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Canadian and American soldiers joined forces for a two-week, swift-water training exercise on the Fraser River in Chilliwack.

Called Exercise Cougar Castle, the fast-water bridging training saw about 30 Canadian Army Reserve personnel from the 39 Combat Engineer Regiment (39 CER) and 60 members of the U.S. Army at Island 22 from Sept. 8 to 21.

Similar to another operation dubbed Exercise Paladin Response which happens at Cultus Lake nearly every winter, the focus of Exercise Cougar Castle is to build a floating raft (floating bridge) directly on the water that is strong enough to carry a tank from one side of the river to the other.

The bridges are used not only in combat to transport troops and military vehicles, but also to bridge land gaps and move

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