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Master Warrant Officer Paul Flowers returned from his six-month tour in Afghanistan in 2008 a changed man. The man who loved to hunt, throw a ball with his son and take Sunday joyrides on his motorcycle was anything but joyful...

Cpl Réjean Lefebvre and Sgt Steven Amos are members of the 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron’s search and rescue team, based at 8 Wing in Trenton, Ont., who participated in TigerEx 2013...

The Relay for Life is an international event that takes place each spring to raise funds and awareness for the Canadian Cancer Society...

Today, the Honourable Peter MacKay, along with Mr. Greg Kerr, Member of Parliament for West Nova, officially inaugurated the William Hall VC Building, the new Health Services Centre at 14 Wing Greenwood, N.S...

In late April, Colonel Kevin Whale led a contingent from 1 Wing Headquarters in Kingston, Ont. on a visit to Carleton University’s Visualization and Simulation Centre in Ottawa...

On May 12, 1958, the United States and Canada formalized an agreement that created the “North American Air Defense Command”, or NORAD, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado...

The Canadian NORAD Region has just wrapped up its biennial North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Regional Alert Force Evaluation in Winnipeg...

An impressive showing at the Canadian Powerlifting Union 2013 Championships in March has proven once again that Canadian military members are a force to be reckoned with when it comes to fitness...

Members of the Afghan Border Police Advisor Team, serving in Afghanistan, marked International Women’s Day with a group of women who are building the future of their country...

Afghan Air Force advisors who are deployed on Operation Attention Roto 2 mentor their Afghan counterparts and encourage them to think about how they would solve problems on their own...

Several major initiatives to improve Canada's national search and rescue system were announced today in Ottawa...

The Canada-United States Hecate Strait search and rescue exercise allowed Canadian and American search and rescue crews to practice working together in order to respond to an off-shore vessel in distress...

On March 10, 2013, six aerospace controllers (weapons) and five aerospace control operators deployed on Operation Ignition, Canada’s contribution to NATO’s peacetime preparedness mission in Iceland...

More than 1,100 sailors, soldiers, airmen and airwomen will participate in Exercise Trident Fury 13 off the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, from May 3 to 19...

The members of 22 Wing North Bay, Ont., welcomed Honorary Colonel Scott Clark as their new honorary colonel during a change of appointment ceremony on March 28...