Intelligence Branch
Unified intelligence branch of the Canadian Armed Forces / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Intelligence Branch (French: Branche du service du renseignement) is a personnel branch of the Canadian Forces (CF) that is concerned with providing relevant and correct information to enable commanders to make decisions.
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Active | 1982–present |
Country | Canada |
Branch | Canadian Armed Forces |
Type | Personnel branch |
Role | Intelligence |
Motto(s) | E tenebris lux (Latin for 'Out of the darkness, light') |
March | "E Tenebris Lux"[1] |
The branch works in a variety of challenging positions, at home and abroad, meeting the needs of commanders and operational planners of the Canadian Forces at all levels and in all environments. Since the branch's inception, members have deployed overseas to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haiti, Somalia, Rwanda, Timor-Leste, Latvia, Ukraine, Mali, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Branch members have also deployed domestically on a number of operations. These include tasks related to the ice storms in Quebec, floods in Winnipeg, fires in British Columbia and the Canadian military's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.