Exercise Maple Resolve News Today

Casualty evacuation is a regular feature of Ex Maple Resolve, the Canadian Army’s largest annual confirmation training event. Scripted scenarios can feature individual injuries and even mass casualties to which army medical technicians and Canadian Forces Health Services (CFHS) personnel will respond.

The Canadian Armed Forces biggest military training exercise is underway in Alberta, and as soldiers watch the conflict unfold in Ukraine, it has a more serious tone than previous years.

 There have been a number of promotions in the Royal Gibraltar Regiment (RG) recently. Lance Corporal Alex Mcguffie joined the Regiment in 2015 after completion of his Combat Infantry Course. Initially assigned to 2 Platoon I Company he soon foun...

Roughly 2,500 Canadian and some international soldiers are honing their skills at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Wainwright after the massive training exercise was…

Posted: Apr 27, 2021 5:51 PM ET | Last Updated: April 27 Clouds loom over the main gate at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Ont. Monday, Sept. 4, 2006.(Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press) The Department of National Defence (DND) has confirmed an outbreak of COVID-19 at Garrison Petawawa, one of the countrys main military bases. A written statement from the department followed a tweet from 4th Canadian Division Support Group (4 CDSG) and a Postmedia news report. The statement describes the outbreak ...

Pilot training, spare part shortages among challenges military facing from COVID-19 by The Canadian Press Last Updated Apr 25, 2021 at 1:44 pm EDT OTTAWA — A senior air force officer says Canada’s military pilots are in danger of losing their edge as COVID-19 restrictions curtail their ability to conduct training exercises. Brig.-Gen. Iain Huddleston, the Royal Canadian Air Force’s director-general of air readiness, says the pandemic is also making it more difficult to obtain spare parts ...

Lee Berthiaume An RCAF CF-18 prepares for takeoff at CFB Bagotville, Que. on Thursday, June 7, 2018. A senior air force officer says Canada’s military pilots are in danger of losing their edge as COVID-19 restrictions curtail their ability to conduct training exercises and other flying. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan April 25, 2021 - 1:05 PM OTTAWA - Canada’s military pilots are in danger of losing their edge as COVID-19-related restrictions curtail...

Armys main training exercise will proceed, but it will cut back in size because of COVID-19 Exercise Maple Resolve takes place annually in Wainwright, Alta., usually involving around 5,000 soldiers. But this year’s exercise is expected to involve around 2,500 military personnel. Author of the article: David Pugliese  •  Ottawa Citizen Publishing date: Mar 16, 2021  •  March 16, 2021  •  3 minute read Members of the Canadian Medical Emergency Response fall back to the CH -1...

Armys main training exercise will proceed, but it will cut back in size because of COVID-19 Exercise Maple Resolve usually involving around 5,000 soldiers, but this year’s exercise is expected to involve around 2,500 personnel. Author of the article: David Pugliese  •  Ottawa Citizen Publishing date: Mar 16, 2021  •  March 16, 2021  •  3 minute read Members of the Canadian Medical Emergency Response fall back to the CH -147 Chinook helicopter, during Exercise Maple Resolve...