RapidFireWeb Lincoln Elementary School Artwork Sheila Baker’s Grade Four Class, 2018, Lincoln Elementary School. Once upon a time I attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, graduated with a BFA in 1974, and then moved on to other things, eventually making the Army my career. The Army in turn gave me the … Read more
Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB), International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Camp Warehouse, Kabul, Afghanistan Major (Retired) Harold A. Skaarup, 18 Jan to 30 July 2004. Map of Afghanistan in 2004. More than 40,000 Canadian Armed Forces members served in the Afghanistan theatre of operations between 2001 and 2014. It was my privilege to have been one … Read more
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1997 SFOR, CANIC Notes from my tour of duty as Commanding Officer of the Canadian National Intelligence Centre (CANIC) with the Canadian Contingent of the NATO led Peace Stabilization Force (CC SFOR) in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina from 21 June to 30 December 1997. Coat of Arms Bosnia and Herzegovina, abbreviated BiH or B&H, sometimes … Read more
Canadian Contingent UNFICYP, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1986-1987 (NASA Photo) Satellite image of Cyprus. During my 40 years service in the Canadian Forces (1971 – 2011), I served as the Regimental Intelligence Officer for the Canadian Airborne Regiment (CAR), 1986-1989. In my first year with the Regiment when it was based at CFB Petawawa, Ontario, I was … Read more
The author served on two military tours in Germany as a Canadian Forces Intelligence Officer. The first was from 1981 to 1983 with Headquarters, Canadian Forces Europe (HQ CFE), and the second was from 1989 to 1992 with 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (4 CMBG). For those interested in the history of 4 CMBG, there … Read more
Author’s Military Service, North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD), Colorado Springs, Colorado (USAF Photo) NORAD Command Center, Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. I was serving with North American Aerospace Defence (NORAD) HQ, at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colorado Springs, Colorado, (from 1999 to 2003), when the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon … Read more
Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Musée de l’Aviation et de l’Espace du Canada, Pitcairn-Cierva PCA-2, Quickie 1, Balloon of Peace, Spectrum FX550 Beaver, Stearman Junior Speedmail, Stinson SR-10 Reliant, Stitts SA-3A Playboy, Taylorcraft E-2 Cub, Travel Air 2000, WACO 10 GXE, Wills Wing XC-185 Hang Glider, Zenair Tri-Zenith CH-300 The aircraft on display in the … Read more
Artillery preserved in Maine Bangor, Bar Harbor, Bath, Belfast, Bridgton, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth, Fort Williams, Castine, Fort George, Cushing Island, Fort Levet, and Dover-Foxcroft One of the aims of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical piece of artillery and all armoured fighting vehicles preserved in New England. Many contributors … Read more
Artillery preserved in Maine Eastport, East Millinocket, Ellsworth, Fort Fairfield, Fort Kent, Freeport, Great Diamond, Fort McKinley, Hog Island, Fort Gorges, Houlton, House, Fort Scammel, Howland, Kenduskeag, Kennebunkport, Kittery, Fort McClary One of the aims of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical piece of artillery and all armoured fighting vehicles preserved … Read more
Artillery in Maine Fort Knox One of the aims of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical piece of artillery and all armoured fighting vehicles preserved in New England. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these tangible pieces of our military history and the list you see here is constantly … Read more
