Again to provide a framework, the first is that we actually have a headquarters in Yellowknife. It is one of the regional joint task forces commanded by a general, and he's responsible for that big area and responsible to maintain good and effective relationships with his territorial counterparts across the north. The Department of Public Safety is in Yellowknife as well, so there actually is a framework in place, and the RCMP and others.
Building on that, in the last number of years we have actually put a detachment in Whitehorse and a detachment in Iqaluit to build on an even deeper relationship. As you may be aware, the government did announce that we are building a northern Arctic training centre in Resolute, which is moving ahead. We actually used it last summer as part of operation Nanook. Resolute is very far north. If you look at Resolute, I believe you'll see that it's the second most northern community in the world, the most northern being Grise Fiord.
We are already very north. We're there throughout those busy periods, as is the government; it's not just the military. If you go into Resolute, NRCan and other federal departments and agencies are there and are ready. We're one of a number. We actually have this centre built. It will be fully completed by the end of this year. It will have—and already has, in part—the capacity to put 200 to 300 soldiers in place with communications. If you take a look at the Resolute landing strip airport, you'll see it can accept C-17s—we had them there last year—Hercules aircraft, the J models, and helicopters we brought up. We already have that node, that far northern node, developed and ready to be used if needed in whatever scenario were to arise.
As we saw last year, we were there during the tragic event up in Resolute with the crash, again because we were up there training at that time.