“CAF – Canadian Armed Forces”

The officer commanding one of the Canadian Army’s leading regular force battalions and the unit’s top non-commissioned officer have been removed from their position.

Lt.-Col. Jason Hudson and Chief Warrant Officer Kim Doerr, of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton, were apparently forced to step aside over the weekend, several military sources said Tuesday.

The Department of National Defence, in a written statement, confirmed to CBC News that action had taken place, but refused to explain why.

Oh no soldiers got drunk and mayhem ensued – off colour jokes I bet.

OTTAWA — Starting today, military police will no longer accept Criminal Code sexual offence complaints, in anticipation of passage of the Liberal government’s military justice system reform bill.

Bill C-11 will strip the military of its jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute sexual offences involving Canadian Armed Forces members committed within the country, and hand those cases over to the civilian justice system.

The legislation follows on past recommendations from former Supreme Court justices Morris Fish and Louise Arbour, the current Governor General

Walking onto the floor of CANSEC, Canada’s largest defence show, in Ottawa late last month, one thing was impossible to miss: drones and autonomy are no longer the future of war. They are its present. Every ship, aircraft and vehicle came mounted with a rotor, a wing or a set of legs, trailing sensors. Behind them sat the consoles: fused displays of land, sea, air, space and cyber that give a commander a god’s-eye view of the battlefield and the power to point, click and send an autonomous machine to kill.

The federal government needs to be “wary” about deepening ties with China as a way of offsetting trade tensions with the United States, says retired Gen. Wayne Eyre, Canada’s former chief of the defence staff.

“We need to be very wary about pivoting to China at the expense of the U.S.,” Eyre said in an interview on CTV’s Question Period that aired on June 7, adding that the threat China poses to Canada “continues to evolve.”

A little over a month after the Pentagon revealed it had ordered a batch of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) for several allied countries, including Canada, the Liberal government has now publicly acknowledged the purchase.

Defence Minister David McGuinty, in a statement on Tuesday, said 26 of the highly sought artillery systems will be acquired for the Canadian Army.

The $2.6-billion purchase is being made directly from the U.S. government and includes a preliminary operational stock of munitions, spare parts, training and support services.

OTTAWA – The secret weapon in South Korea’s bid to win the lucrative submarine contract is code named “Project Beaver.”

Facing market conditions that blocked it from bringing an electric vehicle plant to Canada, the South Koreans drafted a plan to manufacture hydrogen long-haul freight trucks and build dozens of charging stations in Canada, beginning in 2030. The proposal was submitted as part of Hanwha’s bid for the submarines, and the details were kept under wraps until now.

“Project Beaver” will use the technology developed by Hyundai Motors and transplant it to Canada.