Forces armées canadiennes

Mr. Belzile discusses the frustration of peacekeeping within the cumbersome United Nations bureaucracy and talks about the situation in Cyprus.

Mr. Belzile discusses NATO’s commitment to West Germany, and Canada’s military role there

Mr. Belzile describes the value of training with large NATO forces.

Mr. Belzile describes the high level of training received by the Canadian military in Cold War Europe

Mr. Belzile discusses how your troops can ruin your career quicker than your superiors.

Mr. Belzile describes patrolling the Korean Demilitarized zone, and some aspects of living there.

Mr. Belzile discusses his deployment to Korea, via Japan.

Mr. Belzile discusses developing a command structure in a unit and mutual respect between officers and NCO’s.

Mr. Seale explains the training process received as an officer with focus on courses relating to the structure of the military.

Mr. Paterson talks about his life being threatened after sending troops in to no man’s land to pick up oil drums.