Joint Task Force 2

Active 1 April 1993 – present
Country Canada
Type Special operations force
Role Special operations
Counter-terrorism
Size Classified[
Part of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command
Garrison/HQ Ottawa
Motto(s) Latin: Facta Non Verba, lit. 'Deeds not words'
Engagements
Operation Assurance – Rwanda
Yugoslav Wars
• NATO intervention in Bosnia
• Kosovo War
War on Terror
• War in Afghanistan
• Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis
• Operation Impact
2004 Haitian coup d'état
Libyan Civil War
Decorations United States Presidential Unit Citation
Commanders
Current
commander MGen Peter Dawe OMM, MSM, CD
Notable
commanders MGen M.N Rouleau, OMM, MSC, CD, Col Barry MacLeod
LCol Ray Romses
Insignia
Headdress Tan beret
Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2) (French: Force opérationnelle interarmées 2, FOI 2) is an elite special operations force of the Canadian Armed Forces. JTF2 serves alongside the Canadian Special Operations Regiment, the Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit and 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron as part of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command. The unit is currently based at Dwyer Hill, near Ottawa, Ontario, and plans to move to a new facility to be built at CFB Trenton by 2019.

Serving as the centrepiece of Canada's special operations, JTF2 is primarily tasked with counter-terrorism operations but also specializes in direct action, hostage rescue, personnel recovery, and foreign internal defense. Much of the information regarding Joint Task Force 2 is classified, and is not commented on by the Government of Canada.