Defence Team News - December 16 2025

Defence Team News - December 16, 2025
Now on the Maple Leaf

- Happy Holidays from Defence Team leaders
Messages for the Defence Team

- Budget 2025 – Spending review and workforce implications
- Access the FWD50 Vault: Free, unlimited access for Defence Team members
- $1 million to accelerate hypersonic research for defence
- Stay connected with Combat Camera - our Flickr URL has changed
- Support your well-being during the holidays
- Discover the Science Integrity Policy
CAF Employees
- Recent amendments to Defence Administrative Orders and Directives (DAOD)
- Updated:
- DAOD 5024-1, Residential Housing Units and Furnished Quarters
- DAOD 5031-0, Learning and Professional Development
- DAOD 5031-2, Canadian Armed Forces Individual Training and Education System
- DAOD 5031-8, Canadian Armed Forces Professional Development
- Cancelled:
- DAOD 5001-2, Maternity and Parental Benefits
- Updated:
- Check out the latest Canadian Army Modernization Situation Report highlighting Army modernization
DND Employees
- Take a moment to Self-Identify
Leadership Corner
- Pathway to Mobility: Key tips for hiring managers
The Maple Leaf

- Northern Operational Support Hubs enable the projection and sustainment of military forces in the Arctic
- Celebrating Excellence: CAF Sports Awards 2025
- Unveiling of the "National Memorial to the Fallen"
- Officiating the 2025 National Military Soccer Championships
- CAFCYBERCOM in 2025: A year of operations, partnerships, and progress
- Agile Combat Employment: RCAF's success in TARASSIS
- National statements following Combined Space Operations (CSpO) Initiative Principals' Board
- CAFCYBERCOM strengthens Allied cyber resilience during NATO's Exercise CYBER COALITION 25
Upcoming Events

Videos

- 60 Seconds with… NCdt Isla Adams, RMC Women's Fencing athlete

- CAF Story | Life in the North: Family, Service, and Snowmobiles
Digital Learning

- CAF Campus - Your hub for CAF Professional Development
In case you missed it
- DT News on TML - December 9
- DT News on TML - December 2
- DT News on TML - November 25
- DT News on TML - November 18
- DT News on TML - November 5
- DT News on TML - October 28
- DT News on TML - October 21
- DT News on TML - October 16
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