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[[Image:CFBPetawawa.JPG|thumb|500px|The main entrance to CFB Petawawa.]]
'''Canadian Forces Base Petawawa''', commonly referred to as '''CFB Petawawa''', is a [[Canadian Forces Base]] located in [[Petawawa, Ontario]]. It is operated as an army base by [[Canadian Forces Land Force Command]].

==About the Base==
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In 2005, CFB Petawawa celebrated its first 100 years of service. A number of events were planned in conjunction with units and the local communities to commemorate this special occasion.

==Current operations==


The base supports [[Canadian Forces Land Force Command|Land Force Command]] (the Canadian Army) and isCanadian Forces Base Petawawa is the home tof [[2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]], which includes ts made up of: the 2nd Regiment of The Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, The [[Royal Canadian Dragoons]] and,  the 1st and 3rd Battalions of [[The Royal Canadian Regiment]].  See [[Land Force Central Area]] for a partial list of units based at CFB Petawawa., 2 Combat Engineer Regiment and 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Headquarters and Signals Squadron. 

The base motto is, in the eastern [[Anishinaabe]] [[Ojibwe language|language]], '' language, endazhe kinamandowa chimaganishak'' (or fully vocalised as ''endazhi-gikinoo'amawindowaa zhimaaganishag''). The literal English translation is "Training Ground of the Soldiers". The translation used on the base is "Training Ground of the Warriors".

==External link==
*[http://www.army.forces.ca/CFB_PETAWAWA Department of National Defence Canada - CFB Petawawa]

[[Category:Canadian Forces bases in Ontario|Petawawa]]
[[Category:Renfrew County, Ontario]]


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[[fr:Camp militaire de Petawawa]]