CANADA
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PSYOPS / OPSPSY
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Canadian operational commitments in Afghanistan have resulted in Land Forces West A (LFWA) creating a dedicated PSYOPS unit.
LFWA PSYOPS HQ based in Edmonton will take 5 years to build. The company will stand up in March 2008 as a sub-unit of 6 Int Coy. The organizational structure consists of a company HQ in Edmonton, with detachments in Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonston, Saskatoon /Regina, Winnipeg and Thunder Bay.
The unit will provide 2 operational Tactical PSYOPS Teams to Afghanistan and PSYOPS Support Elements (PSE) or Tactical PSYOPS Detachments (TPD).
In 2012 Canadian PSYOPS forces attached to Regional Command South ISAF wore the patches detailed below.
Canadian element of the ISAF Regional Command South Afghanistan
Furthermore, Canadian PSYOPS Forces appears to have been grouped in to an Influence Activity. Below is the logo for this unit.
The Canadians have created a Peace Support Training Centre: PSTC
PSTC is a a lead Joint, Inter-Agency, Multinational training centre. PSTC delivers individual readiness training and campaign-winning enablers that include: Individual Pre-Deployment Training (IPT), Hazardous Environment Training (HET), Military Observer (MilOb), Information Operations (IO), Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) and Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Courses.
In 2004, PSTC was assigned the Centre of Excellence and Individual training responsibilities for the Influence Activities to include:
Information Operations;
Psychological Operations;
and, Civil-Military Cooperation.
CANADIAN ARMED FORCES PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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