[GOC]: Exercise Resolute Harmony

[Nathan]

Exercise Resolute Harmony

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Order of Battle

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1st Battalion, Canadian Airborne Regiment A Company 124 Paratroopers B Company 124 Paratroopers C Company 124 Paratroopers Support Company = 87 Troops, 29 Land Rover Wimiks 18th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 1 Troop - 6 x M777 Howitzers, 48 Troops, Target Acquisition Troop – 22 Troops, 12 Land Rover Wimiks, 1 G-Wagon 1 Signal Regiment 1 Platoon, 36 Troops 1 'Airborne' Field Hospital 1 Casualty Clearing Station = 36 Troops 1st Military Working Dog Regiment 1st Section, 1st Platoon, A Company = 10 Soldiers + 9 Military Working Dogs 1 Troop, 11 Field Squadron, 1 Combat Engineering Regiment 36 Troops 18 Veterinary Hospital 10 Active Duty Soldiers 436 Transport Squadron, CC-130J Hercules 12 Pilots, 36 aircrew, 44 Ground Crew, 12 C-130J Hercules CFB Trenton 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, CH-47F Chinook 24 Pilots, 12 Aircrew 44 Ground Crew, 12 CH-47F Chinook CFB Trenton 1 Platoon, A Company, Canadian Special Operations Regiment 36 Complex Raid Troops

A Company 4th Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment 124 Active Duty Soldiers 14 LAV IIIs + 1 G-wagon

Safety Staff​ CFB Petawawa Training Cadre = 20 Active Duty Troops Medical Section, 4th Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment = 20 Active Duty Troops, 3 LSVW

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Situation

The nation of Auralia has broken out into a state of conflict. 2 opposing groups, the Government of Auralia and Free Auralian Liberation Front (FALF) have agreed to a temporary ceasefire, best described as fractious and weak.

The Government of Canada, acting on a resolution from the Global Assembly, have deployed a small peacekeeping force to bring control to the region and ensure civilian infrastructure is protected.

The task force will be responsible for protecting a local village from opposing forces and ensuring critical aide is able to reach those in need.

The exercise will test the paratroopers airborne capability, peacekeeping and diplomacy.

Location

All elements of the operation will take place at CFB Petawawa training area and internal base areas.

Weather

Heavy snowfall has covered the training area

 

[Nathan]

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Exercise Resolute Harmony '07 kicked off with style at CFB Trenton as a C-130J Super Hercules barrelled down the runway in the dark winter Ontario night. Onboard, 1 Platoon, A Company, Canadian Special Operations Regiment a specialist team of 36 troops were in the cargo hold as the 2 pilots took the plane soaring into the sky towards CFB Petawawa, climbing steeply up to 25,000ft

The operators carried heavy bergens between their legs filled with clothing, sleeping bags, clean clothes, hygiene packs, ammunition, rations and stove, and other survival essentials for a period in the cold bitter Canadian winter. The plane's crew master made the final checks of the soldiers equipment, confirming them ready for launch.

As the cargo doors opened against the intense wind at 25,000ft, the soldiers turned on their oxygen supplies attached to their parachutes. Waddling to the cargo door, they looked towards the crew chief watching his stop watch intensely.

"30 seconds...!"

One of the young soldiers at the front of the ramp looked down, at the pitch black void beneath them. The vast emptiness of this part of Canada meant lights were few and far between

"15 seconds...!"

"5 seconds...!"

The younger soldier, Charlie, took a gulf for his first mission as a operator. He waddled closer to the edge

"GO GO GO!"

Charlie took a beat, before leaping from the platform. The wind snapped him over onto his back, able to see the giant C-130J shrink away out of vision. His section of 9 other soldiers followed behind him, grabbing hold of each other to guide each other towards their landing zone. Above him, the remaining soldiers took to the air, aiming for the drop zone.

Charlie looked down to his watch as the dial ticked down his altitude. The height fell away quickly as he tumbled closer to the ground. As Charlie, reached 5000 ft he stood by ready to pull his cord. A further 2,000 ft dropped by as Charlie yanked hard on the chord. His fellow operators shot upwards as the parachutes fully deployed.

"Fuck" Charlie thought, looking up at the space his chute should have been. Charlie flipped himself back belly down as he reached round for his reserve chute. The white of the snow covered landing zone now rushing up to meet him. Charlie's heart stopped a beat as he wrestled to grab the chord. He pulled hard and prayed.

The momentum of his fall fell off suddenly, but the altitude did not give the soldier much time to slow down. Accepting defeat, he lowered his bergen ready for landing, the bag trailing down beneath him. The snow rushed up from out of nowhere as Charlie committed to the role. A snow cloud filled his vision as he felt an intense bump shake his body. The wind caught hold of his chute on the ground, dragging him through the snow. Reaching for his knife, he cut the chute away.

He exhaled.

Looking up at the sky, he could see his comrades landing towards him. Charlie had survived this one. The safety team from the base's training Cadre tended to the bumps and scraps of the landing.

With the men reunited at the landing zone, the Operators moved to the next part of their objectives. Making the site safe for the first of the Airborne Regiment. Each 3 of the Sections took a side of the LZ each, the the HQ Section filling in for the remaining side.

As the C-130J returned to base, a further 8 C-130Js took off with their pilots and aircrew carrying the 1st Battalion, Canadian Airborne Regiment to the LZ zone. The parachutists ready for their turn to jump into the darkness.