Some 3,000 Canadian Army soldiers from 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group from Petawawa, Ontario are in Alberta for Exercise RUGGED BEAR. They are at the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre in Wainwright, Alberta.
The Ottawa area is getting rain. In Alberta it is still snowing.
The purpose of Exercise RUGGED BEAR is for the Canadian Army to certify that the soldiers, under the banner of Task Force Tomahawk, have achieved the necessary Battle Task Standard, the Army added in a news release. Achieving those skills is a prerequisite for the upcoming Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 17. That will begin in May, also in Wainwright.
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Source: Ottawa Citizen
