by K-J | 3 Mar 2025 | CAF/DND, News
Private Vanance and his mother. Photo courtesy of the family of Albert and Elsie Vanasse. K-J MillarShilo Stag Media A Canadian Second World War soldier listed as missing is now identified 80 years after being killed in action and is buried in an unknown grave in the...
by K-J | 27 Feb 2025 | CAF/DND, Community, News
Canadia Armed Forces Master-Warrant Officer Darlene Skinner sits in her office at CFB Shilo after receiving the United States of America Meritorious Service Medal and Citation for her time while posted at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. MWO Skinner received...
by K-J | 25 Feb 2025 | CAF/DND, Community, News
Corporal Josee Lavigne was awarded the King’s Coronation Medal on Feb. 25, “for outstanding performance while Second in Command of 1 RCHA Regimental Orderly Room. Her technical acumen and attention to detail enabled them to perform in a supervisory role,...
by K-J | 13 Feb 2025 | CAF/DND, News
A Canadian Armed Forces member practices and trains for cold weather operations at CFB Shilo on Jan. 22 as part of EXERCISE Royal Stag, in which CAF personnel joined with Allied Forces to train for extreme environmental conditions. (Photo: K-J Millar/Shilo Stag News)...
by K-J | 4 Feb 2025 | CAF/DND, News
Canadian Armed Forces members of the No. 2 Construction Battalion are “notable” examples of Black Canadians who rose to the occasion to protect Canada, Minister of National Defence Bill Blair said on Feb. 1 to mark Black History Month. K-J Millar, Shilo...
by K-J | 31 Jan 2025 | CAF/DND, Community, News
It’s time for extreme environmental training with EXERCISE Royal Stag. More than 37 allied troops and CAF members participated in cold weather maneuvers to master operations and learn new extreme weather environment skills from Jan. 20 to 25 at CFB Shilo....