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Just in case anyone has forgotten what Canadian soldiers faced when we were in Afghanistan, this is a heat map of all the IED's in Kandahar from 2005-2009.

Feel free to share it with anyone who forgets what we dealt with, and wonders if we were putting it on the line as much as anyone else.

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HOWZ-E-MADAD POLICE STATION QRF

QRF out of MaSum Ghar after the police station came under attack. Capt. Ryan Sheppard, Bbdr. Adam Holmes, Cpl. Daniel Dignard, Cpl. Joshua Whitehall, Pvt. Mark Amos.

🇨🇦 Canada · 3RCR · Operation Athena

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SWEEPING FOR IEDS

Jimmy Moore, Fausto, Sgt Yannick Piche and others I don't remember on foot patrol out of COP Nejat

🇨🇦 Canada · Royal 22e Régiment · Operation Athena

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MEMORIAL FLAG

TF 3-07 FOB MSG Canadian Rock Flag/Memorial (September 18, 2007)

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Thirty feet from a Panther: the true story of Smokey Smith

22 October 1944. The Savio River, Italy.
Rain had raised the river six feet. No tanks or anti-tank guns could get across to the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada on the far bank. Then three Panthers, two self-propelled guns and about thirty infantry came down the road at them.

Pte Ernest "Smokey" Smith knocked out a Panther with a PIAT at thirty feet, then held the road with a Tommy gun. He became the only Canadian private awarded the Victoria Cross in the Second World War.

Every unit on this map is placed from the war diaries and company reports of the men who were there.

Tomorrow, 82 years to the day, we release the full video: six days, and the crossing of the Savio.
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CPLS KYLE HARDY, ANDREW REESOR AND MITCHELL MCFARLANE, ALL RESERVISTS FROM THE ONTRS REUNITED FOR ONLY TIME DURING DEPLOYMENT

Cpls Kyle Hardy, Andrew Reesor and Mitchell McFarlane, all reservists from the OntRs, atached to A Sqn RCD, reunited for only time during deployment at OP Salavat.

🇨🇦 Canada · RCD A Sqn · Task Force 1-10 · Operation Athena

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LT. COL. RICHARD CLARK TF 3-504 COMMANDER

Uncertain of the exact location.
'Resolute Strike' brings back intel on ambush
SANGIN, Afghanistan (Army News Service, April 11, 2003) - A task force led by 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment garnered information and equipment related to an ambush that left two U.S. service members dead and one seriously injured.

The mission of Operation Resolute Strike -- conducted April 8-9 in the affluent southern Afghanistan city of Sangin by 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers, Special Forces operators and criminal investigation task force members -- was two-fold: to gain intelligence and the perpetrators of the March 29 ambush, and to deny sanctuary and remove weapons and ammunition used by anti-coalition forces.

Lt. Col. Richard Clarke, task force 3-504th PIR commander, said the operation was a success on both counts.

"We're gathering a significant amount of information about this ambush that may help lead others to find the perpetrators/attackers," Clarke said after the first day of the operation. "What we've done so far is recover a significant amount of small arms, mortar rounds, mortar tubes and anti-tank mines. Most importantly, we recovered bomb-making materials, to include some old C-4, and explosive devices that could have been used against coalition forces later."

At the end of the operation, a large cache of AK-47s, RPG launchers and other small arms weapons were taken by U.S. forces. Also, more than 240 pounds of ammunition used with mortars, RPGs and small arms were seized and destroyed by 731st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company members.

When the convoy moving outside of Sangin was ambushed March 29, the equipment used by the three U.S. casualties was left behind in the rush to Medivac them to safety. One of the key goals of Operation Resolute Strike was to get that equipment back.

"It looks like we've recovered one weapon and we're in the process of recovering additional materials from the ambush against coalition forces," Clarke said.

Capt. Del Monroy, battalion intelligence officer, said the overwhelming show of force used in the operation was critical to the mission's success.

While 82nd paratroopers established a containment area around the city and special forces operators swept the city for suspects and intelligence, close air support aircraft buzzed overhead as another reminder of American power. Air Force A-10s and F-16s, Marine Corps Harriers and Army Apache helicopters were ever-present throughout the course of the operation. During the night, a steady barrage of illumination mortars were fired to remind local residents the U.S. was still in town.

"The influence that we were able to bring here had a lot to do with the success here," Monroy said. "I didn't think we would get any of the U.S. equipment back."

The show of force was enough to convince a government official from the Helmond province - of which Sangin is a member of - to bring forth several witnesses and people who had picked up the U.S. equipment after the ambush.

