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Close to 1300 Canadian Forces personnel will participate in Exercise UNIFIED RESOLVE 2017, the Canadian Army’s largest computer-assisted training exercise of the year, the military says. Exercise UNIFIED RESOLVE will take place in Kingston, Ontario, from Jan. 28 to Feb. 10.

The training will play a key role in confirming the operational readiness of the 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group command and control elements, the Canadian Forces noted in a news release.

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More than 600 computers are involved in the exercise to test the command and control process and conduct a simulated deployment of military personnel.

Exercise UNIFIED RESOLVE is the first part of a two-exercise series a brigade undergoes as part of what the Canadian Forces calls “The Road to High Readiness.” The second training event, Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE, will take place later this spring, it added. The current Canadian Army High Readiness Task Forces are from 3rd Canadian Division, 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, based in Edmonton, Alberta. In July 2017, 4th Canadian Division will take over and be ready to respond to any range of contingencies, in Canada and abroad, with 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, based in Petawawa, Ontario, providing the majority of the troops.