2 Service Battalion

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The Canadian Army's 2 Service Battalion provides second-line Combat Service Support to 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (CMBG), including transportation, supply, and maintenance to assigned formations for domestic and deployed operations. The service battalion also provides essential institutional support to CFB Petawawa lodger units.

Canadian Army land component of the Canadian Armed Forces

The Canadian Army is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. As of 2018 the Army has 23,000 regular soldiers, about 17,000 reserve soldiers, including 5,000 rangers, for a total of 40,000 soldiers. The Army is supported by 3,000 civilian employees. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also responsible for the Army Reserve, the largest component of the Primary Reserve. The Commander of the Canadian Army and Chief of the Army Staff is Lieutenant-General Jean-Marc Lanthier.

A service battalion is a unit of the Canadian Forces (CF) that provides combat service support to a brigade group and its elements.

Garrison Petawawa is located in Petawawa, Ontario. It is operated as an army base by the Canadian Army.

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