The Halifax Rifles (RCAC)

The Halifax Rifles (RCAC) is a Light Armoured Cavalry Regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve. The Regiment is headquartered in Halifax, NS.

The role of armoured cavalry is to find, shape, and defeat the enemy through the aggressive use of firepower and mobility. Our soldiers are trained as drivers, observers, gunners, and commanders of armoured fighting vehicles to form crews of four personnel, and troops of four to eight vehicles crews for employment on operations. Armoured Soldiers operate and maintain their assigned armoured fighting vehicles, its weapon systems and its communication equipment and are trained as highly adaptable decision-makers able to quickly outmanoeuvre adversaries on the battlefield.

When you join our unit, you will receive competitive pay for your part time or full time work as well as be eligible for on the job training that could benefit you in civilian life. Also, there are medical, dental and educational benefits available to Army Reservists.

Here are all the details:

• Serve part time in the CAF
• Competitive pay
• On the job training
• Medical and dental benefits
• Paid education

• Commanding Officer - Lieutenant-Colonel M.D. Rogers, CD
• Regimental Sergeant-Major - Chief Warrant Officer Tony Mosher

The Halifax Rifles (RCAC)
PO Box 99000 Stn Forces
Halifax, NS B3K 5X5

Phone: 902-722-0404
Email: 36CBGHalRifRCAC@forces.gc.ca

The Halifax Rifles began as one of six independent volunteer rifle companies that formed on 23 December 1859. On 14 May 1860, these companies formed The Halifax Volunteer Battalion representing the birthdate of the Regiment before you today. Throughout the next century, the battalion’s name went through five iterations before finally settling on The Halifax Rifles (RCAC) in 1958.

In support of operations, the Regiment was called out on active service on 6 June 1866, serving on guard duty at the Halifax Dockyard during the Fenian Raids and joined the Halifax Provisional Battalion during the North-West Resistance in 1885. The Regiment contributed volunteers during the South African War and, in the First World War, the regiment contributed volunteers to the 14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force, on its formation in September 1914, and then later raised the 40th (Nova Scotia) Battalion. During the Second World War, the regiment was initially placed on local protective duty in Canada.  It was later rerolled as a Tank Regiment and sent to England, where the regiment was broken up to provide reinforcements for other units.

Following the Second World War, the regiment served in Halifax until it was placed on the supplementary order or battle on 31 March 1965. On 10 May 2009, the Halifax Rifles (RCAC) was returned to active service as an armour reconnaissance unit as part of the Reserve Force.  Since reactivation, several members of The Halifax Rifles have deployed to Afghanistan and other missions in the Middle East, and a growing number have or will deploy to Latvia as part of Operation REASSURANCE.”

• If we are going to leave the Halifax Armouries photo in, we should at least write something under the photo with a comment that it is our historical home to be reoccupied on completion of renovations. Some of the units have scrolling photos. Maybe we should do the same, with a TAPV photo, WPA, and the Halifax Armouries