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Today, Mark Gerretsen, Member of Parliament for Kingston and the Islands, on behalf of the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, announced the contract award for the new 21 Electronic Warfare Regiment (21 EW Regt) facility at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Kingston.
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His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Margaret Brooke departed Halifax today, bound for the South American and Antarctic regions, marking the debut of Operation (Op) PROJECTION 2025 for the Harry DeWolf-class vessel.
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Today, at the 25th Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, announced $440 million in military assistance to Ukraine.
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The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces remind you that North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is ready to track Santa on December 24, 2024, for the program’s 69th year. NORAD monitors and defends North American airspace 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (24/7/365).
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Today, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Charlottetown returned to its home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, following a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea region under Operation REASSURANCE.
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Yesterday, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, concluded a successful visit to Latvia and Poland during which he met with Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members ahead of the holidays and held bilateral meetings with his counterparts.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) has announced the successful innovators in 2024’s competitive challenges. These firms – seven of whom are Canadian – will be joining NATO DIANA’s 2025 cohort of innovators. Challenges focused on several innovation areas in security and defence, including data and information security, critical infrastructure and logistics, and human health and performance.
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On December 10, 2024, Brigadier-General Vanessa Hanrahan was officially recognized as the new Canadian Forces Provost Marshal (CF PM) and assumed command of the Canadian Forces Military Police Group (CF MP Gp) from Major-General Simon Trudeau
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Today, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Vancouver returned to its home port of Esquimalt, British Columbia, having completed its six-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific region under Operations HORIZON and NEON.
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Today, Commodore Matthew Coates transferred command of Standing North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) to Rear Admiral H. İlker Avcı of the Turkish Navy, during a ceremony at the Aksaz Naval Base in Türkiye.
