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The Marine Commando Regiment (MCR)
[1] is a 350-member regiment based at Canadian Forces Base Comox. CFB Comox, an Air Command base, is located on Vancouver Island in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. The regiment is planned to be fully operational before 2010 with approximately 1000+ members. In 2008, the United States Marines Corps said that the Canadian "Marine Commando Regiment" is ahead of schedule in becoming fully operational.
The project was from 1994 when Canada's wanted a more mobile forces from the Air,Sea and land but due of the cutting budget in the "Black Years" between 1993-2002 Canada had reduce his capacity. But after the September 11 attacks, and the terrible evacuation in Lebanon 2006 during the Lebanon war , Canada's had accepted multiple project such the new Canadian Special Operations Regiment and the Marine Commando Regiment. The regiment was stood up in 2006 and thereby fulfilling a request from General Rick Hillier in 2005 for the creation of small amphibious assault regiment. In November 2006, the Royal 22e Régiment participated in the Integrated Tactical Effects Experiment (ITEE)
[2] [3] , a three week training exercise with the United States Marine Corps. In 2008, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (A Coy, 1 PPCLI), participated in similar training during RIMPAC with the United States Marines Corps and the Royal Australian Navy.
The Comox regiment will focus entirely on maritime operations and Non-combatant evacuation operation or Neo, and will be able to react to seaborne terrorist incidents, both domestically and internationally. It will also be capable of rescuing Canadians trapped in war-torn nations that are accessible by water.
In 2004, Paul Martin announced two similar naval projects, the Joint Support Ship
[4] and the Amphibious Assault Ship. The Joint Support Ship was cancelled in August 2008 but apparently not the Amphibious Assault Ship. The Amphibious Assault Ship will cost approximatively $1B CAD. The ship will carry 16 to 30 medium to heavy helicopters, fighter aircraft (possibly including the new F-35B), land vehicles including Main Battle tanks and light armoured vehicles, and a large contingent of soldiers and their equipment. During peacetime the Amphibious Assault Ship
[5] can be fitted as a hospital with 80+ beds, 2 to 6 operating rooms and several tons of medicine and food. The Amphibious Assault Ship project will be similar to the French-made Mistral class according to Délégation générale pour l’armement(DGA)
[6].
Yes, our Corps will have girls in it.