Vandoos

We're hoping that by the end of this rotation ... the so-called Vandoos rotation, we'll have about 3,000 Afghan Army operating in the Kandahar province, he said.

Media create fake war: Hillier et al. vs. O'Connor 2007

We're hoping that by the end of this rotation ... the so-called Vandoos rotation, we'll have about 3,000 Afghan Army operating in the Kandahar province, he said.

Archive 2007-07-01 2007

He subsequently served in a number of command and staff appointments at home and abroad, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and command of the Third Battalion of his regiment, the "Vandoos," in 1966.

Canada and its Land Forces—A French Canadian Soldier's View 1979

We've come a long way from World War I, when only one major unit of infantry in the C.E.F. was allowed to be identified as French Canadian, and that was the 22nd Regiment or the "Vandoos" as they began to be known.

Canada and its Land Forces—A French Canadian Soldier's View 1979

It makes twice-a-week collections, and when I left three truck loads of food and clothing had gone from the "Vandoos" down to this Korean Civilian Hospital in Uijongbu -- enough food alone to give 5,000 meals.

Korean Report 1951

First, he said, the arrival of the Vandoos coincided with new armoured vehicles specially designed to protect against roadside bombs.

Afstan 2008: More mentoring, less combat 2008

What this means is that the heirs and successors of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion -- the brave Canadian volunteers who went to Spain to fight Franco's fascists -- are to be found today not in the main ranks of the left, but among the courageous young men and women of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, the Vandoos and all those other Canadian regiments that are holding the banner high in Afghanistan.

Daimnation!: A knife to the heart of the mindlessly ideological left 2008

The Vandoos regiment that Gen. Laroche leads has suffered relatively few fatalities to date.

Afstan 2008: More mentoring, less combat 2008

Seven soldiers have been killed in action since the Vandoos took over most jobs in August, compared with 23 Canadians killed earlier in 2007.

Afstan 2008: More mentoring, less combat 2008

A young captain in the Vandoos, now being deployed to Afghanistan, said that they were going to Afghanistan to give the Afghan people a society like ours.

Squandering Resources on War 2007