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An international competition that tests the counter-terrorism skills of law enforcement and military units recently wrapped up in Jordan. The annual event – the Warrior Competition – is run by Jordan’s King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre or KASOTC.

Over the years, the Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR) from CFB Petawawa has been sending a team to take part in the competition. Results have been mixed.

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CSOR placed third in 2013, seventh in 2014 and eight in 2015.

This year CSOR placed third.

The top place was taken by Lebanon’s Black Panthers, beating out 26 other teams. Second place was a team from the Palestine National Security Forces. Most of the teams this year were from the Middle East.

A Russian counterterrorism team won in 2015. The year before China’s Snow Leopard police commando unit won the competition.

Entrants below:

Canadian CSOR team below comes 3rd.

Palestinian team below:

Lebanese SOF team above

All photos courtesy of KASOTC