Somalia 1993
compliments of a bush war on the southern border of Angola.Originally Posted by UNSoC
yep... I heard of the cdn army having a few hummers (and blackhawks).
Neat !
Who do you figure will the next cdn chief of staff?
We do have some humvees, but no blackhawks.
General Walt Natynczyk, CMM, MSC, CD
Chief of the Defence Staff
General Walt Natynczyk is originally from Winnipeg and joined the Canadian Forces in 1975 after spending 5 years as an Air Cadet. He has served in numerous regimental command positions at all levels from tank troop leader up to commanding officer of the Royal Canadian Dragoons.
General Natynczyk’s operational experience consists of 4 years on NATO duty in Germany; six months of UN peacekeeping duties in Cyprus (1984); a one-year-long mission with the United Nations in the Former Yugoslavia as Sector South-West Chief of Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994) with British forces, then as the Chief of Land Operations, UNPROFOR HQ in Zagreb, Croatia. He commanded the Royal Canadian Dragoons in domestic operations during the Winnipeg floods of 1997 as well as in the Ottawa region during the 1998 Ice Storm, and he served as the Canadian Contingent Commander in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1998.
He became the third Canadian to serve as Deputy Commanding General, III Corps and Fort Hood, Texas and deployed with III Corps to Baghdad, Iraq in 2004 serving first as the Deputy Director of Strategy, Policy and Plans and subsequently as the Deputy Commanding General of the Multi-National Corps. Upon his return to Canada, he assumed command of the Land Force Doctrine and Training System. He was subsequently appointed Chief of Transformation where he was responsible for implementation of the force restructuring and the enabling processes and policies.
He has fulfilled various staff appointments including serving as Squadron Commander at the Royal Military College (Kingston, Ont.), on the Army Headquarters staff (St. Hubert, Quebec), and in Ottawa as Assistant Director to the National Defence Headquarters Secretariat, J3 Plans and Operations during the period of CF deployments to Kosovo, Bosnia, East Timor and Ethiopia-Eritrea, and most recently as the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff. General Natynczyk was promoted to his present rank on 2 July 2008, when he assumed his duties as Chief of the Defence Staff. General Natynczyk holds a Business Administration Degree from Royal Roads Military College and Collège militaire royal and is a graduate of the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College, the U.K. All Arms Tactics Course and the U.S. Army War College.
He enjoys jogging and sailing and he and his wife Leslie have three children, Margaret, William and John, who serve in the Navy, Air Force and Army respectively.
Sorry, I meant after General Walt.
That's something different. I wonder if one or all did, what I see is common to the cdn navy, that being what the americans call a "mustang"? Start in the ranks, and then become an officer....he and his wife Leslie have three children, Margaret, William and John, who serve in the Navy, Air Force and Army respectively.
Leopard 2A6M CAN and LAV-III (variants) from 5CMBG and LdSH
Princess Pat's with Afgha Army (AFA)
IED cache founded by Princess Pat's this week.
Special note : Look the beautiful radio from 1980, is a original SONY Radio Cassette Player!!
Princess Pat's during a Fire Fight
5CMBG and LdSH on brake.
Princess pat's on patrol.
Maple Guardian exercise with ROTO 7 from Royal Montreal Regiment and Land Force Quebec Area (LFQA) in Wainwright
Wounded soldier in Afghanistan
LAV-III in front a Mi-8 of ARA
Last edited by digrar; 11-04-2008 at 01:19 AM.
Didnt know we had the MILES system in Canada, pretty neat.
Whats the CF's policy on ACOGs, long weaver rails and painting your rifle?
FNV, can you please post links to where you have gotten your pics, as well as links or links to the quotes from the pics.
TY
Depends on the unit, etc.
But I know my unit is cool with guys using ACOGs, rails, etc since they are a non permament mod. Also some guys get issued a water soluable paint kit for painting their rifle over there. Theres also krylon an that comes off pretty easily with steel wool, etc.
http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca...ra/default.asp
Thanks, I looked through 30 pages and could not find this photo., Would you by chance have the original file number of the photo? Thanks.
This picture are from canadian press
Two CH-124 hunt a submarine (CFB Shearwater)Thanks, I looked through 30 pages and could not find this photo.
CFB Shearwater
Sea King in CFB Shearwater
Last edited by digrar; 11-04-2008 at 01:20 AM.
Thanks, found it; it was from 2007.
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