OTTAWA — A fresh batch of Canadian military trainers is about to deploy to eastern Europe, and the outgoing commander says his soldiers took a lot of their own notes in addition to handing out assignments to Ukrainian troops.
Lt.-Col. Jason Guiney, who is about to end his five-month stint, says even though their training bases are 1,200 kilometres away from the fighting in the breakaway eastern regions, his troops have had a close look and learned a lot about the kind of conflict that’s being fought.
He says it’s a wake-up call for the Canadian military as an institution.
Guiney says — …read more
Source: National Newswatch
