Visitors to Rockwood Park may spot some Canadian Army reservists on Friday during a basic training exercise, the army said.

The Forge, which has been part of Army basic training for several years, puts new soldiers through a three-day field training exercise that concludes with a 10-mile ruck march.

Nearly 11,000 recruits were placed in the Army's delayed-entry program last year -- a program both of applicants who have not yet finished high school or cannot ship to basic training.