Rule for equipping the Snake Eaters is the KISS Principle, Equipment that won't be missed, won't show up on the budget, and can go missing quickly and be easily hidden. I doubt that the US Gov't would bury caches like the Morrow Project did but would hide the excess equipment in hidden facility's like abandoned mineshafts, Cold War Bunkers, or beneath Government buildings in rural area's. Whatever isn't stockpiled would be gained when they emerged. Food? Enough for the team for six weeks, after that forage, clothes? Four pair of Uniforms, after that forage. Only ammunition and weapons would receive a excess needed.
Canada knowing is the tough one for me, just how do you even breach the subject? "Hello Mr Prime Minister, Yes, Yes, the wife's fine. I have a favor to ask you, you see where going to be in a nuclear war in six months and I want to borrow a few of your Special Forces for a rainy day."
My money is on the Canadian Commando's were donated for a unknown special mission and not told of what it was until they showed up for the briefing. Those that agreed went into cryo and those who refused were sent home none the wiser to what was going on, just that there buddys would be unavailable for the next several months. These Canadian Troops would be equipped the same as US units and be buried either just on the border or clandestinely within Canada. I could see Canada's intelligence arm being approached as well for some extra support but even that would be tricky as the more people approached the more the likelihood of news getting out.
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