General Jonathan Vance, the Chief of the Defence Staff, and Chief Warrant Officer Kevin West, the Canadian Forces Chief Warrant Officer, issued the following statement on the 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of Kuwait.
BRUSSELS – Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan today met with U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Defence Ministers Meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, issued the following joint statement:
The Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, issued the following statement on the passing of naval hero Lieutenant Commander (ret'd) Margaret Brooke, MBE, PhD:
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, issued the following statement on the passing of naval hero Lieutenant Commander (ret'd) Margaret Brooke, MBE, PhD:
Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan paid his first visit to the North American Aerospace Defense Command Headquarters (NORAD) at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado today.
I have been briefed that members of our Special Operations Forces recently assisted Kurdish Security Forces (KSF) in responding to a coordinated attack by ISIL forces in Northern Iraq.
Today, I had the opportunity to meet with Ambassador Heyman, to reaffirm the importance we place on the Canada-US defence relationship. Together, our two countries are able to provide greater security to our shared continent, we stand unified in our commitment to our European allies through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and our men and women in uniform serve side-by-side in operations around the world.