A Canadian flag patch is placed on the shoulder of a soldier in Trenton, Ont., Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014.Lars Hagberg/Canadian Press
Dozens of Canadian military members have been sent to Jamaica to train soldiers from the Caribbean community for a mission aimed at restoring order in Haiti.
Seventy Canadian military personnel were deployed on Friday at the request of the Jamaican government, according to a Department of Defense news release.
During the month-long mission, CAF members helped prepare CARICOM troops for deployment to Haiti, the paper said, while Caribbean soldiers were joined by the Haitian National Police as part of a UN-sanctioned mission to restore security in the country. It will be strengthened.
The Canadian personnel training soldiers in skills such as combat first aid and peacekeeping are drawn primarily from the 1st Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment in Balcartier, Kenya, while Caribbean Community units are drawn from Jamaica, Belize and the Bahamas. There is.
Haitian gangs have overpowered local police and taken control of the country’s key infrastructure, sparking violent turf wars that have led to the collapse of the island’s society.
In January, the Canadian Armed Forces conducted a training course for approximately 300 defense personnel from Jamaica, Belize, and the Bahamas.
