by brucericketts | Aug 29, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
The Cadet Program is one of the largest federally sponsored youth programs in Canada that includes: The Royal Canadian Sea Cadets; The Royal Canadian Army Cadets; and The Royal Canadian Air Cadets. It is a national program for young Canadians aged 12 to 18 who are...
by brucericketts | Aug 29, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
The Canadian Rangers are a part of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Reserves working in remote, isolated and coastal regions of Canada. They provide lightly-equipped, self-sufficient mobile forces to support CAF national security and public safety operations within...
by brucericketts | Aug 29, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
If word leaked out, it could cause real trouble. The war was over, after all, and no other Canadian soldier convicted of murder had been executed. Worse, this young private was professing innocence. Fifteen days later, on a brilliant sun-baked July morning in 1945,...
by brucericketts | Aug 25, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
Hill 70, stands with Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele as among the key Canadian battles of the First World War. Lt.-General Arthur Currie was fighting his first battle as the corps commander at Hill 70. After detailed preparations, the Canadian assault on 15 August worked...
by brucericketts | Aug 25, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
The history of the Canadian Army, began when the title first came into official use in November 1940, during the Second World War, and is still used today. Although the official titles, Mobile Command, and later Land Force Command, were used from February 1968 to...
