Canadian peacekeepers will be remembered this Sunday with a service in Garrison Green on the 10th annual Peacekeepers Day.
The public is invited to attend a ceremony at 11 a.m. at Peacekeepers Park and includes a full military service with Reveille, The Last Post, prayers, the laying of wreaths and a few remarks from dignitaries.
Volunteer Shael Gelfand said the memory of lost peacekeepers shouldn’t go unnoticed.
“It’s important to honour and pay our respects to those Canadians who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on peace support and peacekeeping missions on behalf of Canadians and protecting our freedom,” he said.
A total of 278 Canadians have been killed on peacekeeping duty and that includes two peacekeepers killed in the past year.
Their names have been added to the wall of honour at Peacekeepers Park.
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VL2010-0300-12
11 November 2010
Battle Group Headquarters
Kandahar Afghanistan
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, during a Remembrance Day ceremony held at the Battle Group Compound on 11 November 2010. Despite a busy schedule, soldiers took time to remember the sacrifices of those who came before them and the comrades they have lost in Afghanistan.
In close cooperation with Afghan National Security Forces, 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group provides security by conducting counter-insurgency operations throughout Panjwa’i District located south-west of Kandahar City
Operation ATHENA is Canada’s participation in the International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan. Focused on Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan since the fall of 2005, Op ATHENA has one over-arching objective: to leave Afghanistan to Afghans, in a country that is better governed, more peaceful and more secure.
Photo: Cpl Roxanne Shewchuk
© 2010 DND-MDN Canada
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VL2010-0300-12
11 novembre 2010
Quartier général du groupement tactique
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Des membres du groupement tactique du 1er Bataillon, The Royal Canadian Regiment, assistent à une cérémonie du jour du Souvenir qui s’est déroulée dans l’enceinte du groupement tactique, le 11 novembre 2010. Malgré leur horaire chargé, les militaires ont pris le temps de se souvenir de ceux qui ont sacrifié leur vie avant eux ainsi que des confrères qui ont perdu la vie pendant la mission en Afghanistan.
En étroite collaboration avec les Forces de sécurité nationale afghanes, le groupement tactique du 1er Bataillon, The Royal Canadian Regiment, assure la sécurité en menant des opérations de contre-insurrection dans l’ensemble du district de Panjwayi, situé au sud-ouest de la ville de Kandahar.
L’opération Athena constitue la participation du Canada à la Force internationale d’assistance à la sécurité (FIAS) en Afghanistan. Concentrée dans la province de Kandahar, dans le sud de l’Afghanistan, depuis l’automne 2005, l’opération Athena poursuit un objectif essentiel : laisser l’Afghanistan aux Afghans et en faire un pays mieux gouverné, plus paisible et plus sûr.
Photo : Cpl Roxanne Shewchuk, © 2010 DND-MDN Canada
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