Canada has special forces, i had no clue

BillieJean

JTF2 (Joint Task Force 2)

I was looking up Pathfinder courses in the CF and found these guys check these sites out http://www.hackcanada.com/canadian/freedom/secretarmy.html
http://www.canadaka.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=397

Some pics http://www.dcds.forces.gc.ca/units/jtf2/pages/gallery_e.asp

I know stuff like this is common in the U.S. and Brittan. I was born and raised in Canada and have never heard of JTF2, even on regular Canadian forces sites their not shown. If you read the first site I have posted, down the page you will find that some of these guys have issues. This gets me thinking as a Canadian, our government does a lot more behind doors then we think.

StrontiumDog · Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject:

I've known about them since I came here!
JTF2 have been on Global News several times being shown linked to missions in Afghanistan.
Similar to British SAS although I'm not sure if the level of training is the same. With the Liberal government cutbacks, the armed services in Canada are shockingly underfunded and under-equipped.

I could rant about the green uniforms in Afghanistan, the Sea Kings that are only allowed to fly certain times or the purchase of mothballed British subs.... but I would only get angry.

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BillieJean · Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:54 pm Post subject:

lol guess i should watch the new more....

BillieJean · Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:55 pm Post subject:

lol i mean news

BillieJean · Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:00 pm Post subject:

SwEeTLuScIouSGaNjA · Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject:

For the better????....ok ok, I'll spare you and I won't start on this again.

-GaNjA
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BillieJean · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:51 am Post subject:

fuhrer · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:29 pm Post subject:

JTF2 was involved in very early missions in Afghanistan, and yeah they were well publisized on the news. Yay for us!

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WiseOldJames{ATL} · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:19 am Post subject:

I honestly didn't even know Canada had an ARMY until I saw this OLD looking Canuck soldier here in Baghdad. I think he was just lost and looking for directions thou.
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You'reinSoup · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:00 am Post subject:

The clothing Canadian soldiers wore into Afghanistan was actually not all that bad considering how quickly the earliest versions of CADPAT faded.

Canada's also creating a new unit called CSOR (Canadian Special Operations Regiment) From what I hear, they'd be kinda like the Canadian equivalent of the American Rangers.

BillieJean · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:07 am Post subject:

CSOR (Canadian Special Operations Regiment), nice bringing back the Airborne Commandos, just softening up the name. We want to keep Canadian forces names friendly…. Yah....lol but if they called them Airborne Commandos, there would be wide spread protesting.

Back in Somalia four or five Commandos were charged for beating POWS I think to death and for this the entire unit was disband. You ask why they disband the whole unit for a couple of dum *****, government officials need spending money for #Beer

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