| National Defence | backgrounders
The NATO Seasparrow Missile System Project is an international initiative that began in the late 1960s to develop an effective point defence missile system, missiles and associated launchers, in order to protect naval forces from evolving air and surface missile threats.
| National Defence | news releases
Canadian Army soldiers in Poland as part of Canada's contribution to NATO assurance measures in Central and Eastern Europe have completed activities for 2014 and returned to Canada last week.
| National Defence | media advisories
8 WING/CFB TRENTON, Ont. – The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of National Defence will make an announcement for the Canadian Armed Forces on Friday, December 19, 2014.
| National Defence | media advisories
Colonel Daniel Constable, Commander of Joint Task Force – Iraq, will host a teleconference on Thursday December 18, to provide an update on Canada's operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
| National Defence | news releases
OTTAWA - The Royal Military College Saint-Jean is proud to announce that Mr. Geoff Molson has been appointed as its first honorary colonel (HCol) by the Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls and Minister of National Defence.
| National Defence | news releases
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C, M.P. for Niagara Falls and Minister of National Defence, concluded his visit to the State of Kuwait today.
| National Defence | news releases
Today, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) announced the key findings and recommendations of the internal review on personal conduct within the institution. The vast majority of sailors conduct themselves appropriately and while the RCN is already well-supported by policies and procedures, there is a need for more exacting guidance from leadership, the internal review has found.
| National Defence | news releases
OTTAWA ¿ Colonel Vihar Joshi, Deputy Judge Advocate General, Administrative Law, has received one of the highest designations within the legal profession-that of federal Queen's Counsel (Q.C.), as officially announced by the Department of Justice on December 11, 2014.
| National Defence | news releases
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have established a national Canadian Military and Veterans Mental Health Centre of Excellence and created a Chair in Military Mental Health in partnership with The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (The Royal), one of Canada's foremost mental health care and academic health science centres.
| National Defence | media advisories
Media are invited to a technical briefing on the findings of the Royal Canadian Navy's Internal Review on Personal Conduct via teleconference on Friday, December 12, 2014 at 12 p.m. (EST) with Vice Admiral Mark Norman, Commander Royal Canadian Navy.
