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CFB Suffield

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Canadian Forces Base Suffield (also CFB Suffield) is the largest next to CFB Gagetown Canadian Forces base and the largest military training base in the Commonwealth. [1]

45 relations: Alberta, Alberta Highway 884, Algeria, Battlegroup (army), British Armed Forces, British Army, British Army Training Unit Suffield, British Forces Broadcasting Service, Calgary, Canada Flight Supplement, Canadian Army, Canadian Forces base, Canadian Pacific Railway, CFB Wainwright, Chemical warfare, Commonwealth of Nations, Cypress County, Defence Research and Development Canada, Defence Research Establishment Suffield, Department of National Defence (Canada), Dominion Land Survey, DRDC Suffield, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Government of Canada, Government of the United Kingdom, History of the Canadian Army, Hudson's Bay Company, Intensive farming, Medicine Hat, Military science, Military technology, Mountain Time Zone, Nazi Germany, Operation LAC, Ralston, Alberta, Science and technology in Canada, Semi-arid climate, South Saskatchewan River, Suffield Block, Suffield Experimental Station, Suffield National Wildlife Area, Suffield, Alberta, UTC−06:00, UTC−07:00, 4th Royal Tank Regiment.

Alberta

Alberta is a western province of Canada.

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Alberta Highway 884

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 884, commonly referred to as Highway 884, is a highway in the province of Alberta, Canada.

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Algeria

Algeria (الجزائر, familary Algerian Arabic الدزاير; ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ; Dzayer; Algérie), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a sovereign state in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast.

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Battlegroup (army)

A battlegroup (British/Commonwealth term), or task force (U.S. term) in modern military theory is the basic building block of an army's fighting force.

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British Armed Forces

The British Armed Forces, also known as Her/His Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military services responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and the Crown dependencies.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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British Army Training Unit Suffield

The British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) is a British Army unit located at the vast training area of Canadian Forces Base Suffield near Suffield, Alberta, Canada.

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British Forces Broadcasting Service

The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides radio and television programmes for Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and their dependents worldwide.

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Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Canada Flight Supplement

The Canada Flight Supplement (CFS) (Supplément de vol Canada) is a joint civil/military publication and is a supplement of the Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP Canada).

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Canadian Army

The Canadian Army (French: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Canadian Forces base

A Canadian Forces Base or CFB (French Base des forces canadiennes or BFC) is a military installation of the Canadian Forces.

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Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), also known formerly as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railroad incorporated in 1881.

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CFB Wainwright

Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, commonly referred to as CFB Wainwright is a Canadian Forces Base located in Denwood, Alberta, adjacent to the town of Wainwright.

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Chemical warfare

Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often known as simply the Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire.

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Cypress County

Cypress County is a municipal district in southeastern Alberta, Canada.

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Defence Research and Development Canada

Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC; Recherche et développement pour la défense Canada, RDDC) in French), is an agency of the Department of National Defence (DND), whose purpose is to provide the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), other government departments, and public safety and national security communities with knowledge and technology. DRDC has approximately 1,400 employees across eight research centres within Canada.

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Defence Research Establishment Suffield

The military research facility located north of Suffield, Alberta, operated under the name of the Defence Research Establishment Suffield from 1967 to its renaming to DRDC Suffield in 2000.

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Department of National Defence (Canada)

The Department of National Defence (Ministère de la Défense nationale), commonly abbreviated as DND, is a Canadian government department responsible for defending Canada's interests and values at home and abroad.

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Dominion Land Survey

The Dominion Land Survey (DLS) is the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile (2.6 km2) sections for agricultural and other purposes.

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DRDC Suffield

DRDC Suffield is a major Canadian military research facility located north of Suffield, Alberta and is one of seven centres making up Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC).

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Environment and Climate Change Canada

Environment and Climate Change Canada (or simply its former name, Environment Canada, or EC) (Environnement et Changement climatique Canada), legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act (R.S., 1985, c. E-10), is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for coordinating environmental policies and programs as well as preserving and enhancing the natural environment and renewable resources.

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Government of Canada

The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada), formally Her Majesty's Government (Gouvernement de Sa Majesté), is the federal administration of Canada.

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Government of the United Kingdom

The Government of the United Kingdom, formally referred to as Her Majesty's Government, is the central government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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History of the Canadian Army

The history of the Canadian Army, began when the title first came into official use in November 1940, during the Second World War, and is still used today.

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Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group.

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Intensive farming

Intensive farming involves various types of agriculture with higher levels of input and output per cubic unit of agricultural land area.

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Medicine Hat

Medicine Hat is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada located along the South Saskatchewan River.

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Military science

Military science is the study of military processes, institutions, and behavior, along with the study of warfare, and the theory and application of organized coercive force.

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Military technology

Military technology is the application of technology for use in warfare.

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Mountain Time Zone

The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when standard time is in effect, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time (UTC−6).

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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Operation LAC

Operation LAC (Large Area Coverage) was a U.S. Army Chemical Corps operation which dispersed microscopic zinc cadmium sulfide (ZnCdS) particles over much of the United States.

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Ralston, Alberta

The Crown Village of Ralston is located to the east of Highway 884 on CFB Suffield within Cypress County in southern Alberta, Canada, approximately north of the Hamlet of Suffield and the Trans-Canada Highway.

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Science and technology in Canada

Science and technology in Canada consists of three distinct but closely related phenomena.

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Semi-arid climate

A semi-arid climate or steppe climate is the climate of a region that receives precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate.

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South Saskatchewan River

The South Saskatchewan River is a major river in Canada that flows through the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

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Suffield Block

The Suffield Block is an area located within Cypress County, southern Alberta, Canada approximately bounded by Highway 884 on the west, Highway 555 on the north, the South Saskatchewan River on the east and the Trans-Canada Highway on the south.

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Suffield Experimental Station

The military research facility located north of Suffield, Alberta, operated under the name of the Suffield Experimental Station from 1950 to its renaming to the Defence Research Establishment Suffield in 1967.

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Suffield National Wildlife Area

Suffield National Wildlife Area (SNWA) is a National Wildlife Area located within the boundaries of CFB Suffield in Alberta, Canada.

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Suffield, Alberta

Suffield is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cypress County.

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UTC−06:00

UTC−06:00 is a time offset that subtracts six hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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UTC−07:00

UTC−07:00 is a time offset that subtracts 7 hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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4th Royal Tank Regiment

The 4th Royal Tank Regiment (4 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army from its creation in 1917, during World War I, until 1993.

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Redirects here:

Army Experimental Range, Alberta, CYSD, Canadian Forces Base Suffield, Suffield Airport.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFB_Suffield

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