Defence Team News - June 2 2026

Defence Team News - June 2, 2026
Now on the Maple Leaf

- National AccessAbility Week: What's happening for the week?
- Celebrate National AccessAbility Week with your Co-Champions
- Create or update your digital accessibility passport
Messages for the Defence Team

- Defending the truth: How the Defence Team counters misinformation and disinformation
- Defence Research and Development Canada completes Arctic testing of uncrewed aircraft system
- Arctic mission maps underwater conditions
- Devil's Deeper trial: Improving airborne anti-submarine warfare data
- Recent amendments to Defence Administrative Orders and Directives (DAODs):
- Updated:
- DAOD 1000-10, Policy framework for corporate administration management
- DAOD 9004-1, Use of cannabis by CAF members
- New:
- DAOD 4003-7, Petroleum, oil, and lubricant storage tank systems
- DAOD 4003-8, Environmental emergency preparedness and response
CAF Employees
- The 2026 Canadian Forces Housing Differential rates are now available
- Tough isn't enough: Men's health in the Canadian Armed Forces
- Seen and unseen: Brain injury awareness in the CAF
DND Employees
- Vacation and other leave types
- Action required: Update your contact information with your bargaining agent 
- Submit your disability management requests online
Leadership Corner
- IT-02 hiring event: Meet candidates fast
The Maple Leaf

- CAF athletes represent at Canadian Senior Squash Championships
Videos

- 60 Seconds with Capt Marc-Antoine (Mac) Pelletier, Fixed-Wing Flight Test Engineer

- Celebrating the Royal Military College of Canada's 150th anniversary
Events and Commemorations

- June 6, 1944: Second World War: D-Day and the Battle of Normandy
For more information, please visit Canadian Heritage and Veterans Affairs Canada.
In case you missed it
- DT News on TML - May 26
- DT News on TML - May 21
- DT News on TML - May 13
- DT News on TML - May 5
- DT News on TML - April 28
- DT News on TML - April 21
- DT News on TML - April 14
- DT News on TML - April 8
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