c1977-95 Canada Special Forces (SF) Brigade Cloth Patch Badge

Canadian Special Service Force Bde patch. VGC.

In 1977, 2 Combat Group combined with the Canadian Airborne Regiment to form the Special Service Force, a formation of the Canadian Army. This latter-day Special Service Force represented a compromise between the general-purpose combat capabilities of a normal brigade and the strategic and tactical flexibility that derived from the lighter and more mobile capabilities of the Canadian Airborne Regiment. Its insignia was a winged sword with the word Osons (French for 'Let us dare').

The following units were serving in the SSF on disbandment in 1995:

Special Service Force Headquarters and Signals Squadron
2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Royal Canadian Dragoons
2 Combat Engineer Regiment
1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment
Canadian Airborne Regiment (now disbanded)
2 Field Ambulance
2 Military Police Platoon
2 Service Battalion
2 Intelligence Platoon
427 Tactical Helicopter Squadron

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