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Kandahar Airfield

October 2011

The last Canadian Main Battle Tank, a Leopard 1 C2 sits on a flatbed ready to make the long trip to Canada on an ANTONOV 124-100M aircraft from Kandahar Airfield on 26 October 2011.

The Mission Closure Unit (MCU) is responsible for conducting the logistic closure of Operation ATHENA. The MCU will receive, consolidate, inspect, repair, dispose, preserve, pack and move equipment and materiel to Canada as well as issue equipment and materiel for Operation ATTENTION in Kabul. The MCU will also close out contracts, and provide support for movement and contracts management.

The MCU will execute this closure by establishing a production capability which will count, clean, label and maintain various pieces of equipment and materiel. Their unit motto is to “Bring Away with Effort and Honour”.

The Mission Transition Task Force is responsible to conduct mission closure of Operation ATHENA in order to enable the Canadian Forces to transition to subsequent operations as directed by the Government of Canada.

Photo by: Master Corporal Dan Shouinard

Senior Imagery Technician

MTTF HQ

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