Afstan: Roto 8 for end of summer, 2009

Here's the composition:

Task Force 3-09 (Joint Task Force Afghanistan, Roto 8) composed of approximately 2500 soldiers will comprise of the following major units:

• A 1000 soldier Battle Group in Kandahar [emphasis added], primarily from the 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (1 PPCLI - Edmonton), which includes:
  
  
  • Three LAV III Companies and a Reconnaissance Platoon;
    
    
  • Armoured Squadron [Lord Strathona’s Horse Royal Canadians (LdSH RC) – Edmonton, AB]
    
    
  • Engineer Squadron to include Armoured Engineer Troop [ 1 Combat Engineer Regiment (1CER)– Edmonton, AB];
    
    
  • Counter Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) organization [ 1 Combat Engineer Regiment (1CER)– Edmonton, AB];
    
    
  • Artillery Battery [1 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (1RCHA)- Shilo, MB];
    
    
  • Reconnaissance Squadron [Royal Canadian Dragoons (RCD) – Petawawa, ON];
    
    
• About 150 soldiers with the Operational Mentor and Liaison Team (OMLT) [emphasis added - MC] [primarily from 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (3PPCLI) – Edmonton, AB]
  
  
• About 180 soldiers with the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) [emphasis added]. The company headquarters and two Force Protection Platoons will be sourced from from
  2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (2 PPCLI – Shilo, MB), one platoon from 38 Canadian Brigade Group from across Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario] and one platoon from 41 Canadian Brigade Group based out of Calgary, AB.
  
• About 470 CF members with the National Support Element (NSE) in Kandahar, primarily from the 1 Service Battalion (1 Svc Bn) in Edmonton with two Force Protection Platoons drawn from 39 CBG out of Vancouver.

The majority of about 500 Reserve Force soldiers, will come from:

• 39 Canadian Brigade Group (38 CBG) from British Columbia - approximately 125 soldiers;

• 41 Canadian Brigade Group (41 CBG)from Alberta - approximately 125 soldiers;

• 38 Canadian Brigade Group (38 CBG) from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario- approximately 125 soldiers