Typhoon Yolanda & Op RENAISSANCE (CF in the Phillippines 2013)

[Towards_the_gap]

how can someone be part of such a team? since its not like JTF - Cansforgen or anything like that , is it special training or ?

Bad luck.

 

[Armymedic]

:not-again:

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

how can someone be part of such a team? since its not like JTF - Cansforgen or anything like that , is it special training or ?

It is a standing tasking that is filled as part of the Managed Readiness Plan.  Certain units are given the tasking and when the unit is stood up they are responsible for providing personnel for the tasking. 

Btw I love all the non-issued kit in the first photo, someone is going to blow a gasket

 

[mariomike]

how can someone be part of such a team?

Join the DART team
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/84129.0

DART
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/37037.0
"How are the DART Team members chosen?"

 

[CougarKing]

You can officially add 3 Griffons to the mix mentioned in milnews.ca's post, listing all the units going, above:

National Post

Canada bumps up Philippines typhoon relief effort with addition of three military helicopters

Benjamin Shingler, Canadian Press | 16/11/13 5:51 PM ET

A new addition was made to Canada’s relief efforts in the Philippines Saturday, with three military helicopters and their crew designated to help with aid operations in the typhoon-ravaged country.

Two of the three CH-146 Griffon choppers were set to leave Canada on Sunday from Ontario’s CFB Trenton aboard a military transport plane.

Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said the helicopters will give Canada’s Disaster Assistance Response Team — which is already in the Philippines — additional means to reach and help those in need of assistance.

Meanwhile, Canadian soldiers on the ground in the Philippines were making clean drinking water a priority in their relief efforts.

Col. Stephen Kelsey, of Canadian Joint Operations Command, said a transport plane carrying a water-purification system was en route to the country and would be in place by early next week.

It will produce 50,000 litres of safe drinking water a day.

Kelsey also said DART was able to successfully send out a mobile medical team from its base camp in the city of Roxas to treat victims in a hard-hit area.

Some roads remain choked by debris, making it a challenge for Canadian crews to reach certain communities, Kelsey said.


(...)

Plus another picture from the relief ops:

A Royal Canadian Air Force CC-150 Polaris aircraft with members of the Canadian Armed Forces Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) onboard arrives in Iloilo city airport during Operation RENAISSANCE, in Iloilo city, Philippines on November 16, 2013.

Photo : MCpl Marc-Andre Gaudreault, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
IS2013-2006-024

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Just imagine if we had gone with the A400. "Canada will attempt to send DART as soon as space is available on one of the large commercial transport aircraft"

 

[CougarKing]

Pics and link about the 3 RCAF Griffons arriving from the National Post:

 

[The Bread Guy]

Milpoints to the first person to spot the glitch in the CDS's "atta boy" to the CF on Op Renaissance  >:

    “On November 8th we saw a record setting typhoon descend on the Philippines, wreaking havoc, uprooting entire villages, killing thousands and displacing millions more. The scale of devastation has been horrific, and the needs of the people of the Philippines are been dire.

    “Ladies and gentlemen, I take enormous pride in telling you that the response to this tragedy that I’ve seen from the Canadian Armed Forces has been truly remarkable. Following the lead of the Government of Canada, and working with our Canadian and international partners, we have been enabling crucial humanitarian support on the ground, and making a difference for people with such critical needs.

    “With our CC-144 Challenger aircraft we enabled the rapid deployment of the Interdepartmental Strategic Support Team (which was led by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development). We contributed to this team, and to the Humanitarian Assistance Reconnaissance Team which worked with consular officials and representatives of the Government of the Philippines to help identify where relief efforts would be best directed. We know from experience how crucially important it is to have this work done in advance, and in this case, we can clearly see the benefit.

    “Our relief efforts have since been focused on Panay Island, where our Disaster Assistance Response Team has been based, and where additional supplies and equipment have been flown in by our CC-177 Globemaster III aircraft. Our engineering teams there have been working to restore power and clear roads to enable more humanitarian aid to flow in; while our medical teams have been providing assistance in coastal towns. Our crews have been working to deploy reverse osmosis water purification systems to provide much needed clean drinking water. We also have CH-147 Griffon helicopters and crews on the way – these will extend the reach of our DART members even further. Canadians can be proud of the work you have been doing, and of the difference you are making for the people of the Philippines.   

    “I find it remarkable to think back to just a few short years ago, before we had the CC-177 Globemaster. Since then we have not only acquired these aircraft, but we honed our skills deploying them on international missions to Afghanistan, Mali and now to the Philippines. I find it remarkable to think of the skills our medical teams learned under fire in Afghanistan; skills that are now being applied to deliver much needed humanitarian assistance in the Philippines. With new equipment and hard-won experience, you are truly making a difference.

    “Ladies and gentlemen, Canadians viewing your work in the Philippines can be proud – they can be proud that their military is well-equipped, well-trained, experienced, and ready to respond when the world needs it. That’s something you should take pride in too.

