Check out the video above where it shows equipment from CFB Petawawa is currently being loaded for shipment by rail to Fort Irwin, California for a big exercise in preparation for Task Force 1-10's deployment to Afghanistan next year. Fort Irwin has the only game in town for large level desert style military exercises. Canada does not have any such environments.
The only large-level exercise being conducted for this deployment is the exercise at Fort Irwin.
According to the military, the dessert (sp) environment around at Fort Irwin is similar to Afghanistan.
The exercise is expected to last about seven weeks during the months of January and February 2010. Currently it is scheduled for Jan. 4 to Feb. 20. The troops will then return to Petawawa in late February for leave and other additional training prior to the deployment to Afghanistan.
Source: The Daily Observer
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