Minister MacKay Introduces New Canadian Forces Operational Command and Control Structure
(firmenpresse) - OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/11/12 -- Today, the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, is pleased to announce a new Operational Command and Control structure for all Canadian Forces (CF) operations and Naval transformation. This initiative is part of a renewed CF transformation effort - a process designed to ensure that the CF deliver results for Canadians.
The CF will launch a revised Operational Command and Control structure with the creation of a single command, the Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC). Consolidating the activities of Canada Command, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command, and Canadian Operational Support Command, this new headquarters will be responsible for conducting all CF operations in Canada, North America, and globally, in concert with national and international partners.
"This government is committed to defending Canada and protecting Canadians. Transformation is built on some hard-learned lessons from a period of unrelenting operational pace and on recommendations included in the 2011 Transformation report by Lieutenant-General Leslie, which have defined necessary organizational changes to prepare the CF for the next decade", confirmed Minister MacKay. "Transformation is about reducing headquarters overhead to produce more 21st century capability. It will give the CF the agility to adapt as the future security environment dictates at the best cost to Canadian taxpayers."
The new CJOC, which will be implemented in a phased approach in the upcoming months, will be commanded by a Lieutenant-General. This phase of the defence renewal initiative will result in a 25 per cent reduction in national-level command and control overhead, and it will make more efficient use of administrative resources. This will allow for a redistribution of CF personnel to emerging capabilities and operational demands, allowing the CF to remain ready to meet its core missions, with a focus on domestic operations.
"I'm committed to protecting Canada and Canada's interests in the world, working with our global and continental allies, along with our federal, provincial and regional partners here at home," said General Walter Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff. "The implementation of the CJOC will result in a smaller, more efficient organization that will continue to deliver the same excellence in operational support to all of our people, at home and abroad. Furthermore, one command and control system will help us to deliver the capabilities required to face current conflicts and better plan for future global security challenges."
Further, as the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) gets ready to operate the new fleet of federal ships, Vice-Admiral Maddison has structured the Navy to operate efficiently and effectively, today and tomorrow. Navy Transformation initiatives announced today include:
In 2008, the commitment to defence demonstrated by the Government of Canada in the Canada First Defence Strategy (CFDS) enabled the RCN to begin a structural review, primarily aimed at optimizing resource allocation to achieve CFDS goals. The need to reorganize the RCN became further apparent with the government's announcement to rebuild the navy's fleet through the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy.
"The changes we are announcing today are designed to better prepare our sailors and officers to take up the challenges associated with the unprecedented opportunity we have been given by the government to renew Canada's naval fleet," said Vice-Admiral Maddison. "This is only the beginning. I invite all sailors and officers to join me in this journey and work together as one navy in achieving this aim."
Transformation efforts seek to maximize CF capacity while ensuring an effective balance of resources and assets within the Defence Team and across the four defence pillars upon which CF capabilities are built - readiness, personnel, infrastructure, and equipment.
The result will be a more integrated, efficient, and agile organization that is responsive to defence and Government of Canada priorities.
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Backgrounder
Canadian Forces Transformation: New Operational Command and Control Structure
Over the past decade, the Government has made a strategic investment in the Canadian Forces (CF) through balanced investments across the four defence pillars upon which CF capabilities are built - readiness, personnel, equipment and infrastructure. It has helped to develop a flexible, agile and resilient force that is both highly regarded by our allies and an enduring source of pride for Canadians.
Although operations in Afghanistan have been by far the largest, most intense and most visible single commitment during that period, the CF were also called upon to support numerous other operations both at home and abroad.
Unprecedented operational tempo
Since 2005-2006, the year when Canada took the lead on the security and reconstruction efforts in Kandahar province and when the CF established a new CF command and control structure as part of the first phase of CF Transformation- with the stand up of four Operational Commands - the defence landscape has changed dramatically and has been marked by a period of unrelenting operational pace.
In addition to conducting active operations in Afghanistan, the Defence Team also responded to a sudden major humanitarian crisis in Haiti, supported security for the Olympic Games in Vancouver and for the G8 and G20 Summits, helped Canadians in need of assistance in times of disaster, including floods and fires, provided a rapid response to the crisis in Libya and conducted other operations around the world, as well as continued with the daily provision of maritime and aerial surveillance and search and rescue capabilities.
New strategic context
During that time, the global economic and security realities facing Canada changed significantly as well. Canada and the world faced an unprecedented global economic crisis, and the global economic environment remains fragile. The global security environment has also continued to evolve and new forms of security threats and challenges have appeared in emerging domains such as space and cyber.
