Defence Team News - August 19 2025

Defence Team News - August 19, 2025
Now on the Maple Leaf

- Happy Public Service Pride Week 2025
- Message from the Defence Team 2SLGBTQI+ Champions
Messages for the Defence Team

- Inside QETE: Testing radio frequency safety with robots
- Green Procurement: Canada and the Netherlands share green ideas
- Recent amendment to Defence Administrative Orders and Directives (DAOD):
- DAOD 2015-3, Aircraft Release to Service (Updated)
- Can you solve this week’s Defence Team Word Puzzle?
CAF Employees
- Download and save your performance agreements
- Share your experience to support employment equity
- What to do if you suspect a pay issue
CAF Members
- FlightPRO upgrade enhances RCAF mission support capabilities
- Kingfisher CC-295503 arrives at 19 Wing Comox
Upcoming Events

- National Launch of the 2025 National Defence Workplace Charitable Campaign
- Connect with other women in STEM at DND/CAF – Speed networking event
The Maple Leaf

- 2,300 days at sea
- Marching with purpose: CAF reaffirms military tradition at the 2025 Nijmegen Marches
Videos
- Defence Team News | Clearing explosive mine threats in the Black Sea
- Helping Ukraine’s pilots take flight
Security Awareness

- Find out more about your security obligations
Digital Learning

- The Torch – The CAF Self-Development Learning Hub: What's new this week?
Events and Commemorations

- August 19, 1942: Second World War: Dieppe Raid of occupied France (5,000 Canadians take part; 1,946 taken prisoner, 916 deaths)
- August 24, 1990: Gulf War (1990-1991): HMC Ships Athabaskan, Terra Nova and Protecteur depart for Persian Gulf
- August 25, 1944: Battle of Normandy ends (18,444 Canadian Army casualties, including 5,021 deaths)
For more information, please visit Canadian Heritage and Veterans Affairs Canada.
In case you missed it
- DT News on TML - August 12
- DT News on TML - August 6
- DT News on TML - July 30
- DT News on TML - July 22
- DT News on TML - July 16
- DT News on TML - July 9
- DT News on TML - July 2
- DT News on TML - June 24
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