    “Bravo zulu – well done.”

Hint:  missed it by one.

 

[Jorkapp]

.CH-147 Griffon

Its CH-146 Griffon, Chinooks are CH-147's.

 

[CougarKing]

Members of the 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, Edmonton, unload a CH-146 Griffon helicopter from a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177 Globemaster aircraft to support the Canadian Armed Forces Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) during Operation RENAISSANCE in Iloilo on Tuesday, November 19 for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. Source: Embassy of Canada/DFAIT

 

[Sf2]

love it....5 guys pushing....5 guys supervising...and 1 guy taking a picture

 

[The Bread Guy]

Its CH-146 Griffon, Chinooks are CH-147's.

Correct!  Belated milpoints to you.

 

[McG]

It looks like more of our soldiers will be home for Christmas:

DART being pulled out of the Philippines
Deployed in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan
The Canadian Press
CBC
16 Dec 2013

Canada's disaster-relief effort in the Philippines is winding up, with the military hoping to get most of its people home for Christmas.

The announcement Monday signals the end of a successful, politically safe mission that one defence observer says could be repeated for other humanitarian crises in the run-up to the next federal election in 2015.

The Disaster Assistance Response Team, deployed in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, has done its work and is preparing to leave the island nation.

"Today the situation in the Philippines has stabilized, with efforts now firmly focused on the way ahead, on recovery and reconstruction," Neil Reeder, Canada's ambassador-designate to the Philippines, said Monday.

"The need for the capabilities offered by the DART has passed."

Col. Steve Kelsey, of Canadian Joint Operations Command, said the aim is to get many of the 315 deployed military personnel home for the holidays.

"We've got a lot of smart folks working very hard to get the bulk of folks home for Christmas," he said.

He added he is "cautious about using a date, because we don't want to create expectation for the families."

The Philippines government says the immediate relief efforts are finished and that it can work on long-term needs with its own resources.

"The government of the Philippines has also confirmed that their requirements for the relief phase have been met and civilian partners and the local government are now positioned to attend to the remaining needs of the population," the Defence Department said in a release.

After the typhoon traced a path of destruction across the islands, Canada sent military personnel to the northern part of the island of Panay.

Walter Dorn, an expert in peacekeeping and a professor at the Royal Military College, says humanitarian relief operations consistently rank as the most popular type of mission among Canadians in public-opinion research, carried out by National Defence.

The end of the Afghan training mission and the country's long involvement in Afghanistan have left the government reluctant to follow its allies into other potential combat hot spots, such as Syria, he said.

The government is also reluctant to commit large contingents toward peacekeeping missions, which are dangerous in their own right.

"We're weary, so it leaves the non-kinetic missions," Dorn said. "At least until the next election, I believe making contributions to humanitarian missions will be highly desirable."

He noted that with the end of the assignment in Kabul, Canada will have only about 1,000 personnel on different United Nations missions around the world, many of them in staff jobs.

Defence officials say they will learn a lot from the deployment in the Philippines, a mission which didn't garner as much media attention as the 2010 deployment to earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

Engineers cleared debris, opened roads and restored electrical power, Kelsey said.

A military water-purification system provided almost 500,000 litres of drinking water. Medical teams treated 6,500 patients and help set up aid centres. The military sent Griffon helicopters to reach isolated communities.

The whole effort was supported by an air bridge to Canada supported by giant C-17 transport planes. The initial reconnaissance team hit the ground on Nov. 10, with other personnel and supplies arriving in subsequent waves.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dart-being-pulled-out-of-the-philippines-1.2466592

 

[brihard]

315? Wow, I didn't know we sent that many out the door.

BZ to all of them. Some will undoubtedly be shaken by some of what they saw and experienced there.

 

[Strike]

Walter Dorn, an expert in peacekeeping and a professor at the Royal Military College, says humanitarian relief operations consistently rank as the most popular type of mission among Canadians in public-opinion research, carried out by National Defence.

It's too bad there wasn't more of a push from the media machines to publicize all the work that was done.  The photos and stories making the rounds on FB from those working over there were just awesome.  One was of a roof top with the message "Thank-You Canada" marked out on it for the helos to see.

 

[dimsum]

From our own info-machine:

http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/news/article.page?doc=canada-s-dart-completes-its-mission-in-the-philippines%2Fhp9p0gka

OTTAWA — The Government of Canada announced today that the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) has completed its humanitarian assistance mission in the Philippines and is currently planning for redeployment to Canada.

The decision to depart was made in consultation with the Philippines government and the United Nations. Philippine authorities have expressed their gratitude to Canada, along with other nations, some of which have already commenced the hand over of relief efforts to the Philippine military, local government authorities and civilian aid organizations. The Government of the Philippines has also confirmed that their requirements for the relief phase have been met, and civilian partners and the local government are now positioned to attend to the remaining needs of the population. The mission is now one of long term reconstruction and it is one in which Canada will continue to play a role.

More at link.  BZ to DART, ISST and all those who contributed!