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    Mead, accompanied Charles Bellamy when he “motored” to New Glasgow where they met Mrs Bellamy who had “been receiving medical treatment” in Halifax. Not only was Charles Bellamy superintendent at the Hazel Hill cable office, but he and his wife Annie may have been close friends of the Dunnings. The Bellamies’ plots lie be-side the Dunnings’ in the cemetery of All Saints Anglican Church in Can-so. In 1939, the Second World War broke out in Europe. John had re-tired by this time. William joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, becom-ing a sergeant before his death on the 15th of February 1945. He was buried in the All Saints Anglican Church cemetery. He left behind a wife, Eva. Margaret, who was a stenographer in 1940, gained employment at RCAF Eastern Air Command in Halifax. Three years after the loss of her son, Jessie lost her husband on the 31st of October 1948. John was laid to rest beside William in the All Saints Anglican Church cemetery. Jessie remained in Hazel Hill at least until 1957. In the aftermath of John’s death, she worked as a housekeeper for a time. By 1963, howev-er, she was residing at 589 Merton Avenue in the suburb of Saint-Lambert in Quebec City. Jessie finally passed away in 1968 and was buried by her husband and son at All Saints Anglican…

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    Canadian Armed Forces

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    Introduction to Where I Work I am currently employed in The Canadian Armed Forces which is the unified armed force of Canada. This unified group consists of air, land and sea forces referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), I am in the Canadian Army. Personnel may belong to either the Regular Force or the Reserve Force, I am a regular forces member, simply meaning I serve full time. Some reserve members may serve full time as well.…

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    Royal Canadian Air Force ever since he was a little boy. He did not know how to speak English very well so Omer joined the local militia unit and became the lieutenant there. Later joining the RCAF, and on March 31, 1951 he was the very first pilot to shoot down a Korean plane during the Korean war. Omer Levesque and other Canadian forces contribution to the war lead to Canada causing a significant impact. During the Korean war, Canada was the second biggest factor that prevented North Korea…

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    and air forces, but the great impact that Canadian soldiers had on the war should not be lost. Many people have dismissed Canada as a peaceful, non-militaristic country, but saying that Canada played an insignificant part in the Second World War is simply inaccurate: manpower does not equal effectiveness. The actions taken and victories gained by the Canadian Forces in the Second World War have had large and visible impacts on the final…

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    discussed in class – including the recent reading on aboriginals and their national identity in Canada. Canada’s immigration plans have been one of the main topics discussed throughout 2015. The federal government has arranged to bring in over 20,000 refugees from Syria within the next few months while also contributing an added $100 million to aid the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in efforts to help the Syrian refugees meet their daily needs (Fitz-Morris, 2015). However,…

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    Russell Williams Thesis

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    Col. Russell Williams, 23 year career in the military, Base Commander in the largest air force base in all of Canada and has transported some of the highest dignitaries to our country as a pilot. But how could someone so accomplished and highly regarded end up incarcerated for life? Let me start by giving you a look at his life before, during and after his career in the military. Born in Bromsgrove, England, his family moved to Chalk River, Ontario and met another family, the Sovka’s. The 2…

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    Canada, both now and in the past, has been able to have a significant impact on many aspects of Afghan life and on Afghanistan as a whole. This nation managed to do this by working hard in order to increase the number of participants enlisted in Afghanistan's armed forces. Canada also put forth endless hours and incorporated many different departments in helping with the mission in Afghanistan. On top of that, this country broke down the resistant barriers of the terrorist groups, Afghani…

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    Major Anthony S. Miller 24 July 2015 Which imperative is the most important and Why? Give an example of something that the Army could do to enhance capabilities in that domain. Developing leaders to meet the challenges of the 21st century is clearly the most important imperative for the U.S. Army. History is flush with examples of leadership defeating superior technology or causing the defeat to technologically inferior forces: Battle of Little Big Horn,[footnoteRef:1]…

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    Case Study: Bowe Bergdahl

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    Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will face general court-martial in connection with his 2009 disappearance from his base in Afghanistan, the service announced Monday, raising the possibility that the soldier could face life in prison after being held captive for five years. Bergdahl, 29, is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. He has been a political lightning rod since he was exchanged in May 2014 in a prisoner swap approved by the White House in which five Taliban officials were…

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    NORAD Analysis

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    again, Line Pinetree, Line Mid-Canada, and Distant Early Warning radar line were included; but it was updated later in the year 1980s as a single Northern line-the North Warning System. Furthermore, not minding the political pressures and historical among the Canadian and American governments; they stopped Canadian Northwest Passage transits by the Polar Sea USCG and Manhattan SS during the Cold War. Nonetheless, the Arctic was monitored by NORAD continuous; both North America, Canadian, and…

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