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Be advised that due to the strike a lot of bases currently are not offering transient quarters for non-operational stays.

Just to add to Rifleman62 said, while you hear people say CD1 or CD2 it is not correct. Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD) - Canada.ca Post-nominals Members may use the post-nominal letters "CD". The post-nominals are not affected by the award of clasps.

That makes sense, I had forgotten about that.

According to the latest news release Major-General M.H.L. Bourgon has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General and remains Acting Chief Military Personnel and Acting Commander Military Personnel Command (CMP/CMPC), in Ottawa. Chief of the Defence Staff announces first 2023 Canadian Armed...

I do find that when they changed the footwear a number of years ago the newer boots and oxfords are a lot harder to shine than my older footwear. I don't know why the newer footwear is harder to get a good shine with but if we do get new footwear just make sure it is made of a material that can...

I can remember Fridays used to be maintenance day and all of 2 PPCLI was formed up for BN parade in coveralls. It was a bit silly but it set the message that the CO took maintenance of the M113s and other vehicles and equipment seriously.

I know you are joking but there it is part of Canadian Army dress orders: Canadian Army Dress Instructions - Canada.ca

Yes see this web page for some general info: Joint Task Force 2 - Canada.ca

My advanced gunnery course ran by the Armoured school we wore coveralls whenever we were on the LAVs for those reasons.

It is not the regiment's birthday on 17 March, the Regimental birthday is on 10 Aug. 17 March is Regimental Day it is in honour of the birthday of Princess Patricia of Connaught, later Lady Patricia Ramsay. They are wearing the flashes so are a few other units

I am guessing for the RCEME school to train their maintainers on.

Found the answer as to what the medallion is. Of course, the answer just leads to more questions :) According to this website (Medal Hound) it is the Queen Victoria Coronation Medallion issued to celebrate the coronation of Queen Victoria, which took place June 28, 1838. It does not say why...

Looking for some help in identifying the medallion(?) that then Cpl Francis Pegahmagabow (1st Canadian Infantry Battalion) is wearing just underneath his medals (Military Medal with 2 bars, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, and Victory Medal). You only see him wearing it in this picture. In all...

You can't take specific courses like PLQ on your own you have to be course loaded on them by usually your career manager. Most of the time for DLN courses you will be told you must take a course, such as Security Awareness, or if you have anything to do with budget, Expenditure Management.

The army is not transitioning to Multicam, it will be adopting CADPAT Multi-Terrain (MT). The pattern is different from Multicam Canada Adopts CADPAT-MT Camouflage - Soldier Systems Daily

So they are gathering intelligence, what are they going to do with it? Give it to the Haitian government, I don't know if I would really trust them.

It is outlined in DAOD 5019-1, Personal Relationships and Fraternization A CAF member in a personal relationship with another CAF member, DND employee or member of an allied force, contractor or an employee of a contractor must not be involved, regardless of rank or authority, in the other...

We are focusing on operational clothing also. Currently, trials are being done on new base layers that will drastically improve the soldier's comfort and effectiveness in the field. That is the first step in modernizing our field clothing as it is one of the most critical aspects of the layered...

It is close to a 40-year-old design. I suspect most of them have been used rather extensively by the various donating countries.

I did not realize that it had changed, I have not had to book a conference room in a while. Booking through outlook was fairly easy, so of course we had to change it.