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Exercise Rafale Blanche

February 3 2012.

Portneuf, Quebec.

 

Sergeant Louis Pedneault installs the traction chains on the tires of his vehicle.

 

Exercise Rafale Blanche of 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (5 GBMC) includes almost 2,500 soldiers from Valcartier and approximately 700 vehicles. Canadian and Polish soldiers train for winter weather combat operations in the Chaudiere-Appalaches region of Quebec.

 

Exercise participants practice winter survival skills, conduct long range patrolling, navigate in rural and urban settings, secure helicopter landing pads and complete a parachute drop in cold weather conditions. Soldiers also have the opportunity to meet with residents of the region and showcase the army equipment being used.

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Uploaded on February 7, 2015
Taken on February 3, 2012