Canadian soldier serving in a Tier 1 SOF unit kicked out of the military for theft

A Canadian soldier assigned to the Joint Task Force-2 (JTF2) will be kicked out of the Canadian military for stealing equipment worth thousands of dollars. Last August, a military court had found Corporal Pedro Collier guilty of possessing stolen property. He received a suspended sentence and one-year probation. According to the Canadian publication Ottawa Citizen, […]

Special Operations Tips: The Value of Bottom-up Planning

In the first three articles of this five-part series, you learned what it means to be Special Forces; how those warriors are found; and how they are groomed over time to allow them to accomplish the missions they are tasked with. In this article, I’ll explain why, even with great soldiers and great culture, there still needs to be […]

Canadian SOF: Selecting the right kind of operator

In part 1 of this series, I discussed my start in the military and my transition into the Special Forces, as well as the meaning of mastering the basics. In part 2, I’ll delve deeper into what being Special Operations is all about and how selection is, in part, used to select the right kind […]

Canadian SF officer ND’s his rifle in Kurdistan

The commander of the country’s elite special forces has pleaded guilty to accidentally firing his weapon during a visit to the front lines of northern Iraq late last year. Maj.-Gen. Mike Rouleau was tried by court martial on Tuesday over an incident that took place last December as he visited troops involved in training Kurdish fighters, […]

Special Operations Forces (SOF) News Update

At least once a week, perhaps more frequently, I plan on providing an update on news about special operations. This will be a listing of news events relating to SOF that could be of interest to the reader with links to the source of that news. The content could be a news story, information on […]

A Canadian’s View of Women in Combat

I can’t picture the legislation allowing women in combat being reversed, so I don’t find it productive to waste time and mental effort raging against it.

Canadian Special Forces 101: CANSOFCOM

It’s not glamorous, and you’ll never see a CANSOFCOM desk officer typing away on his computer or chatting on the phone in a recruiting video, but make no mistake, their role is essential