Organization
While the regiment is composed of personnel from the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force, it is part of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, a joint command responsible for providing agile, high-readiness special operations forces capable of operating across the spectrum of conflict at home and abroad. The command is composed of CSOR and 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron (427 SOAS) in Petawawa, Joint Task Force 2 (JTF-2) near Ottawa, and the Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit (CJIRU) in Trenton. Colonel Jamie Hammond was the first commander of the Canadian Special Operations Regiment, followed by Lieutenant-Colonel Greg Smith. The current commander is Lieutenant-Colonel John Vass.
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