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Canadian army has started NUNALIVUT 2015 military exercise in the High Arctic

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Canadian army has started NUNALIVUT 2015 military exercise in the High Arctic.

Army of Canada on Wednesday April 1, 2015, started the military exercise NUNALIVUT 2015 in the High Arctic, according to a communique issued by the Canadian Ministry of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. Operation NUNALIVUT 2015 (Op NU 15) will take place in and around the Cambridge Bay, Nunavut area from 1 April until 22 April.

Task Force NUNALIVUT Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel John St. Dennis, Major Marc-André Langelier Commanding Officer of C Company Royal 22e Régiment (R22eR) and other members from R22eR disembark a CC-177 Globemaster to participate in Operation NUNALIVUT on April 13, 2014.

Commanded by Joint Task Force (North) and deploying over 200 personnel from across Canada; Op NU 15 incorporates soldiers from the Third Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) divers from both Pacific and Atlantic fleets; and airmen and airwomen from across the Royal Canadian Air Force, including Yellowknife-based 440 (Transport) Squadron.

Throughout this operation, the Canadian Rangers from 1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group will guide and mentor southern troops and provide predator control to deployed elements. JTFN’s operations provide a unique opportunity for our allies, our partners and for each element of the CAF to practice specialized arctic skill sets.

JTFN’s operations provide a unique opportunity for our allies, such as the 109th Air Squadron, United States Air National Guard to achieve their training objectives within the larger context of OP NU 15, and within the unique environment found in Canada’s Arctic.

Op NU 15 will be conducted with three distinct lines of operation. 1 CRPG will conduct a sovereignty patrol in the Victoria Island area and 3 PPCLI will conduct two separate patrols running east of Cambridge Bay. Due to the challenging nature of the arctic environment, the primary means of transportation for both patrols will be snowmobiles, which can traverse the often difficult sea ice formations.

Joint Ice Diving operations between Parks Canada’s underwater archeologists and RCN divers will also be conducted on the sea ice in the vicinity of Victoria Strait. Ice diving operations will include a joint archeological effort over the site of the HMS Erebus during Op NU 15.Op NU 15 allows the Canadian Armed Forces to provide meaningful support to scientific research in the Arctic, and to demonstrate interoperability in the High Arctic with military allies and other Canadian government institutions. All outlying locations will be commanded and controlled by the Task Force NUNALIVUT headquarters element, based in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.