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First woman to lead Canada's armed forces takes command
« on: July 19, 2024, 09:04:55 am »

REUTERS
By Ismail Shakil
Thu, July 18, 2024

OTTAWA (Reuters) - General Jennie Carignan took over as Canada's chief of the defense staff on Thursday in a ceremony that made her the first woman to command the country's armed forces.

Trained as a military engineer, Carignan has commanded troops in Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq and Syria during her 35 years in the Canadian Army.

"I feel ready, poised and supported to take on this manifold challenge," Carignan said at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

"Conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East, heightened tensions elsewhere around the world, climate change, increased demands on our personnel at home and abroad, and threats to our democratic values and institutions are but a few of the complex challenges we need to adapt to and counter," Carignan said.

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Re: First woman to lead Canada's armed forces takes command
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2024, 09:05:39 am »
Here we go ... again.
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Re: First woman to lead Canada's armed forces takes command
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2024, 09:24:52 am »
Now they have two women in top spots in Canada.   She will join Trudeau being the 1st to lead Canada.
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Re: First woman to lead Canada's armed forces takes command
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2024, 04:14:35 pm »
Was her first order to install tampon dispensers in all the men's restrooms?
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Re: First woman to lead Canada's armed forces takes command
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2024, 05:02:40 pm »
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Re: First woman to lead Canada's armed forces takes command
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2024, 05:32:05 pm »
Don't know her, and have no need to know her.  While women can certainly participate in war on the front lines, war is a man's job.  In that regard, I am a misogynist.
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Re: First woman to lead Canada's armed forces takes command
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2024, 05:52:53 pm »
Well... What sort of armed conflict does Canada really need to worry about?
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Re: First woman to lead Canada's armed forces takes command
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2024, 06:02:59 pm »
Quote from: jafo2010 on July 19, 2024, 05:32:05 pm
Don't know her, and have no need to know her.  While women can certainly participate in war on the front lines, war is a man's job.  In that regard, I am a misogynist.


Looking at our current military all I can say is....it used to be man's business.
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Re: First woman to lead Canada's armed forces takes command
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2024, 06:23:42 pm »
Quote from: DB on July 19, 2024, 05:52:53 pm
Well... What sort of armed conflict does Canada really need to worry about?
The Canadian government is at war with its own citizens, pretty much full time.
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Re: First woman to lead Canada's armed forces takes command
« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2024, 06:58:04 pm »
Quote from: DB on July 19, 2024, 05:52:53 pm
Well... What sort of armed conflict does Canada really need to worry about?
The lumber jack rebellion of 2025.
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Re: First woman to lead Canada's armed forces takes command
« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2024, 07:12:51 pm »
Quote from: DB on July 19, 2024, 05:52:53 pm
Well... What sort of armed conflict does Canada really need to worry about?

The Trucker Strike came close.
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