The Quarterly

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Winter 2011, vol. 76, no. 1

COVER - RCMP Superintendant Mentors Afghan Border Patrol, Kabul, Afghanistan

By Major Kevin Heineman, Public Affairs Officer
A convoy fresh from the field enters the Afghan Border Patrol Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. The armored vehicles provide security to convoys that bring supplies to Afghan National Police Forces across Afghanistan, including areas where Taliban fighters try to stop supplies from reaching policemen in the field.

Also in the Quarterly's winter issue:

K-9 Program in Afghanistan Saves Lives
NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan

By Major Kevin Heineman, Public Affairs Officer
In a country ravaged by 30 years of war, and, at times ruled by the Taliban terrorist group, Afghanistan has built an impressive K-9 program that uses dogs to help detect explosive landmines hidden in the ground. One of the largest government K-9 training centers in the world, the Mine Detection and Dog Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, is helping to save the lives of Afghan citizens, while also using the dogs for drug detection, riot control and border security.

RCMP Turn Focus To Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

By Tanya Baglole
Members of the RCMP have difficult jobs that often put them in stressful situations. Most Force members have experienced intense situations that involve conflict, violence and death. Emotional trauma and high levels of stress can lead to a number of mental health issues for active RCMP members and retired veterans.

Flight from Frankfurt

By Cst. Len Van Marck
It’s 1945 and it ’s a cold morning at a camp just outside of Frankfurt, Germany. You’re near starvation and your heart is pounding. As you run across the open field you can hear a young voice yelling “Halt!” You don’t stop even though you can no longer feel your legs and your lungs are burning. Then you hear the whiz of the bullets zipping past you and the tapping sound as the bullets hit the trees so far away in the darkness.

Lost But Not Forgotten

By Robert MacLeod
I was recently asked to perform research on members of the Force who lost their lives while on duty whose remains have not yet been located. I was shocked to discover that there are 13 members of the Force who passed away prior to 2005 whose remains are still missing. This number seemed remarkably high as there were 209 members who perished up until March 2005. This is a total of 6.2% of members who have passed away, a remarkably high percentage. It is worth noting that three of these members lost their lives while serving with the Canadian Forces during the Second World War; two as members of the Royal Canadian Navy and the other as a member of the No. 1 Provost Company, RCMP.

To read more, obtain a copy of the winter issue of the Quarterly.