The Next Rotation of Canadian Troops is Ready to Undertake their Mission in Afghanistan

DND/Canadian Forces ^ | 2007-05-18 | (media advisory)

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Media Advisory

The Next Rotation of Canadian Troops is Ready to Undertake their Mission in Afghanistan

5 CMBG.07.16 - May 18, 2007

Wainwright, Alberta — Some 2,500 soldiers, who will be the next group of Canadian troops to deploy to Afghanistan, have just completed a very important phase in their training this week at Base Wainwright, Alberta.

The soldiers, who come primarily from Base Valcartier, Quebec, participated in complex military manoeuvres during Exercise Maple Guardian, an activity focused on individual and collective training for the Joint Task Force scheduled for deployment to Afghanistan this Summer.

The soldiers will be tasked to aid Afghan authorities in restoring the security and stability within Afghanistan, a nation on the verge of recovering from decades of warfare and strife. According to Joint Task Force Commander, Brigadier-General Guy Laroche, “Our soldiers have received an excellent training. The exercise, which we just completed, represents the last step in a long road, whose aim was to provide the soldiers with the technical, cultural and intellectual skills necessary to successfully accomplish, with the least possible risk, this very important mission,” he said. “The exercise provided us with the confirmation that we are ready, and I am convinced that we will brilliantly fulfil this mandate, confided in us by the Canadian public, to help better the lives of the Afghan people,” he added.

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Notes to News Directors/ Assignment Editors :
The Joint Task Force personnel just concluded a short ceremony in Wainwright for celebrating the completion of the intense training of the last months. Imagery will be available around 20:00 PM Eastern Time at the following link:
http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/common/combatcamera/news/.
Brigadier-General Laroche is also available for short telephone interviews to comment the footage provided.
For more information or interviews, contact Capt Eric Chamberland, Public Affairs Officer, at (418) 933-7859.

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BrigGen Laroch is of Le Royal 22ième Régiment. (The Vandoos), later Commander 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group.

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Canada ping.

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Private Martin Larochelle, front left, from Beauport, Que. and Cpl. Mathieu Poulin,
front right. from St-Jean, Que., wear their Montreal Canadiens sweaters as they pose
with other troops from the 22nd Regiment, known as the VanDoos, with the Stanley
Cup at the Provincial Reconstruction Team base in Kandahar , Afghanistan
Wednesday, May 2, 2007. Photograph by : CP PHOTO/Ryan Remiorz

Bottom line:
Guys who pack their Habs jerseys for a trip to Afghanistan are plainly crazy.
Talibastards stupid enough to f*ck with them: downright death-wish insane.

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Bottom line: Guys who pack their Habs jerseys for a trip to Afghanistan are plainly crazy. Talibastards stupid enough to f*ck with them: downright death-wish insane.

ROFLOL!

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We salute our Canada comrades in arms.

You are in our hearts and all of our prayers.

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Go Habs, GO!