Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Navy, air force going 'royal' again

photoBRYN WEESE | QMI AGENCY
OTTAWA - The Canadian navy and air force are going back to their royal roots on Tuesday, and it will finally be OK to call it the army again, too.
The three branches of the armed forces will drop the bureaucratic bafflegab monikers Maritime Command, Air Command and Land Force Command and will officially revert to Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Army, respectively, names that ceased to be used in 1968 when the three branches were unified with the army as the Canadian Forces...Read here

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