Remembering Merchant Mariners
The first weekend of May each year, Canada remembers those who served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), the Royal
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Author: RUSI(NS) Staff
RCMP Human Remains Detection Dog – Innovative Research in Nova Scotia
by Blair Gilmore On May 10, 2017, as part of their Distinguished Speaker program, the Royal United Services Institute of
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Ship Sponsor
A “ship sponsor” is a representative of the authority who ordered the building of the ship, and is a tradition
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Hull Wraps for Canadian Warships
Normally an article about a paint scheme on the hull of a BC ferry would not draw the attention of
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Operation LENTUS 17-01 Canadian Armed Forces Assistance to New Brunswick in Response to Ice Storm January-February 2017
On 5 April 2017, Brigadier-General C.J. Turenne, Commander 5 Canadian Division and Deputy Commander Joint Task Force Atlantic, briefed the Royal
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Pals and Buddies – Canada, the First World War, and Vimy
On April 2, 2017, the Dalhousie Undergraduate History Society1 invited Honorary Colonel John Boileau2 to give a lecture entitled Canada
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A Tour of the Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic)
On 15 February 2017, Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) [FDU(A)] hosted members of RUSI(NS), the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team and other
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Child Soldiers – Perspectives of Halifax Regional Police
It is not just overseas that members of the Canadian Armed Forces and Canadian police face child soldiers. It can
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The Royal Canadian Navy – A Blue Water Force
Media have reported (“HMCS Winnipeg and HMCS Ottawa leaving Monday for new deployment“) that two frigates from the Royal Canadian
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What is a Battle Group in the Canadian Army?
By definition, a battle group (BG) is a temporary organization of warfighting units/subunits grouped together for a specific operation or
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