[MilCom] Canadian Military Exercise Cougar Salvo 05

[Rapbep at aol.com]

All.

 I got this off the Canadian Army site. Thought some of you might be 
interested and might see some reflections in comms.  I've seen some Canadian Reserves 
HF ALE last evening that might have been related

RON
MARYLAND, USA

Exercise COUGAR SALVO 2005 (18-25 March) will be the largest military 
exercise held on civilian lands in B.C. since the Second World War. Scheduled for the 
provincial spring school break, the exercise will bring together 
approximately 600 Reserve and 100 Regular soldiers in the Kamloops area of the B.C. 
interior.

The purpose of the exercise is to conduct combined arms collective training 
in the "Three Block War" scenario: peace support, humanitarian operations, and 
warfighting, often in close chronological and geographic proximity. Leaders at 
all levels will be challenged to complete their missions in rapidly changing 
circumstances, according to the "Strategic Corporal" theory: junior leaders' 
decisions can have far reaching consequences, often in full view of the media.

Combined arms collective training will also challenge leaders to integrate 
and synchronize the efforts of different arms and services who are not normally 
accustomed to working together on Reserve exercises, such as combat engineer 
assault boats deploying infantry across open water, and armoured reconnaissance 
troops escorting logistics convoys.

Exercise COUGAR SALVO 2005 will be conducted in a transparent public venue, 
where local media and community leaders will be welcome to observe; Reservists' 
employers and provincial stakeholders will attend escorted visits; and 
University College of the Cariboo journalism students will participate as "embedded 
media" for course credit.

Safety and environmental safeguards are paramount considerations in the 
planning and conduct of Exercise COUGAR SALVO 2005. A federally mandated 
Environmental Impact Assessment is linked to this web site. There will be no large scale 
demolitions, damage to sensitive vegetation or water bodies, or wildlife 
harassment. Exercise activities will integrate safety measures in convoy 
movements, for example, and all live and blank firing. 

Approximately 60,000 rounds each of blank and live 7.62 and 5.56 mm 
ammunition, pyrotechnics, simunition, and MILES 2000 laser weapons effects simulation 
will lend realism.