IS2011-1022-10
17 June 2011
Panjwa’i District, Afghanistan

Canadian Forces Mobile Support Equipment Operator (MSE OP), Private Jackie Sarah Deschènes uses her mirror as she lines up her Armoured Heavy Equipment Support Vehicle System (A-HESVS) with a sea container that needs to be loaded on to her truck and be brought back to Kandahar Airfield.

Combat Logistics Patrols (CLPs) conducted by Task Force Kandahar’s National Support Element (NSE) provide logistical support, including equipment, supplies, and repairs, to all tactical positions in Southern Afghanistan from Kandahar Air Field.

Operation ATHENA is Canada’s participation in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. The mission of Task Force Kandahar, the Canadian-led brigade in ISAF Regional Command (South), is to set the right conditions for sustainable progress in security, governance, development and peace in the districts of Panjwa’i, Dand and Daman in Kandahar Province, in conjunction with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Afghan national security forces, and other coalition and civilian partners.

Photo by: Sergeant Matthew McGregor, Canadian Forces Combat Camera

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