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Canadian Provost Corps (Military Police)

The Canadian Provost Corps was created in 1940 as a corps of the Canadian Army. In Sep 1939, acting on a recommendation from the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Minister of Justice granted authority to form a “Provost” company from RCMP volunteers. No. 1 Provost Company (RCMP) provided military police support for the 1st Canadian Infantry Division.
MPs provide around-the-clock policing, security and detention services to the military community in Canada or wherever Canadian Armed Forces members are deployed around the world, including areas of armed conflict and natural disaster.

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Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers (RCEME)

The Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RCEME) is a personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces (CF) that provides army engineering maintenance support. The branch insignia motto on the buckle “Arte et Marte” means “In Skill and Fighting”.

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Royal Canadian Engineers (RCE)

The Canadian Military Engineers is the military engineering personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces. Military engineers’ responsibilities encompass demolitions and land mines, the design, construction and maintenance of defensive works and fortifications, urban operations (hostile room entry), breaching obstacles, establishing/maintaining lines of communication, and bridging. They also provide water, power and other utilities, provide fire, aircraft crash and rescue services, hazardous material operations, and develop maps and other engineering intelligence.

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Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC)

The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps can trace its roots to the Canadian Stores Department. Formed in 1871, the Canadian Stores Department was a civil department of the Canadian Government. This civil service was charged with control of forts, ammunition, stores, buildings and an ordnance depot left by the departing British Military. The RCOC was responsible for procuring all material goods required by the army, from weapons to clothing to mechanical transport (MT, or motor vehicles). The Corps also fulfilled the related functions of scientific development, including weapons research, inventory accounting, and, until 1944, maintenance and repair.

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Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC)

The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC) played an essential role in keeping soldiers alive. Founded in 1904, the Corps underwent massive expansion from 1914 to 1918. Casualties among Canadian troops in France and Belgium were so heavy that more than half of all Canadian physicians served overseas to treat them. During most of the wars, the corps provided field ambulances, casualty clearing stations, and General Field Hospitals for the Canadian Corps.

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Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (RCASC)

The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (RCASC) was formed in 1901 as an administrative and transport corps. The RCASC provided a variety of support services to the Army including transportation, materiel supply, mobile workshops and field kitchens. They served in both World Wars and the Korean War. Transporting supplies from RCOC depots, field parks, or other establishments was the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps duty. The RCASC was responsible for holding, moving, and issuing all food, ammunition, POL (Petrol-or gasoline-Oil, and Lubricants), and any other necessary equipment to the fighting troops.

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