https://tube.home.franssen.xyz/videos/watch/8a34bd23-eaa2-44ce-a4c4-05ebc38a60b1 The NATO Through Time podcast dives deep into NATO’s history, reflecting on how the past influences the present – and future – of the longest-lasting alliance in history. This episode features General Jennie Carignan, the head of the Canadian Armed Forces, who reflects on her participation in three of NATO’s major operations and missions. Why does NATO conduct missions outside of its territory? What were the different aims and lessons learned of NATO’s missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Afghanistan and Iraq? What is Canada’s role in a transatlantic alliance that is often framed as a balancing act between the United States and European Allies? In this episode, General Jennie Carignan, Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces, walks us through her distinguished military career. She served on a demining team during a peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, led an engineering regiment during a combat mission in Afghanistan, and was the first woman to lead a NATO mission when she took command of the advisory and capacity-building mission in Iraq in 2019. She also reflects on Canada’s role in NATO, including its contributions to the Alliance’s forward presence in Latvia, and her place in history as the first woman to lead Canada’s military. Chapter Markers: 0:00 Introduction 1:38 NATO's three biggest missions 2:18 Why did you join the Canadian Armed Forces? 5:21 When did you learn about NATO? 7:08 How does NATO organise a mission? 9:18 NATO's mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina 11:53 Safe disposal of landmines 14:05 Canada's history of UN peacekeeping 15:35 NATO's mission in Afghanistan 19:48 NATO's mission in Iraq 23:34 Canada's role in NATO 25:48 The shift from missions to collective defence 28:05 Canada in the Arctic and the Pacific 30:21 Women in the armed forces 32:16 Outro + reflections ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ SUBSCRIBE to this channel https://bit.ly/NATOsubscribe SUBSCRIBE to NATO News https://bit.ly/NATONewsSubscribe SUBSCRIBE to NATO History https://bit.ly/NATOHistorySubscribe Connect with NATO online: Visit the Official NATO Homepage: https://bit.ly/NATOhomepage Receive NATO updates via email: https://bit.ly/NATOemails Find NATO on FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/NATOfacebook Follow @NATO on TWITTER: https://bit.ly/NATOtwitter Follow NATO on Instagram: https://bit.ly/NATOinstagram Find NATO on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NATOlinkedin Find NATO on Flickr: https://bit.ly/NATOflickr #NATO #OTAN #NATOhistory Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:44:39 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tube.home.franssen.xyz https://tube.home.franssen.xyz/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://tube.home.franssen.xyz/videos/watch/8a34bd23-eaa2-44ce-a4c4-05ebc38a60b1 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tube.home.franssen.xyz/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.