Photo Archive
General Walt Natynczyk (left), Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), walks on the tarmac with United States Army General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., Commander of the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (Comd NORAD/US NORTHCOM), after his arrival at Yellowknife airport, Northwest Territories, Canada. Also meeting the Comd NORAD/US NORTHCOM were the Joint Task Force North (JTFN) Commander, Brigadier-General Guy Hamel (right), and JTFN Chief Warrant Officer, Chief Warrant Officer Gilles Larouche.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, meets with French Defence Minister Gérard Longuet during a bilateral meeting on the margins of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, addresses guests during the annual Toronto Officers Garrison Ball. This year's Ball was designed as the opening event to the city's commemoration of the War of 1812.
The Canadian Coast Guard ship Martha L. Black lies alongside HMCS Fredericton in Frobisher Bay, Nunavut.
Minister MacKay delivers the keynote address at the Permanent Joint Board on Defence, the highest-level bilateral defence and security forum between the United States and Canada, which serves as a strategic-level consultative body on defence and security issues facing our two countries.
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence, highlights an important milestone in Canada's contribution to the multinational Joint Strike Fighter program at Acorp in Delta, British Columbia. Minister Fantino discussed Canada's decision to participate in the development of new state-of-the-art F-35 aircraft with its allies to replace its aging CF-18 fleet, and the additional work our participation creates for Canadian workers. Today workers celebrated the crating of Canadian manufactured outboard wings for the F-35 Carrier Variant in service.
Capt Elizabeth Crosier stands in front of the gigantic CC-177 Globemaster III she flies for 429 Sqn in Trenton.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence, announce Canada's Commitment to the Wideband Global Satellite Communications System. The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding will fill the strategic satellite communications requirement of the Canadian Forces over the next 20 years.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, visits with members of the Canadian Forces deployed overseas during the holidays.
MCpl Jennifer Jodrey, assistant postmaster for CF members based in Afghanistan, opens a container of parcels at Camp Phoenix in Kabul.
Port of Civitavecchia, Italy - The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence speaks with the crew of HMCS Vancouver. With the successful completion of NATO operations in Libya, HMCS Vancouver has been re-tasked to participate in Operation Active Endeavour, the NATO counter-terrorism effort in the Mediterranean.
LGen Stuart Beare, Commander of Canadian Expeditionary Force Command along with Canadian Soldiers stationed at Camp Alamo, Kabul, Afghanistan
LCol Christopher Hamilton (left) and Capt Corey Mask will escort Santa Claus when he arrives in western Canada. Photo: DND.
On 12 November, 2011, in Kabul, on behalf of the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, the Minister of Defense Abdul Rahim Wardak presents Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, the presitigious Ghazi Mir Masjedi Khan Medal.
Her Majesty's Canadian Submarine Victoria sails past Fisgard Lighthouse as she departs Esquimalt, B.C. to start a series of sea trials and personnel training exercises.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the North Atlantic Council meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
LGen Stuart Beare, Commander of Canadian Expeditionary Force Command, addresses the troops on parade for the formal flag-lowering that marks the end of Operation ATHENA.
Corporal Peter Vaneykeren stands in the open hatch waving the national flag as the last CC130 Hercules aircraft returning from Afghanistan taxis to a stop.
During the ceremony, His Excellency presented Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, C.M.M., M.S.C., C.D., with a Meritorious Service Cross (Military Division) for his leadership on the mission.

















