by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | Features
MCpl Bryce CooperStag Special Before spending the summer of 2008 in southern Afghanistan Nov. 11 had a very different meaning for me.At the end of May, I was with 6 Platoon (6Pl) when we took over Combat Outpost (COP) Talukan from 4Pl. Talukan was the third of four...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | Community
3 Cdn Div imaging tech MCpl Brandon Liddy covered his first CFB Shilo Remembrance Day ceremony held at the MPTF. This event also marked the first time in a few years since the COVID-19 pandemic where an in-person ceremony — plus no masks — could be held. Lest We...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | Community
2PPCLI’s MCpl Timothy Wilson is buried in the military section of the Brandon Cemetery following his death in 2006 deployed overseas during the Afghan War. The first Canadian woman to die in combat on May 17, 2006 during the Afghan War, 1RCHA’s Capt...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | Community
Shilo Stag Why was the poppy chosen as the symbol of remembrance for Canada’s war dead?The poppy, an international symbol for those who died in war, also had international origins.A writer first made the connection between the poppy and battlefield deaths during the...
by K-J | 10 Nov 2022 | Community
CFB Shilo’s Nov. 11 Remembrance Day service will be held at the gymnasium at the MPTF. Be seated NLT 10:30 a.m. Friends and families are welcome, but seating is limited. If you can’t make it, the service will also be live-streamed on your Shilo Stag...
