The ''Canadian Army Journal'' () abbreviated as ''CAJ'' (French: ''JAC''), is a quarterly

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published by the

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and

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. It was established in 1947.

History

The journal first adopted its current name in 1947 with Jack G. DeProse as the founding

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. Preceded by the ''Canadian Army Training Memorandum'' (an English-only publication published monthly from 1941 to 1947), the bilingual army journal ceased publication in June 1965 amidst reform within the

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seeking to unify the periodical publications of the

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. In 1965 the ''Canadian Army Journal'', the

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's ''The Crowsnest'' and the

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's ''The Roundel'' were merged to form the ''Canadian Forces Sentinel'', which changed its name to simply ''Sentinel'' in 1973 and then ceased publication in 1994. The current ''Canadian Army Journal'' was preceded from 1980 to 1993 by the "roughly biannual" ''Canadian Army Doctrine Bulletin''. The army's own quarterly bilingual journal was officially relaunched as the ''Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin'' in August 1998 and then returned to its historic name in 2004.

Past Editors

¹ Published under the title "Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin" until 2004

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Canadian Army Journal Military journals Multilingual journals Quarterly journals Canadian Army Academic journals established in 1947 1947 establishments in Canada Academic journals published by governments English-language journals French-language journals