A Proposal to Reduce Political Partisanship In Uniform
Military members have to walk a line between their own political beliefs and what the State asks of them as members of the profession of arms. In principle, it […]
Canadian Armed Forces Chaplain General’s Prayer, Remembrance Day, 2018
We gather today on this hallowed ground on which is interred Canada’s Unknown Soldier, to remember all those who made the ultimate sacrifice. On the Centennial of the signing […]
Book Review: Adam Montgomery, The Invisible Injured: Psychological Trauma in the Canadian Military From the First World War to Afghanistan
Here is a link to my review of the subject book, which appeared on The Strategy Bridge (TSB) this week. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, […]
Book Review: The Vimy Trap (2016) by Ian McKay and Jamie Swift
Hello! I am trying to get this blog back into service as part of my ongoing professional military development. This is a book review that I submitted to the Canadian […]
Generations In Uniform: The Rise Of An Hereditary Military Caste
Lt. Col. Shawn McKinstry of the Canadian Army Reserve shows a picture of his great-grandfather with his regiment from the First World War. Photo credit here. My father, like his […]
Preparing Chaplains For The Next War
As my current duties include directing a course designed to prepare new Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) chaplains for their first operational deployment, I try to keep an eye on the professional literature. As […]
Turning Chaplains Into Military Ethicists
The Canadian Forces Chaplain School and Centre (CFChSC) at Canadian Forces Base Borden, where I work, started its annual Intermediate Ethics Course this week. The course is a career course […]
Royal Canadian Navy Chaplain Recognized for Meritorious Service
On February 27, 2014, a major fire broke out in the engine compartment of the Royal Canadian Navy supply ship, HMCS Protecteur. For the next eleven hours, the crew worked […]
Military Picture Of The Week
From the DND / RCAF website: Wing Commander John “Moose” Fulton, D.F.C., A.F.C., photographed on June 12, 1942, was the first commanding officer of 419 Squadron. He died on July […]
Easter 1916 In The Trenches – Remembering Anglican Chaplaincy In The Great War
This article is part of a series I am contributing to the newsletter of the Anglican Military Ordinariate, the clergy of the Anglican Church of Canada serving in the Canadian […]