Soldiers in Petawawa will deploy on various missions around the world in 2023. Colonel John Vass, the Commander of the 4th Canadian Division Support Group (4CDSG) at Garrison Petawawa, says they are transitioning from the contingency phase to the committed phase.
Colonel Vass says roughly 700 to 1,000 soldiers based out of Petawawa will deploy overseas in the summer of 2023.
The base commander says troops will be in Latvia as part of Operation Reassurance, supporting Ukraine through the Ukraine Training Mission in the United Kingdom (UK) and Operation Impact to rid Iraq and Syria of ISIS.
The update was provided to members of the community as part of the annual Garrison Petawawa Business Luncheon held last week.
(written by: Rudy Kadlec)