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**Officer of Engineers** · 10-06-2005, 15:14 PM

We have about two battle groups worth of troops (actually 5 companies) in Afghanistan, rotating between the battalions from Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Regiment, and the Royal 22nd Regiment (Van Doos). Our rotations (8 months) are shorter than yours.

We have helos Griffens/Hueys but they're not suited for combat deployments which is the whole issue here.

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Officer of Engineers *Military Professional* Moderator Scotch taster Join Date: 08-06-03 Posts: 16,649 Country:	We have about two battle groups worth of troops (actually 5 companies) in Afghanistan, rotating between the battalions from Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Regiment, and the Royal 22nd Regiment (Van Doos). Our rotations (8 months) are shorter than yours. We have helos Griffens/Hueys but they're not suited for combat deployments which is the whole issue here. __________________ Chimo