Local Guard training in 'Maple Resolve'
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October 9, 2012 |
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The last
vehicle in the convoy pulled out of the
Bonners Ferry National Guard Armory
Saturday morning with the streetlights
still shining, bound for Base Wainwright
and "Maple Resolve." |
| Idaho National
Guard photo |
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More than 70 Citizen Soldiers of the Idaho Army
National Guard’s 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat
Team departed the Bonners Ferry Armory early
Saturday morning on a 600-mile trek to Canada to
participate in a Canadian military exercise.
The exercise began Monday morning and ends
October 30.
Idahoans’ primary missions in this international
training event is to support the exercise with
heavy lift capability and security in the
training area, located at Canadian Forces Base
Wainwright, Alberta, Canada.
This annual exercise, designated “Maple
Resolve,” is comprised of some 4,000 Canadian
soldiers and is designed to train them in skills
needed to conduct war fighting operations.
The Canadian military is a NATO partner, and
deeply involved in ongoing operations in
Afghanistan.
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