Canadian Army reservists conduct large-scale exercise at Fort Pickett -- Jan. 7, 2012

Canadian Army reservists from the Montreal-based 34th Canadian Brigade Group and the Quebec City-based 35th Canadian Brigade Group “advance to contact” as part of their training during Exercise Noble Guerrier (Noble Warrior) 13 at Fort Pickett on Jan. 7. Approximately 1,500 Canadian reservists from 20 different units arrived at Fort Pickett Jan. 2 for a culminating training event, designed to validate and test the training conducted by the soldiers over the past several months. The exercise allowed infantry, engineer, military police, support and armored units to work together to accomplish various missions over the course of a 4-day battle.