List of Canadian military operations

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Since 1947, the Canadian Forces have completed 72 international missions. More than 3,600 soldiers, sailors and Air Force personnel are deployed overseas on operational missions. On any given day, about 8,000 Canadian Forces members (one-third of the Canadian deployable force) are preparing for, engaged in or are returning from an overseas mission.

Here is a list of all recently finished and currently ongoing Canadian Forces operations in and outside Canada, as of October, 2003, by region:

Contents 1 International operations 1.1 United States 1.2 Persian Gulf Region and Southwest Asia 1.3 South and Southeast Asia 1.4 Balkans 1.5 Caribbean and Central America 1.6 Middle East 1.7 Africa 2 Domestic operations 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] International operations

[edit] United States

• Operation SUPPORT
• Operation EAGLE ASSIST

[edit] Persian Gulf Region and Southwest Asia

• Operation ACCIUS
• Operation ALTAIR
• Operation APOLLO
• Operation ASSIST
• Operation ATHENA
• Operation FOUNDATION
• Operation FRICTION
• Operation IOLAUS
• Operation SCALPEL
• Operation SCIMITAR

[edit] South and Southeast Asia

• Operation STRUCTURE

[edit] Balkans

• Operation ALLIANCE
• Operation BOLSTER, Former Republic of Yugoslavia
• Operation BOREAS
• Operation BRONZE
• Operation CAVALIER, Bosnia-Hercegovina
• Operation HARMONY, Croatia
• Operation MANDARIN
• Operation PALLADIUM
• Operation SPEAKER
• NATO Operation Sharpguard
• NATO Operation Allied Force
• NATO Operation Joint Guardian

[edit] Caribbean and Central America

• Operation CENTRAL, Honduras
• Operation HALO, Haiti
• Operation HAMLET

[edit] Middle East

• Operation CALUMET, Sinai
• Operation DANACA
• Operation JADE
• Operation PROTEUS
• Operation SNOWGOOSE

[edit] Africa

• Operation CROCODILE
• Operation LIANE
• Operation REPTILE
• Operation SCULPTURE
• Operation SOLITUDE
• Operation SAFARI

Note: CF personnel have also engaged in a NATO mission known as Operation Eagle Assist (the air defence of America, established after Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty was invoked following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001).

[edit] Domestic operations

• Operation ABACUS, national; Y2K preparation
• Operation ASSISTANCE, Red River, Manitoba
• Operation CANOPY
• Operation Hurricane (Canada)
• Operation OCTAL
• Operation PERSISTENCE
• Operation PEREGRINE(BC Forest Fires 2003)
• Operation PREAMBLE
• Operation RECUPERATION, Southern Ontario and Quebec
• Operation SALON, Oka, Quebec

[edit] See also

• Canadian Forces
• List of conflicts in Canada

[edit] External links

• CF contributions to NATO
• List of current CF operations
• The Total Force Experiment
• MILNEWS.ca Canada in Kandahar News Page - MILNEWS.ca Background Information