Theatres and Operations

Click each link to see each Theatre and/or Operation 

The following Operations are ones in which members of the Class of 1979 are known to have participated.  Please note that this list is in the developmental stages, i.e., a “work in progress” as we are awaiting feedback from other Classmates.

DOMESTIC

Operation Persistence (Swissair Flight 111 Crash off Nova Scotia - 2 September 1998)

Operation Recuperation (Ice Storm of 1998 – January 1998) 

MIDDLE EAST

Operation Apollo (Support to US Operations in Kabul, Afghanistan - October 2001 to October 2003)

Operation Athena (Support to NATO’s ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) - July 2003 - July 2005 (Kabul))

Operation Athena (Support to NATO’s ISAF - August 2005 - December 2011 (Kandahar))

Operation Danaca (United Nations Disengagement Observer Force – Golan Heights – 31 May 1974 to 23 March 2006)

Operation Jade (United Nations Truce Supervision Organization – 1954 to Present)

Operation Friction (First Gulf War – August 1990 to February 1991)

Operation Impact (Support to the Global Coalition in Iraq and Syria – September 2014 –  Present) 

EUROPE

Operation ECHO (NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR) and Kosovo Force (KFOR) Italy - June 1998 – 21 December 2000) – includes Task Force Aviano

Operation Sharp Guard (NATO blockade of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – 15 June 1993 – 2 October 1996)

Operation Snowgoose (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus - 15 March 1964 - Present)

NAVAL OPERATIONS

NATO - Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT - January 1968 - Present)

OTHER DEPLOYMENTS

Canadian Forces Station Alert (1 September 1958 - Present) - World’s Most Northern Permanently Inhabited Place