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...
Veteran and Veteran family mental health remains uncharted territory
“Most Canadians don’t know what it’s like for a lot of Veterans just to try and function through a day.” — Warrant Officer (Ret’d) Brian McKenna, National Strategic Advisor with the Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families. For decades, Veterans, and their Families have voiced concerns about how hard it can be to find support services that reflect their military experiences and provide real...
Government releases final Independent External Comprehensive Review of the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces and outlines next steps to address and eradicate sexual harassment and misconduct
May 30, 2022 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Today, the Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Anita Anand, was joined by former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour, as well as the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Wayne Eyre, and Deputy Minister of National Defence, Bill Matthews, to discuss the final report of the Independent External Comprehensive Review (IECR) of...
Government of Canada provides an update on the operationalization of the CC-295 Kingfisher
May 4, 2022 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces A modern and capable military is critical to Canada’s domestic security and our contribution on the world stage. This includes our role in domestic maritime search and rescue. That’s why the Government of Canada is acquiring a fleet of 16 new fixed-wing search and rescue sensor-equipped aircraft – the...
Four cadets of the Royal Military College of Canada lose their lives on campus
April 29, 2022 – Kingston – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Four 4th-Year cadets of the Royal Military College of Canada travelling in a single vehicle lost their lives when their car entered the waters on campus at Point Frederick on Friday April 29, 2022 at approximately 2 a.m. ET. The members who lost their lives are: Officer Cadet Jack Hogarth Officer Cadet Andrei Honciu Officer...
