Mar 30, 2022 | International
March 30, 2022 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces
The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces have confirmed the identification of remains recovered during a munitions clearing process north of Lens, France, as being those of Sergeant Richard Musgrave, a Canadian soldier of the First World War. The identity was confirmed through historical, genealogical, anthropological, archaeological and DNA analysis.
Richard Musgrave was born in Blackrigg, Scotland in 1884. He worked as a teamster in Calgary before enlisting at the age of 30 with the 56th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) on April 30, 1915. After sailing from Montreal and training in England, Private Musgrave travelled to France in February 1916, now as a member of the 7th Infantry Battalion (British Columbia), CEF. He achieved the rank of sergeant in March 1917, was wounded in April but remained on duty, and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in July of that year.
On August 15, 1917, Sergeant Musgrave fought with the 7th Battalion during the first day of the Battle of Hill 70 near Lens, France. He was reported missing that day and was presumed to have died as part of the battle. He was 32 years old. The Battle of Hill 70 continued until August 25, 1917, with a heavy toll of more than 10,000 Canadians killed, wounded, or missing. More than 140 men of the 7th Battalion were killed, 118 of them missing and never found.
The Canadian Armed Forces has notified the family of Sergeant Richard Musgrave’s identification and is providing them with ongoing support. Sergeant Musgrave will be buried at the earliest opportunity in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Loos British Cemetery in Loos-en-Gohelle, France.
The Canadian Armed Forces Casualty Identification Program, within the Directorate of History and Heritage, identifies unknown Canadian service members when their remains are recovered. The program also identifies service members previously buried as unknown soldiers when there is sufficient evidence to confirm the identification.
Feb 13, 2022 | Business
Recently, Soldier Ape NFT is proud to announce that the NFT project has reached 20K+ Members on Twitter and Discord. The craze about these non-fungible tokens has outgunned almost every other trend; often at times, they are the trend. Metaverse, on the other hand, is finding silent takers.
One such project named Soldier Apes Army is gaining a lot of momentum with over 9000+ members on Discord and over 12k followers on Twitter. The NFT project, unlike others, will include the community from the start, providing a route for recommendations and comments from the very users of the game. The Soldier Apes Army NFT Collection has a total of 10,025 Soldier Ape NFTs stored as ERC-721 tokens on the Ethereum blockchain and hosted on IPFS (interplanetary file system).
Soldier Apes Army is intended to be a P2E (play-to-earn) game. The game requires NFTs, which can be purchased on OpenSea and in PreSale. Each NFT entitles the player to participate in the game. The game, in its true essence, is created by the people and for the people who play it.
The game plan is to develop a 3D isometric gaming environment, which is interactive, but with scalable visuals, enabling gamers with less powerful hardware to enjoy a seamless gaming experience. Each of these digital creatures is unique and produced by highly skilled artists.
In the Apaverse, also known as “Home of the Apes”, once the 10,000 Soldier Apes NFTs are sold out, the first owners of the 10 rare General Apes NFTs, will receive a one-time payment of $10,000 each. Moreover, the first owner of the 3-star Lieutenant General Ape NFT will also earn a Mercedes-AMG G 63.
The game will be based around the Soldier Apes Army NFT collectibles and players can utilise their Soldier Apes as characters in the Apaverse. The objective is one – to establish Soldier Apes Army as the premier NFT PvP and P2E (play to earn) gaming environment on the Ethereum blockchain.
Commenting on the mission and vision of the project, the Soldier Ape Founding Team stated, “Our mission is simple: to be the leading Apes NFT PvP and P2E gaming ecosystem on the Ethereum blockchain. We will be building our game around the Soldier Apes Army NFT collectibles, where players use their Soldier Apes as their characters in a unique gaming metaverse.”
The project has clocked over 9000 members on Discord, outbidding its Phase 2 goals of 5000 members by a heavy margin. The project is also in a partnership with EGamea, a leading Game Development Studio for the playable Demo game, “Home of the Apes”. In the long run, the project will organise worldwide soldiers events, followed by the public launch of the in-game token.
The NFT sector has been on a growth trajectory and with such momentum already backing the Soldier Apes Army NFT project, it is set to be the Metaverse gamechanger.
The Founding team announced that Whitelisting Mint is slated to start on February 14, 6 PM, CET., while the public sale will start on February 16, 6 AM, CET.
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Dec 5, 2021 | Business
SMi Group is delighted to announce the return of the Future Soldier Technology conference which will commence on 8th-9th March 2022 in London, alongside a pre-conference focus day dedicated to Dismounted Soldier Situational Awareness on the 7th of March.
There is an early bird saving of £200, available for bookings made by 17th December 2021. Register at www.futuresoldiertechnology.com/pr1
As the world’s leading meeting dedicated to enhancing dismounted soldier technology, this conference will provide delegates with a unique opportunity to see how emerging soldier equipment and materials are used to overcome challenges in soldier modernisation programmes from across the world.
The agenda has been released, featured speakers for 2022 include:
· Major General John Collyer, Director Information, British Army
· Brigadier Matthew Cansdale, Head of Future Force Development, British Army
· Brigadier Mark Totten, SRO Commando Forces, Royal Marines
· Mr Nick Taylor, 1* Team Lead, Soldier, Training and Special Projects (STSP), DE&S, UK MOD
· Colonel Zdenek Mikula, Head of Mechanized & Infantry Section, Land Forces Development Department, Capabilities Development & Planning Division, Czech Armed Forces
· Colonel Jan H. Vonk, Program leader STRONG, Defence Material Organisation, Dutch MOD
· Colonel (Ret.) Kurt “Travis” Thompson, Deputy Director, Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team, US Army Futures Command
· Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Dawe, Commanding Officer, Infantry Trials and Development Unit (ITDU), British Army
· Lieutenant Colonel Gareth Davies, SO1 Soldier Systems, TommyWorks
· Lieutenant Colonel Denny Dresch, PdM PEO Ground Soldier Systems, PEO Soldier, US Army
· Lieutenant Colonel Sébastien Gasnier, Branch Deputy, Infantry Doctrinal and Advanced Studies Department, French Armed Forces Infantry School
· Major Magnus Hallberg, NATO LCG DSS Chairman, NATO/Swedish Armed Forces
· Dr Robb Wilcox, Director, Soldier Performance Optimization Directorate, DEVCOM, US Army
For the full agenda and speaker line-up are available at www.futuresoldiertechnology.com/pr1
Future Soldier Technology Conference
Conference: 8th-9th March 2022
Pre-conference Focus Day: 7th March 2022
Lead Sponsor: Glenair, Sponsors and Exhibitors: Bren-Tronics, Domo Tactical Communications, L3Harris, Silvus Technologies
For sponsorship and exhibition enquiries, contact Sadia Malick Sadia Malick, Director on: +44 (0) 20 7827 6748 or email smalick@smi-online.co.uk
For delegate enquiries, contact James Hitchen on: +44 (0) 20 7827 6054 or email jhitchen@smi-online.co.uk
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