The 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Headquarters and Signal Squadron are on their final day at the Cochrane RancheHouse as part of the squadron's annual readiness exercise. About 120 squadron members were based out of three locations for exercises that will keep them battle-ready. About 30 of them are here in Cochrane, and the rest are spread in the field and Calgary. Capt. Jon Barraclough, the squadron's troop commander, explains their role is to provide command and control capacities for the brigade commander and their staff in a battle or an ongoing situation, whether it be a warfare scenario or ongoing domestic response, such as wildfire or flooding.