Presidential Unit Citation to JTF2 accepted by DND | cdnmilitary.ca

Presidential Unit Citation to JTF2 accepted by DND | cdnmilitary.ca:

"Nearly six years after the conclusion of Joint Task Force 2’s mission with the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-South (CJSOTF-South) of the United States military, the Government of Canada has authorised the acceptance of a Presidential Unit Citations for Canada’s elite special operations unit. The announcement was made in the August 2 (Part I) instalment of the Canada Gazette.

The Presidential Unit Citation, in this case granted by the Secretary of the Navy for the United States, is awarded to units within the United States military, as well as units of those nations operating alongside, that show “extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy.” To receive the citation, the unit must have displayed “such gallantry, determination, and esprit de corps in accomplishing its mission under extremely difficult and hazardous conditions to have set it apart from and above other units participating in the same campaign.”

According to the Department of National Defence, the Canadian Forces believes that “extraordinary deeds … in extremely hazardous circumstances should be recognised,” and that it welcomes the Citation to Joint Task Force 2. The Citation was for a campaign in Afghanistan from October 17, 2001 to March 30, 2002 (the early months of the ongoing Afghanistan mission again"

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About freakin' time.