Defence Team News - July 28 2026

Defence Team News - July 28 2026

• 60 Seconds with Colonel Jeremy Hansen: Canada's Artemis II astronaut

Messages for the Defence Team

• Defence Team Champions for Racialized Persons Message: Emancipation Day 2026
• Update: Transition to Canadian Royal Crown for CAF identifiers
• Language of work: Harmonized approach across the Defence Team

CAF Employees

• CAF increases education expense reimbursement to up to 75 percent for Primary Reservists
• Applications are now open for the 2027 Canadian Defence Attaché Program
• Ex NOBLE SKYWAVE 2026: Registration open for High Frequency Communications Competition
• Taking flight: Aerosonde capability deploys with HMCS Max Bernays

DND Employees

• Change your work hours or schedule

The Maple Leaf

• Space course linking theory to operations
• Royal Canadian Navy cyber team strengthens trust and interoperability during Rim of the Pacific 2026

Upcoming Events

• Learn about Defence Community Support and Resource Centre services

Digital Learning

• July 30: Webinar: Navigating languishing

Events and Commemorations

• July 31, 1942: Second World War: Inception of Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service
• August: Afghanistan: Canada assumes leadership of Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team
• August 1: Emancipation Day
• August 3, 1941: Second World War: Inception of Canadian Women's Army Corps
• August 4, 1914: First World War begins

For more information, please visit Canadian Heritage and Veterans Affairs Canada.

In case you missed it

• DT News on TML - July 21
• DT News on TML - July 14
• DT News on TML - July 7
• DT News on TML - June 30
• DT News on TML - June 23
• DT News on TML - June 16
• DT News on TML - June 9
• DT News on TML - June 2

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