This Father’s day marked a bittersweet moment, as it was the second annual Loops for the Troops run taking place in Calgary.

We are pretty close to half way there, thus this means we are on the down slide and moving towards the end of this adventure.

23 Jun 09 marked exactly three months of C Sqn being in theatre. Over the last three months I have been employed as the Squadron Duty Officer at Fob Ma’Sum Ghar, and as such I have seen and done things that I would never have thought possible;

Tous le monde s'attend a executer des tache hors du commun en afganistan, des chose que nous ne ferions normalement pas au Canada.

B Squadron commenced its third iteration of its Road to War in January of this year. For those of you not completely current with Army jargon...

Transferring from Exercise DESERT RAM (Ex DR) 0901 with three troops to Exercise MAPLE GUARDIAN (Ex MG) 0901 with one troop was an eye opener to say the least.

29 May 09 marked the beginning of B Squadron’s second group of personnel destined for Leopard 2A6M training in Germany: the land of Beiren, schnitzel, automobiles, and the premier tank in the world, the Leopard 2A6M..

On 22 May 09, the last major exercise for TF 3-09, Ex MAPLE GUARDIAN 0901, launched off. Many soldiers of B Squadron were anxious to find out how this Ex would unravel with 1 and 2 Troops in Germany for the Leopard 2 conversion course...

After a successful road move back to Edmonton, followed by a well deserved week of leave, the soldiers of Recce Squadron were ready to return to garrison duties after completing Ex DESERT RAM.

With the stress of being overseas and away from family and friends there are tonnes of things to do to keep our bodies busy and minds distracted. There is a small library of books that range from Science fiction to even romance novels???

Life in KAF is one of routine and schedule much like as if one were an inmate in a prison. Never being a resident of one of those establishments but having the privilege to have watched enough movies to have somewhat of an idea...

This is the second in what is a weekly series, by Captain Graham (Barf) Kallos on the unique and somewhat strange creatures that we have encountered while in Afghanistan.

One of the things that become very apparent once you get to Afghanistan is that the days tend to run together....

Since Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) was identified as the lead unit for tank squadron deployments to Afghanistan, Headquarters Squadron has not deployed to the field as a sub-unit in support of the Regiment.

So it’s now roughly our 12th week in Afghanistan and time has been flying by for C Squadron. The tank troops are really busy, rolling out on QRF tasks and different operations, throughout our theatre of operations, while keeping up on their ....

In every human being, there remains primal piece of wet-ware wired directly into our autonomous response system. Scholars believe that the hind-brain is one of the last vestiges of our cave-dwelling fore-bearers’ ancient brain....

With the completion of Phase I: Ex STEELE BAYONET, all the necessary training was completed including individual, crew and troop level, both dry and live fire. This gave us the basis for success in Phase II: Ex DESERT RAM.

B Sqn began its odyssey to Suffield as part of Ex DESERT RAM on the sixth of April. The exercise is part of the Road to War, which will prepare soldiers of TF 3-09

RHQ, as always, has been instrumental in keeping the operational tempo of LdSH(RC) moving. These past five weeks had been different for me as I had not been in the field since returning from Afghanistan....

With two months down, our biggest challenge, still, is getting use to the heat. It just keeps getting hotter, contrary to the weather reports...

Once again 1st Troop Recce Squadron is taking on a new and exciting tasking. Upon returning from Exercise Desert Ram, 1st Troop Recce has now been tasked to recondition and care for 15 end connectors that will eventually become part of the troop family.

Well, we are two plus months into the tour, I know it is hard to believe but it is true. We have settled into an unpredictable routine of maintenance, operations, operations, and maintenance and it is non-stop which certainly helps the ....

There we were, standing on the HLS waiting for the helicopter that never seemed to come. One person at a time would say, “Oh I think I can hear the chopper coming!”...

The last few weeks have been eventful for C Squadron as it continues its adventure in the sand. For many soldiers the two month mark is where the strangeness of a foreign land....