiel does not provide accurate information to ensure such supplies are properly safeguarded or can be readily located, a department audit has found.Britain's military says operation to oust Taliban in southern Afghan stronghold is success
LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared Monday that a mission to oust Taliban fighters from an Afghan stronghold has been a major success, despite a mounting death toll and public skepticism over the merits of the campaign.
LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared Monday that a mission to oust Taliban fighters from an Afghan stronghold has been a major success, despite a mounting death toll and public skepticism over the merits of the campaign. Pulling trigger done 'instinctively,' soldier testifies
A soldier accused of shooting and killing his comrade in their tent in Afghanistan over two years ago testified Monday that "in retrospect" he realizes he had other options to pulling the trigger. NATO tests laser device to detect roadside bombs
As July turns into the deadliest month ever for coalition soldiers in Afghanistan, NATO has revealed it's testing a new device to help detect roadside bombs -- those so called "improvised explosive devices" that have caused such carnage for Canadian and o Golfers beat the heat at inaugural Kandahar Canadian Open in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Unlike the real thing, there was no threat of rain Sunday - or even much hope of respite from the searing desert heat as golfers braved the fairway at the Kandahar Canadian Open. 
In January 2008, the Government of Canada commissioned an "Independent Panel on Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan." This report recommended that Canada's mission in Afghanistan be extended past 2009, providing certain conditions were met Canadian soldier says he shot friend in self-defence
SYDNEY, N.S. -- A soldier accused of shooting and killing a colleague in a tent in Afghanistan over two years ago says he felt his life was threatened by someone when he whirled and fired his weapon. 
With its establishment last December, the Joint Task Force Afghanistan (JTF-Afg) Air Wing increased the Air Force's ability to reduce risk to Canadian and coalition troops in Afghanistan by transporting people and equipment by air and providing critical i Family Covenant unveiled at Oromocto resource centre
Oromocto, New Brunswick — In recognition of the importance of family, General Natynczyk and his wife Leslie unveiled the Family Covenant at the Military Family Resource Centre in Oromocto, New Brunswick, July 12. No more beards for sailors at sea
Seagoing sailors and beards – they just seem to go together like salt and pepper, rum and coke, burgers and fries – but no more. Pause in army operations no longer needed: Top soldier
OTTAWA — The chief of the Canadian army said soldiers will likely not have to take an operational pause of one year or longer after all, once the mission in Afghanistan ends in July 2011. Canadian soldiers accidentally kill Afghan girl
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An Afghan girl has been killed in an accidental shooting by Canadian soldiers in Kandahar province, military officials disclosed Wednesday Old warship heads out of Bridgewater
The Canadian navy is taking back a deteriorating former warship that has been tied up in Bridgewater, N.S., for more than a decade.U.S. to increase size of army
The United States will temporarily increase the size of its army by 22,000 soldiers to deal with demands placed on the force by wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Monday.
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The United States will temporarily increase the size of its army by 22,000 soldiers to deal with demands placed on the force by wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Monday.NATO: Fighter jet crashes at Afghan base in 2nd major crash in 2 days; crew ejects
KABUL - A Tornado fighter jet crashed inside NATO's largest base in southern Afghanistan on Monday in the second major crash on the base in two days, officials said.
KABUL - A Tornado fighter jet crashed inside NATO's largest base in southern Afghanistan on Monday in the second major crash on the base in two days, officials said. Army to upgrade combat vehicle fleets
Oromocto, New Brunswick — The Army will improve or replace its fleets of combat vehicles, providing soldiers with greater protection, mobility and lethality on the battlefield. Canadian soldier died after mountaintop blast: military
A Canadian soldier who was killed last week had stepped on an explosive device before falling to his death in the Panjwaii district of southern Afghanistan, a military official said Sunday. Canadians fire on vehicle near bomb diffusing team
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Canadian soldiers have shot and killed an Afghan civilian as his car approached a team diffusing a roadside bomb. Australian frigates exercise with East Coast ships
HALIFAX -- Royal Australian Navy (RAN) frigates Sydney and Ballarat recently arrived in Canadian waters as part of a six-month international deployment in support of diplomatic, international security and defence industry interests in Western Europe, Nort Canadian private killed in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Another Canadian soldier was killed this morning during an operation in a village in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province, about 17 kilometres southwest of the city. Britain's fallen
Some heart-rending shots of 8 soldiers passing through Wooten Bassett, Wiltshire on Englands version of the "Highway of Heroes". Confusion reigns as defence contract opens for bids
A $3-billion project to buy new search-and-rescue aircraft kicked off Tuesday in Ottawa amid complaints from aerospace industry officials that government representatives can't even say how many planes will be purchased or when. US Navy�s X-47B Prepares for Maiden Flight
The US Navy is preparing to conduct the first test flight of its X-47B Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAS) at Edwards Air Force Base, California, in November 2009. Taliban target Canadian 'model village'
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents have targeted a high-profile Canadian project in Kandahar province with a suicide attack and an ambush. Elite forces target bomb makers
OTTAWA – Canada's elite special forces soldiers have been launching raids on enemy compounds to directly target insurgents making roadside bombs, the main killer of coalition troops in Afghanistan Afghan insurgents in 'disarray' as coalition advances, says Canadian general
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Mounting casualties and unprecedented numbers of roadside bomb attacks are more a reflection of increased activity by the international coalition than a sign of a strengthening insurgency, Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan says. Defence funds set to flow in Goose Bay
Just days after Newfoundland's premier reacted angrily to the Harper government's decision to renege on its promise to establish a new military unit in the province, Defence Minister Peter MacKay will arrive at Goose Bay to announce millions of dollars in Griffons 'safe,' commander says after deadly crash
OTTAWA - The commander of the military's Griffon helicopter squadron is defending the safety and performance of his aircraft in Afghanistan following this week's fatal crash in Kandahar. Avro Arrow model marks 100 years of Canadian aviation historyMilitary | 206780 hits | 3:59 PM on Friday | posted by dino_bobba_renno
Fifty years after the federal government cancelled the Avro Arrow project, a full-scale replica of the airplane was rolled into position Friday at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, 70 kilometres south of Edmonton. New Combined Air Operations Centre Up and Running
Lieutenant-General Marcel Duval, Commander 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region, officially opened the new Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) in a small ceremony July 9th at 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region Headquarters in Win New LAV variant to provide better protection
Shilo, Manitoba — Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (2 PPCLI) were the first to try out a new light armoured vehicle variant that provides better protection against improvised explosive devices (IED). Top soldier lauds upgrade to Forces' battle gear
Acknowledging the military death toll and the ravages on hardware from roadside bombs in Afghanistan, Canada's top soldier welcomed Wednesday's armoured-vehicle upgrade as a major step in combating "equipment fatigue." Military to track suicides beyond active duty
Canada's Defence Department is changing the way it tracks the number of suicides in the military to include members who kill themselves while no longer on active duty, according to a report. Afghan dust could have contributed to chopper crash: report
A helicopter crash in Afghanistan that killed three soldiers, two of them Canadian, apparently occurred when the chopper clipped a security wall while trying to manoeuvre in a blinding cloud of dust, The Canadian Press has learned. Special forces to join northern military exercises
Canadian special forces will join the regular army, navy and air force for military exercises next summer in the Arctic. Feds OK new armoured vehicles, 'copters
The Harper government has approved a plan to purchase new armoured vehicles for the Canadian Forces, and is set to announce it has finally reached a deal on the purchase of additional Chinook helicopters.Back to Canada News
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