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Dear , Welcome to the July 2021 issue of our monthly e-newsletter - Dispatches. With COVID restrictions relaxing as of July 1st, we wish you a restful weekend. The extreme heat warning remains in Calgary this week. Please take care of yourselves as we get through this record-breaking heatwave! If you ever find that this e-newsletter is not for you, simply click on the link at the bottom of this newsletter to unsubscribe.
All members are warmly welcomed to contribute newsworthy matters to future monthly issues of Dispatches by e-mailing us at admin@rausi.ca. |
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Message from the President
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As we move toward an environment of less COVID-19 restrictions, the Institute will continue to embrace the virtual office concept and communication through our website / social media. If all goes well, we are looking forward to more face-to-face events and interesting live guest speakers. Please follow the news on rausi.ca for information as it is announced. Maj Kent Griffiths, MMM, CD (Retired)
President
The Royal Alberta United Services Insitute (RAUSI)
president@rausi.ca
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Queen presents CAF with royal banner |
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Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, as Colonel-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Legal Branch, presented a Royal Banner to the CAF Legal Branch, during a virtual audience held on June 22. The Royal Banner was received by Rear-Admiral Geneviève Bernatchez, Judge Advocate General and senior ranking legal officer.
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Book Review: Problems and Process; International Law and How We Use It |
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| Competing claims to jurisdiction and sovereign interests in the Arctic raise complex legal questions concerning the law of the sea. They include e.g., freedom of navigation in waters whose navigable surface alters with effects of climate change, delimitation of continental shelves beyond 200 NM and exclusive economic zones, and the nature of right of innocent passage through territorial waters. The right to self defence through national sea, land and air measures may exceed real capacity to effect such defence, thus invoking defence treaty regimes. Complexity compounds as competing states hold different interpretations of treaty law and customary norms. This paper briefly ‘christens the ground, sea and sea-bed’ in legal terms before its successor papers address specific issues.
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RAUSI Summer 2021 Newsletter
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The RAUSI Summer 2021 Newsletter is now available online, and is presented in the new flipbook format. We've got some hot content to go with this hot weather. Get the latest details on: Mission: Afghanistan at TMM; HMCS TECUMSEH; Moral Courage: Leading in Times of Conflict and Crists; new appointments and changes in command; and much more.
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HMCS Calgary crew makes record-setting drug bust in Arabian Sea
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A Canadian Navy frigate based in Victoria has made a record-setting drug bust while operating in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman.
HMCS Calgary, operating under the command of the Canadian-led Combined Task Force 150, seized 1,286 kilograms of heroin on April 23 — the most ever captured by a coalition ship. The previous high was 1,032 kilograms of heroin in 2014 by an Australian navy ship. | |
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Veterans' Writing Workshop
| The workshop group will meet on the first Thursday evening of every month beginning Tuesday, September 7, 2021. In the Board Room at The Military Museum. war-in-pieces.ca
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Building a bridge between uniformed and civilian communities, the Royal Alberta United Service Institute's vision is to be the premier organization in Alberta linking the public with members of the Canadian military and their role within and beyond the border of Canada. |
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The July Dispatches banner photo courtesy of Tokie Brideaux. Submit your photos to admin@rausi.ca to be featured in the upcoming Dispatches. |
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