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===Military=== [[File:WCSTC Aerial1.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Whitehorse Cadet Summer Training Centre. The facility is used by the [[Canadian Cadet Organization]].]] The Canadian Armed Forces is represented in Whitehorse by Canadian Forces Detachment Yukon located in downtown Whitehorse, Regional Cadet Support Unit (North) was at Boyle Barracks (until a re-organization in 2012 amalgamated the cadet support unit into Regional Cadet Support Unit (NW) based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba) and the [[Canadian Rangers]] of the Whitehorse Patrol of 1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group. 2685 Yukon Regiment Army Cadet Corps and 551 Whitehorse Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets of the [[Canadian Cadet Organizations]] also operate in Whitehorse. All units operate as part of Canadian Forces [[Joint Task Force (North)]].<ref>{{cite web |title=National Defence |url=http://www.jtfn.forces.gc.ca/units/index-eng.asp |website=www.jtfn.forces.gc.ca |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113222245/http://www.jtfn.forces.gc.ca/units/index-eng.asp |archive-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> [[440 Transport Squadron]], and other units of the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]], including the [[Snowbirds (aerobatic team)|Snowbirds]] often operate and train out of Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport, formerly [[RCAF Station Whitehorse]]. Boyle Barracks is located {{cvt|20|km}} south of downtown Whitehorse. The facility houses Regional Cadet Support Unit (North), Whitehorse Cadet Summer Training Centre, service support elements of Joint Task Force (North), and is used by 1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, the [[Junior Canadian Rangers]], and other units to conduct training. Boyle Barracks is located on the property of the unused Wolf Creek Juvenile Corrections Centre which is leased by the Department of National Defence from the Yukon Government. Whitehorse Cadet Summer Training Centre offers a variety of courses and activities that focus on general training, leadership, and expedition training up to the instructor level. Courses are two, three, and six weeks long and are offered throughout the summer.<ref>[http://www.cadets.ca/content-contenu.aspx?id=49263] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126203714/http://www.cadets.ca/content-contenu.aspx?id=49263|date=November 26, 2010}}</ref> Personnel are drawn primarily from the territories, but many come from across Canada. The training centre also hosts members of the United Kingdom's [[Army Cadet Force]] and [[Combined Cadet Force]].
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