Taken together, this sustained level of activity and the need to meet new global economic and security challenges have put incredible and often unpredictable demands on the Defence Team, equipment, logistics capabilities and support services. They have also provided many lessons learned and valuable information that create a comprehensive picture of where the defence institution is now and where it needs to be to in order to meet the many challenges of tomorrow.
A return to a reduced operational tempo following the end of the combat mission in Afghanistan in 2011 also provided an opportunity to review our requirements, evaluate how we can rebalance our resources and assets within the Defence Team and across the four defence pillars, and ultimately adapt our structures and processes to this new strategic context.
These are very challenging priorities to balance, but the civilian and military leaders of the Defence Team have been anticipating them for some time and have taken several steps to ensure the CF is well positioned to continue deliver operations at home, on the continent and abroad.
CF Transformation
The CF Transformation process began in 2005-2006, when General Hillier, then-Chief of the Defence Staff, launched a new command and control structure to meet the challenges of the security environment at the time with the objective of making the military more relevant, responsive, and effective.
In 2010, as part of an ongoing review process within the defence institution, the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Walt Natynczyk, appointed Lieutenant-General Leslie as Chief of Transformation. With a mandate to help define necessary organizational changes to prepare the CF for the next decade, LGen Leslie headed the effort known as the "CF2020 Transformation Initiative". He commenced this initiative in August 2010, assisted by a team of senior officers and defence civilians, and produced a set of recommendations for consideration by the Chief of the Defence Staff and the Minister of National Defence in the summer of 2011.
The timeframe
Evolution of CF Transformation
This significant amount of work greatly informed the overall defence review process already under way on how to maintain the effectiveness created over the years that followed the 2006 Transformation initiated by General Hillier, while realizing a more efficient and effective way of doing CF business and meeting core defence priorities and new security challenges.
As part of this transformation, and as the logical evolution of the 2006 CF Transformation, the CF confirmed in May 2012 the launch of a revised operational command and control structure with the creation of a single command, the Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC).
Consolidating the activities of Canada Command, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command and Canadian Operational Support Command, this new headquarters will be responsible for conducting all CF operations in Canada, North America, and globally, in concert with national and international partners.
Built on some hard-learned operational lessons from Afghanistan and past operations in Canada and abroad, on the principles of the 2006 CF Transformation and on recommendations from several studies produced over time, the revised structure will reduce the number of CF Officers in strategic headquarters by up to 25 per cent and will make more efficient use of administrative resources. This will allow for a redistribution of CF personnel to emerging capabilities and operational demands, allowing the CF to remain ready to meet its core missions, with a focus on domestic operations.
This revised operational command and control structure will be implemented in a phased approach in the upcoming months.
Transformation efforts are about reducing headquarters overhead to produce more 21st century capability. The result will be a more efficient and agile organization that continues to be responsive to Government of Canada priorities in an unpredictable operating environment.
Navy Transformation: Adjusting to deliver a revitalized Navy
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has undertaken a series of actions to transform and streamline the navy's organizational structures and processes. The intended goal of these initiatives, which support the overall Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces (DND/CF) Transformation efforts, is to ensure the RCN is structured to operate efficiently and effectively, today and tomorrow.
These initiatives will reduce overhead, and achieve staffing efficiencies with the reassignment of existing Regular and Reserve Force members, and civilian employees, into high-priority activities. This will be accomplished by grouping similar functions, from the strategic to the tactical level, through a series of measured changes to the RCN's internal organization. The primary focus is on eliminating redundancies and duplicate structures. Overhead will be reduced by creating single national authorities for key process and activities.
Navy Transformation will enable the RCN to deliver on the concurrent modernization and renewal of the navy's fleet, the training of the new sailors, and the ongoing conduct of operations. These initiatives are aligned with the CF Transformation report, which recommends the rationalization of the RCN Force Generation (FG) Structure. FG is the process of organizing, training, and equipping forces for the application of military means, called Force Employment (FE), in support of strategic objectives.
Navy Transformation Initiatives
Navy Transformation is in keeping with the recommendations of the CF Transformation report. It will allow the RCN to streamline its corporate functions, maximize its operational output, and increase the integration of key processes. Ultimately, these changes are part of a continuous series of improvements to ensure that the RCN is prepared to respond to the needs of Canada for today, and tomorrow.
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