SFOR Commander Major General Virgil L. Packett, General Ray Henault, and Minister of National Defence, Bill Graham, at the change of command parade for the Multi National Task Force North West in Bosnia,. Brigadier General Beare, of Edmonton, transferred authority to Brigadier Mark Dodson of the United Kingdom, Sept. 2004.

The Canadian contingent in SFOR was reduced in early October 2004 from 650 to less than 83 Canadian members. Operations were turned over to a European task force.