Welcome to the Defence Community site.

This is the place to look for information about military life, DND/CF programs to improve quality of life for serving and retired CF members and their families, and information of particular interest to everyone connected to the CF in particular and defence in general, including serving and retired CF members and their families, DND employees and their families, and people working in defence-related businesses.

In this area, you will find:

• Write To The Troops;
• The Maple Leaf, the Canadian Forces newspaper;
• Ranks and Appointment Insignia;
• The Canadian Forces Health Services site;
• Information about military life for CF families;
• Information about education and related care of DND/CF dependant students in Canada and abroad;
• The site of the Centre for the Support of Injured and Retired Members and Their Families; and
• Information about the National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Forces.
• Canadian Post War Military and Dependant Graves