VALCARTIER, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Feb. 24, 2016) -
A second group of military members from Valcartier returned to the country yesterday evening at the end of a six-month deployment to Central and Eastern Europe as part of the fourth rotation of Operation REASSURANCE. Coming primarily from 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment, this group of about 55 soldiers joins the group that returned on an earlier flight on 12 February.
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"Over the past several months, the soldiers from Valcartier who have returned once again proved to their allies, who are their colleagues, that they are highly professional. The joint training exercises such as those that they performed in Europe perpetuate the excellent reputation of Canadian soldiers internationally, which, in my opinion, is very much deserved."
Colonel Michel-Henri St-Louis, Commander of 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
"Over the past seven months, our courageous military members in the Land Task Force OP REASSURANCE proudly represented the Canadian Armed Forces during numerous exercises in Eastern Europe. It is with a sense of accomplishment that we are returning to Canada to be reunited with our families and to share the unique experience that we have had."
Major Simon Côté, Commander of the Land Task Force, OP REASSURANCE, ROTO 4
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