The Arctic Response Company Group (ARCG) is a group of company-sized units of the

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and the

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. In 2007, the Canadian Army was tasked to stand-up and train four Arctic Response Company Groups, in cooperation with the

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Roles and responsibilities

The Arctic Response Company Group was created to support the

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and the

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in operations to ensure security and the protection of Canada's national security and sovereignty in the

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Involved units

Arctic Response Company Group members are mostly made up of

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drawn from various units from their respective brigade groups. *

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* 38 Service Battalion *

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* Windsor Regiment *

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History

The ARCG from

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participated in Exercise ARCTIC RAM, conducted by

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and

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in February 2012. Exercise Arctic Ram 12 took place near

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References

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