Canada moves forward with the acquisition of aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force
July 14, 2022 – Ottawa – Department of National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Today, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced that Canada has finalized a contract to acquire the first two aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) that will replace and renew the capability currently fulfilled by the CC-150 Polaris fleet and later become part of the Strategic Tanker Transport Capability...
The new Canadian Defence Academy Self-Development Program offers education opportunities and funding
A new educational expense reimbursement (EER) program went live in August 2021, reopening opportunities and funding to Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Regular Force and Primary Reserve members. The new CAF Self-Development Program (MILPERS Instruction 01/21) allows CAF members to submit new applications in the Self Development Reimbursement Education Expense Reimbursement software (SDPEER.)...
Change of Command at 1 Canadian Air Division and Canadian NORAD Region
MGen Eric Kenny speaks at the Change of Command Ceremony for 1 Canadian Air Division (1CAD) on July 7th in Winnipeg, Man – Photo courtesy of the Royal Canadian Air Force/ Facebook Command of 1 Canadian Air Division, Canadian NORAD Region, Joint Force Air Component and Search and Rescue Region Trenton was passed from Major-General Eric Kenny to Major-General Iain Huddleston on July 7th in...
New Supervisor Trouble
Dear CCMS, My new supervisor is very sullen and at times surly. When he arrives in the morning, I greet him with “good morning”. Most of the time he just walks by as if I don’t exist and sometimes he says “we’ll see about that”. He treats me like I don’t know anything as he won’t delegate work to me or double checking my work. I do know what I am doing having worked in the government for 25...
Visual arts helps soldier with Invisible Injury
Master Corporal Bridget Cucksey puts final touches onto her painting Red Geraniums she created for the Steel Spirit Gallery.Photo: MCpl Bridget Cucksey Master Corporal Bridget Cucksey remembers facing Cluster Suiciden Headaches for the first time during a 2010 deployment to Afghanistan. “I woke up in the middle of the night and just started repeating, I want to die,” she says. “My roommate...
Father’s Day: Three generations and a father’s pride
LCol Frederic Guenette, CO 403 Hel (OT) Sqn, Maj Dave Treanor, Director Air Reserve 5-3, Avr Patricia Brown and MWO Jenifer Taylor, Acting SWO 403 Hel (OT) Sqn. Photo: Corporal Anthony Bond, Image Technician, 403 Service Support Flight Within the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), there are families where being a member of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is a tradition carried on from generation...
National Defence ratifies Seamless Canada Terms of Reference with provinces and territories
Lieutenant-General Frances Allen, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (left), Member of Parliament Bryan May, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence (centre), and the Honourable Mary Wilson, Minister responsible for Military Affairs and of Service New Brunswick (right) met with participants from Canada’s provinces and territories in Ottawa June 14th to ratify the Terms of...
Publication of The CAF Ethos: Trusted to Serve
June 10, 2022 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is pleased to announce the publication of The CAF Ethos: Trusted to Serve – an important and thorough revision and expansion of part of the 2009 publication Duty with Honour: The Profession of Arms. Trusted to Serve is our renewed commitment to professionalism through a 60-page operational guide on...
Minister Anand Marks 5th Anniversary of Canada’s Defence Policy
June 7, 2022 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Today, Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence, marked the 5th anniversary of Canada’s defence policy, Strong, Secure, Engaged (SSE). Launched in 2017, SSE remains an ambitious yet realistic plan that outlines Canada’s defence priorities over 20 years. Recognizing that Canada cannot meet its defence needs without the dedicated,...
Minister of National Defence marks Canadian Armed Forces Day
Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence, issued the following statement yesterday in recognition of Canadian Armed Forces Day: “Through the challenges of this past year, both at home and abroad, the efforts of our Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel have been tireless. Throughout everything that they do in service of our...