Military IV

Uniforms R de H: Bush, Battle Dress, Combat

Guidon of the 12e Régiment Blindé du Canada

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Canadian Forces Base Valcartier (CFB Valcartier), now re-designated 2 Canadian Division Support Base Valcartier (2 CDSB Valcartier), is a Canadian Forces base located in the municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, eight nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) north northwest of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The 2nd Canadian Division is stationed at the base, comprising the 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group and the 2nd Canadian Division Support Group.


La base des Forces canadiennes (BFC) Valcartier, aussi appelée garnison Valcartier, est une base des Forces canadiennes, située à Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier immédiatement au nord-ouest de la ville de Québec dans la région de la Capitale-Nationale de la province de Québec au Canada. La base occupe un territoire d’environ 12 par 24 kilomètres. Elle fait partie du Secteur du Québec de la Force terrestre (SQFT) et héberge la 2e Division du Canada. Pour 2016-2017, la base employait environ 6 000 militaires et 1 200 civils.

Eric Michel Valcartier Quebec 1971 

On Photos of Valcartier 1971

APC M113 / Ferrette / Lynx on the firing range

and on the last picture 2 1/2 Tons and a 3/4 ton Cargo trucks

Photos REM with Kodak Instamatic 126


The following units are stationed at Valcartier. Included are affiliated units and other units that are not directly part of the 2nd Canadian Division:

The base also houses 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, 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 and Development Canada (DRDC) location, which conducts military research for the Canadian Armed Forces.


La Base des Forces canadiennes Valcartier abrite la 2e Division du Canada. Cette division est composé : du Groupe de soutien de la 2e Division du Canada et du 5e Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada.

Actuellement, les unités de la Base des Forces canadiennes Valcartier sont (certaines unités sont affiliées et ne font pas directement partis de la 2e Division du Canada):

Canadian Forces Base Lahr

Photos (6) of Lahr 1972 by Jean-Guy Paquin

Canadian Forces Base Lahr (IATA: LHA, ICAO: EDTL, former code EDAN) was a military-operated commercial airport in Lahr, Germany. It was operated primarily as a French Air Force base and later as a Canadian army base, beginning in the late 1960s. The military base was closed in 1994 and converted to civilian use. It is now known as the Flughafen Lahr. 

The land that became CFB Lahr was previously the site of a German airship hangar until 1918, which was then occupied by the French Air Force from the early 1950s to 1967.

Canada established a presence at Lahr during the late 1960s with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as part of the Canadian Forces Europe command.

In the early 1950s, the RCAF had established the No. 1 Air Division to meet Canada's NATO air defence commitments in Europe. No. 1 Air Division consisted of twelve fighter squadrons located in four wings. Two wings were located in France (No. 1 Wing and No. 2 Wing) and two in West Germany (No. 3 Wing and No. 4 Wing). Eight air division squadrons were replaced by nuclear strike aircraft in 1962 in support of Canada's new and controversial nuclear strike role.

CFB Lahr was home to:

CFB Lahr remained open until the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the reunification of Germany eliminated the need for the Canadian Forces in Western Europe. The closure of CF bases in Germany and redeployment was announced in the 1990 budget.

CFB Baden-Soellingen closed its airfield on March 31, 1993, and most units had departed by that summer. The base remained as a detachment of CFB Lahr until it was permanently closed on December 31, 1993.

The last unit to leave CFB Lahr was the 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group on August 31, 1993. CFB Lahr was officially decommissioned and closed a year later on August 31, 1994.

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