

I’m an Artillery Officer with the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery School in Gagetown, New Brunswick. W Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery School, Combat Training Centre, Gagetown, New BrunswickĬAPTAIN CRAIG SKELSEY: I’m Captain Craig Skelsey, from Toronto, Ontario.5th Canadian Light Artillery Regiment, 5th Canadian Brigade Group, Valcartier, Quebec.2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, Petawawa, Ontario.1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, Shilo, Manitoba.Initially, they are posted to one of five Artillery regiments: Artillery Officers are deployed overseas on operational missions and in Canada in support of civil authorities in cases of national emergency. Work environmentĪn Artillery Officer can be called upon to serve in any kind of terrain – Arctic tundra, tropical jungle, desert, mountains, urban complex – and in any kind of climate. There are three specialized areas for Artillery Officers: Field Artillery Officer, Air Defence Officer, and Target Acquisition Officer. In addition to field guns and rockets, missile systems and target acquisition systems, they are expected to become experts with a wide variety of technologically complex equipment including : Along with members of the Armour, Infantry and Combat Engineering regiments, they are members of the Combat Arms. Artillery Officers provide indirect fire support, air defence, and surveillance and target acquisition in battle.
