On 1 May 2024, the Brigade Command Team paid a visit and shared insight with the members of the Regiment on future plans. The Commander presented Warrant Officer Melissa Sumpton with a Commander's Commendation for her exceptional work during last year's Op LENTUS! Congratulations Warrant Sumpton! Check out the other photos in the 2024 yearbook page.
Some new, old photos from the Second World War. These were from the Sergeant Frederick Gordon Trounce collection. He appears to have originally been a Rocky Mountain Ranger before joining the 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade and serving at Point Grey. Check out all the photos on this page and let me know if I've got the story correct.
The Regiment held a very successful open house with about 200+ individuals dropping by Bessborough Armoury to say hello and find out more about the Regiment. There was a C3 set up, recruiting table, small arms table band quartet (or was it a sextet?) and the indirect fire trainer. In addition the Regimental Museum was open and the older guns were on display manned by volunteers from the Vancouver Artillery Association. Check out the other photos here.
Seek to accelerate the establishment of new artillery ammunition production capacity in Canada, creating skilled jobs for Canadian workers for the long term and generating economic benefits for Canadian communities. The complete document can be found here.
Explore options for modernizing our artillery capabilities. This will significantly improve the protection of our deployed personnel by providing them with the capacity to strike enemy positions from farther away and in a greater number of directions. The complete document can be found here. Explore options for acquiring ground-based air defences to defend critical infrastructure from a diverse array of incoming airborne attacks, including drones, missiles and artillery. This more robust approach to integrated air and missile defence could have significant benefits across all theatres in which Canada operates and strengthen our contribution to collective security. The complete document can be found here. The new policy, titled Our North, Strong and Free, includes an additional $8.1 billion in new defence spending over the next five years and commits to an additional $73 billion in defence spending over the next two decades. You can find it online at this location. I'll post some artillery relevant items as I find them! |
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