Canadian Operational Support Command

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Canadian Operational Support Command (CANOSCOM)

active 2006 to 2012
Country CanadaCanada Canada
Armed forces Canadian Armed Forces
Armed forces Armed forces General Command facility ( Unified Combatant Command ) of all Canadian armed services
Strength 1100
Insinuation Department of National Defense (DND)
motto Cum Honore Sustinemus
commander
Major-General Mark E. McQuillan

The Canadian Operational Support Command (CANOSCOM) (French: Commandement du soutien opérationnel du Canada or COMSOCAN) was one of four commanders in the Canadian armed forces. The High Command supported the armed forces on domestic and international missions with general logistics, engineering units, infrastructure, communication and IT systems, medical units and the military police . In 2012, its tasks were largely transferred to the Canadian Joint Operations Command .

units

  • Canadian Materiel Support Group (CMSG)
    • 7 Canadian Forces Supply Depot
    • 25 Canadian Forces Supply Depot
    • CF Ammunition Depot Bedford
    • CF Ammunition Depot Dundurn
    • CF Ammunition Depot Rocky Point
    • CF Ammunition Depot Detachment Angus
  • Canadian Forces Joint Signal Regiment
  • Operational Engineer Group
    • 1 Engineer Support Unit
  • Canadian Forces Joint Support Group
    • CFJSG HQ
    • 3 Canadian Support Unit
    • 4 Canadian Forces Movement Control Unit
    • CF Postal Unit
  • Operational Support Military Police Group
    • Canadian Forces Protective Services Unit
  • Canoscom Headquarters

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