MILNEWS.ca News Highlights – October 27, 2015

Federal Election 2015

• Letter to the Editor:  “Anybody but Andy Leslie at DND”

What’s Canada Buying?

• F-35 Tug o’ War  “Canada’s F-35 Decision Poised To Shake Up Fighter Jet Market” – “Canada might become the first country to pull out of the F-35 program”

Syria/Refugees

• “Justin Trudeau urged to take action on Syrian refugees”

Sexual Assault/Harassment in the CF

• “Canadian Military Recruits Mock ‘Operation Honor’ as ‘Hop On Her’ “

Khadr Boy

• “IMPORTANT REQUEST FOR ACTION | FREE Omar Khadr NOW”

#CANvsISIL

• Commentary  “Canada should keep its six CF-18s in the Middle East”
• “Iraq Situation Report: October 21 – 26, 2015”
• “Military strikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq”
• “Kremlin does not comment on anonymous reports about Russia’s guarantees for Assad”

Internal Security

• “An Open Letter to Prime Minister-Designate Justin Trudeau: Do the Right Thing and Get Rid of C-51”
• “CSIS operations under C-51 raises accountability concerns”

Way Up North

• “What does Trudeau victory in Canadian election mean for the Arctic?”
• “Canadian Forces ombudsman to review Canadian Rangers program — The Canadian Forces ombudsman will launch a full review of the Canadian Rangers program within the next few months. The review comes after CBC stories about a significant number of deaths of Canadian Rangers in the Arctic since 2011 ….”
• “Junior Canadian Rangers Enjoy Training Weekend in Thunder Bay”
• “In Anchorage, U.S. holds first meeting as chair of Arctic Council”
• “Arctic Grouping to Meet at US Coast Guard Academy”

Veterans & Helping Veterans

• “It takes a soldier to look after veterans ‘ complaints”

Other

• “National Defence may need two extra years to meet budget battle savings goals”
• Via the Pentagon Info-machine  “B-52 Stratofortresses fly alongside Canadian allies — B-52 Stratofortress bombers based at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, and Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, conducted training in and around the area of Goose Bay, Canada, with Royal Canadian Air Force units, Oct. 20 through Oct. 23 ….”
• Video, via the Pentagon Info-machine  “Members of C Company 2nd Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment practice day and night combat patrol and ambush tactics against simulated enemy forces in Tancos, Portugal during JOINTEX 15 as part of NATO’s Exercise Trident Juncture 15 25 October 2015 ….”
• “Premier champ de tir à balles réelles pour les élofs de Saint-Jean”
• “sniper lesson #10 — War Poet — A Canadian Forces Artist Project by Suzanne Steele”

Afghanistan

• “Banned by Taliban, Hamiltonian returns to Kabul”

Korea

• “Veterans’ dinner prompts memories of a dark night in Korea”

World War Two

• “Burlington (ON) veterans, youth plant 700 tulips to mark Liberation of the Netherlands”
• “Vancouver’s Stanley Park in wartime”

World War One

• “Royal Canadian Mint Commemorates Remembrance Day with Two New Circulating Coins”

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