Qualified personnel and members of the criminal investigation task force questioned more than 50 local residents who might have had knowledge of the ambush. Out of that crop, four were flown to a Kandahar Air Field field collection point for further questioning.

(Editor's note: Spc. Jim Wagner is a member of the 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

🇺🇸 United States · 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne

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AFGHAN AT BAZAAR

Bazaar off base - Afghani Salesman doing his thing

🇦🇫 Afghanistan

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MILLAYWAN CHECKPOINT RESCUE

A QRF mission out of Ma'Sum Ghar in support of ANP station that had been attacked. 3RCR rolling heavy with tanks supported by infantry walked in to help ANP remove the dead and wounded. Not much left of the place or the local police by the time they arrived. Total guess on this route based on the photos and the classic Afghan school building shape at the end. Somewhere west of Rte Summit a couple of miles, but relying on twenty year-old memories, so yeah. Definitely, give this route/destination side-eye scepticism.

🇨🇦 Canada · 3RCR · Operation Athena

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LOCAL COMPOUND 3

Local compound 3 - 3 RCR N-Coy 29er Tac

🇨🇦 Canada · 3 RCR N-Coy 29er Tac · Task Force 3-08 · Operation Athena

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@INTSUM5_2 Check out his profile here: https://t.co/YWu2Sgy2tr

Lots of great photos like this one:

He also took this shot of a Chinook coming into MSG in May of 2010 to RIP out troops. Might actually be my flight out of the sandbox and back to KAF for the last time

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ARRIVAL OF NEW ROTO

Relief in Place as TF 03/09 starts its tour.

I'll update the date of the photo when I can look at the time stamp

🇨🇦 Canada · Battle group QRF from MSG · Task Force 3-09

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[D. Michael Day @DMike_Day]

Lots of posts wrt the Wainwright tragedy

As a Patricia I am hugely grateful for what was clearly a remarkable response in the moment and thereafter

Many families are now facing the worst of moments. We can do little to make things better but it can be made worse .... 1/2

[Fi-Fi ✌️ @NorthernFiFi]

-#CFBWainwright Trevor Flegel from Kitamat BC in a coma burned extremely badly. Please keep him in your thoughts. #Wainwright

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In memory of the Fallen.

Sgt. Morgan Wong of Edmonton
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment

Pte. Shaun Farrell of Prince Albert, Sask.
3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

Pte. Aidan Goulding of North Vancouver, B.C.
3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

Pte. Hayden Lykkemark of Langley, B.C.
3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

Two ways you can help the injured and remember the Fallen:
- Donate blood at your local blood bank. Book at https://t.co/qyrSUMbqbM, or through Héma-Québec in Quebec.
- Attend your local cenotaph on Remembrance Day, November 11.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

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@Tybernicus17 I dont think anyone brought there stop watch. The sentiment is that the grass fire was burning, and was a non issue. Things turned, and it travelled far faster then anyone could anticipate or deal with.

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A terrible update on Wainwright from Maj Gen Wade Rutland, Commander of 1st Canadian Division.

Four soldiers died following a fire during training at CFB Wainwright:

Pte Aiden Goulding, 3 PPCLI, North Vancouver, BC
Pte Shaun Farrell, 3 PPCLI, Prince Albert, SK
Pte Hayden Lykkemark, 3 PPCLI, Langley, BC
Sgt Morgan Wong, Loyal Edmonton Regiment, Edmonton, AB

39 others were injured, 19 are in critical condition and are being treated at multiple hospitals.

The cause is still under investigation. Rutland said that a grass fire started during a live training exercise and, pushed by strong winds, shifted about a kilometre in 30 to 60 seconds.

While there were people who reported hearing explosions, Rutland said they do not believe oil and gas infrastructure or any outside interference was involved.

Lest we forget.

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JINGLE TRUCKS

I believe they were setup this way in order welcome some Canadian celebrities. Rick Mercer, Catriona Le May Doan and the great Maurice Richard.

🇨🇦 Canada · CFJSR · Task Force Kandahar · Operation Archer

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TANK REPAIR

MCpl. Matthew McCully, and MCpl. Michel Planet working on a Leopard C2 at FOB Ma’Sum Gear.

🇨🇦 Canada · 3RCR · Operation Athena

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I NAMED HIM LITTLE RICHARD

We took a break before making our final exfil.

🇺🇸 United States · 1st STB 1-101st ABN DIV

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RG31 IN POSITION DURING OP AZADI 2

An OMLT RG31 in position near Route Kelowna during Op Azadi 2.

🇨🇦 Canada · 74A · OMLT · Operation Athena

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