Currently, Valcartier Garrison is home to 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group; the following units are stationed at Valcartier:
- Quartier général et escadron de transmissions, 5e Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada
- 5e Régiment d'artillerie légère du Canada (5 RALC)
- 12e Régiment blindé du Canada (12 RBC)
- 5e Régiment du génie de combat
- 1er Batallion, Le Royal 22e Régiment
- 3e Batallion, Le Royal 22e Régiment
- 5 Field Ambulance
- 5 Military Police Platoon.
The base also houses 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, 5 Service Battalion (which also provides services from the St-Jean and Montreal garrisons), CI SQFT (Land Force Quebec Area Training Centre), in addition to providing training facilities for most Quebec-based reserve units. The Myriam Bédard Biathlon Training Centre is also located on the base.
CFB Valcartier is also home to a Defence Research & Development Canada (DRDC) location, which conducts military research for the Canadian Forces.
ASU Valcartier is also home of the Army Cadet Summer Training Centre Valcartier, which trains Royal Canadian Army Cadets of the Eastern Region / Province of Québec.
In 1997 a cancer-causing chemical, trichloroethylene, was found in the water supply of CFB Valcartier and the nearby town of Shannon, Québec. Trichloroethylene, which has been linked to liver cancer, was used for degreasing metal parts at the base in the 1970's. The Department of National Defence, which was accused of a cover-up, reached a legal settlement with the town in 2004.
References
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Last updated on Thursday August 07, 2008 at 05:58:07 PDT (GMT -0700)
View this article at Wikipedia.org - Edit this article at Wikipedia.org - Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
