Best of wishes to our deployed forces. We hope you all return home safe. ************************ CFB TRENTON, Ont. — The media was kept at a distance as soldiers said their emotional goodbyes to family and boarded planes to join in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS). Though the press was invited to cover the departure of 117 members of the Canadian Armed Forces bound for Kuwait early Thursday morning, journalists who arrived were strictly told not to photograph faces or talk to the soldiers. The soldiers are part of Operation Impact, Canadas contribution to the coalition hitting ISIS with airstrikes to keep the terrorist army from furthering its violence in Iraq and Syria. The members who left from the Ontario base Thursday will be responsible for setting up operations before the rest are flown over in coming weeks. The Air Task Force will include six CF-18 Hornet fighter jets from 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alta., a C-150 Polaris aerial refueller from CFB Trenton, and two CP-140 Aurora surveillance aircraft from 14 Wing Greenwood, N.S., and about 600 personnel in total. Capt. Julie Brunet, public affairs officer at CFB Trenton, said the photo op was organized by Defence Minister Bob Nicholsons office, and that she was unable to provide any information about the operation. Brunet asked photographers to delete some of their photographs that showed a Pelican transport case with a destination sticker that read Kuwait City, Kuwait with Canadian Forces members lining up in the background, waiting for custom clearance. They saw you taking the photo and now they are very worried about it and asked if you could delete them with me here with you, said Brunet. #Canadianforces #Canada #CANSOFCOM #RCAF #JTF2 #SOF youtu.be/LDYzqclahUc
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 05:48:06 +0000
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