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December 11, 2015
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CMEA
The 2015 CMEA conference was a signature achievement. Carried out over two days from Nov. 25-26, 2015, and culminating in the National Capital Region Engineer Mess Dinner, it was attended by over 70 participants.
The conference built upon the roadmap of the last conference in 2012. That Conference set a number of goals and all the goals achieved. Similarly, this conference aimed at defining goals for the next three years. It was highlighted by an overview of the current CME and CMEA.
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AGMC
La conférence de l'AGMC 2015 a connu un grand succès. L'événement, qui s'est tenu les 25 et 26 nov. 2015 et s'est terminé par le dîner régimentaire des Ingénieurs de la région de la capitale nationale, a accueilli plus de 70 participants. La conférence s'est inspirée du programme de la précédente conférence de 2012 où nombreux objectifs avaient été établis et nombreux autres avaient été objectifs atteints.
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Ottawa Citizen
Canada has provided Ukraine with demining equipment worth $2.5 million, Ukraine's defence ministry announced.
The Canadian military attache's representative recently delivered $2.5 million worth of mine clearance equipment to the Ukrainian military, the statement from the ministry noted.
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Northumberland View
The Canadian Army (CA) has launched a strategy aimed at increasing the readiness and resiliency of soldiers and their families. The CA recognizes the significant demands military life places on the entire Army team and aims to support its people in improving their individual and collective performance.
The Canadian Army Integrated Performance Strategy (CAIPS) focuses on improving the well-being of members and their families by providing performance, health and fitness training packages; guidance; and tools.
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Western Sentinel
On an uncharacteristically clear and sunny afternoon, 11 Field Squadron, of 1 Combat Engineer Regiment, departed for Wainright Garrison to begin Exercise BADAJOZ II. Training was focused on section-level live-fire ranges and troop-level offensive and defensive operations. Months of training put both 1 and 2 Troop in good position to take on the role of a light engineer in a tactical setting.
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Market Wired
Members from The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (PWOR) and Kingston Police Force conducted Exercise Black Bear in order to complete the German Army Proficiency Badge (GAFPB) or, Abzeichen fur Leistungen im Truppendienst, challenge.
Exercise Black Bear was an individual soldier skills qualification that emphasized physical fitness, marksmanship and basic soldier skills in order to qualify for the GAFPB. PWOR is the first Canadian unit to conduct this demanding challenge.
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Global News
A purportedly leaked document outlines the "blueprint" for the establishment of the Islamic State.
The document, which recently appeared on the Guardian website, was reportedly composed last year and is not the usual call to rise up against those the so-called Islamic State group sees as infidels — Western governments, Shiite Muslims, Christians and anyone else who doesn't adopt their Islamist ideology.
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Phys.org
Lockheed Martin demonstrated its ability to integrate unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations into the National Airspace System using its prototype UAS Traffic Management (UTM) capabilities. During the recent demonstration, the Stalker XE UAS provided data and a precise geolocation to the unmanned K-MAX cargo helicopter, which conducted water drops to extinguish a fire, while the UTM tracked the UAS operations and communicated with Air Traffic Control in real time.
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Vice
In 1972, a North Vietnamese armoured assault — unprecedented in scale at this point in the war — smashed into South Vietnamese troops in the city of An Loc. T-54 tanks busted through into the northern part of the city as ARVN troops scrambled to mount a defense.
Luckily for the defending troops, the North Vietnamese neglected to support their tanks with infantry. It's a truism in military tactics that tanks left alone in urban areas will die. Saigon's soldiers, equipped with U.S.-supplied M-72 LAW rockets, easily got off shots at the tanks' unprotected tops and rear areas from the cover of buildings and alleyways.
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