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St George Chapel CFB Petawawa
St. George's Chapel Community, Garrison Petawawa - Protestant
All Photos took by Eric Michel 2015/03/10
A military chaplain ministers to military personnel and, in most cases, their families and civilians working for the military. In some cases, they will also work with local civilians within a military area of operations.
Although the term chaplain originally had Christian roots, it is generally used today in military organizations to describe all professionals specially trained to serve any spiritual need, regardless of religious affiliation. In addition to offering pastoral care to individuals and supporting their religious rights and needs, military chaplains may advise the executive on religion, ethics, morals, and morals as affected by religion. They may also liaise with local religious leaders to understand the role of religion as a factor both in hostility and war and in reconciliation and peace.
Military chaplains typically represent a specific religion or faith group but work with military personnel of all faiths and none. Some countries, like Australia, the Netherlands, and Belgium, also employ humanist or non-faith-based chaplains who offer a non-religious approach to chaplain support. From 1918 to 1942, political commissars in the Soviet Red Army monitored and shaped the beliefs, loyalties, and enthusiasms of Soviet soldiers and officers in the context of official state atheism.
4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa
The Garrison is located in the Ottawa Valley in Renfrew County, 170 kilometres (110 mi) northwest of Ottawa along the western bank of the Ottawa River. Its main gate is North of the town of Petawawa. Most of the base territory is in the municipality of Laurentian Hills, with portions also in Petawawa and Deep River.
As of March 2022, the approximate personnel numbers are as follows:
Canadian Forces personnel: 6,000
DND civilian employees: 1,000
Canadian Forces dependents: 5,653
Approximately 6,000 people directly connected to the base live in local communities between Deep River and Pembroke.
The Garrison has an extensive infrastructure with 465 buildings and over 300 km2 of property comprising the Petawawa Training Area.
Fitness facilities
Dundonald Hall is the Garrison's main fitness facility on Festubert Boulevard. It houses a 5,000 square metre field house containing a 200-metre indoor running track, a 25-metre swimming pool, a wading pool equipped with a winding water slide, and whirlpool and sauna facilities.
The complex houses a gymnasium, aerobic studio, teen room, preschool playrooms and meeting rooms. The "Rec-Plex" is home to numerous clubs and societies on the base, such as the Karate Club, Preschool Clubs and the Indoor Rock Climbing Club.
Currently, approximately 6,100 persons employed at 4 CDSB Petawawa (5,100 of them military) are included in 2 CMBG, Garrison Petawawa and lodger units. Soldiers at Garrison Petawawa have been involved in many operations worldwide, including tours in Afghanistan and Bosnia.
In 2005, 4 CDSB Petawawa celebrated its first 100 years of service. Several events were planned with units and the local communities to commemorate this special occasion.
In 2021, during the COVID-19 Pandemic, the base deployed medical military personnel to Cross Lake to help organize a response to an outbreak in the Pimicikamak population.
Current operations
Garrison Petawawa is the home of the 4th Canadian Division Support Group and 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, which is made up of:
2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Headquarters & Signal Squadron
2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
The Royal Canadian Dragoons
1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment
3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment
2 Combat Engineer Regiment
2 Service Battalion
427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron and 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron are based here and operate their helipads at Petawawa Heliport. They fly the Bell CH-146 Griffon and CH-147F Chinook, respectively. Also located at the base are the Canadian Special Operations Regiment and the Canadian Special Operations Training Centre.
The base motto is, in the eastern Anishinaabe language, endazhe kinamandowa chimaganishak (or fully vocalized as endazhi-gikinoo'amawindowaa zhimaaganishag). The literal English translation is "Training Ground of the Soldiers." The translation used on the base is "Training Ground of the Warriors."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_Petawawa
Base Logo Author: Canadian Military. This work is public because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice.