by K-J | 10 Jan 2023 | Features
Annually, students place poppies and crosses at the Brandon Cemetery graves of soldiers like 2PPCLI’s MCpl Timothy Wilson, KIA during the Afghan War and Japanese POW survivor and Korean War veteran Sgt Frank Christensen. Once researched, the Commonwealth War Graves...
by K-J | 8 Jan 2023 | News
2PPCLI soldiers training in the RTA are wearing various ballistic protections depending on what they are doing. The equipment worn by today’s CA soldier is a contrast to what their great-grandfather’s wore in the Great War; what their grandfather’s wore in the...
by K-J | 23 Nov 2022 | CAF/DND
Veterans Victor Flett, Ronald Foyle and John Molnar at the national cemetery of Korea. DND photo Peter MallettStag Special Victor Flett did not think he would be returning to Korea almost 70 years later — this time for an award from the Korean government.“This revisit...
by K-J | 8 Nov 2022 | Community
Did you know Nov. 8 is National Indigenous Veterans’ Day, a day of remembrance and commemoration of the contributions of Indigenous military veterans. CFB Shilo hosted a mid-morning event at the consecrated permanent tipi on the south side of Base HQ, with DAAG...
