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About the Author...
Captain McGregor joined the Canadian Forces in Oct 1997 with 31 CER (The Elgins) of St
Thomas Ontario. He served there for five years completing the RESO program and holding
positions including troop commander and squadron 2ic. In 2002, on graduation from University of
Western Ontario with a BESc, he was briefly employed as G3 Plans of 31 CBG until his transfer to
the Regular Force. Capt McGregor was posted to 1 CER in the spring of 2003. While with the
regiment, he was employed as the Armoured Engineer Troop Commander and a Squadron
Operations Officer. In this later role Capt McGregor deployed on Op ARCHER with 11 Field
Squadron as part of Task Force ORION. On his return to Canada, in the summer of 2006, he went
into the Army Technical Staff Program. After graduation he was posted to Ottawa where he is
employed within Director Combat Support Equipment Management.
End Notes
1. DND Publication. B-GL-300-007/FP-001 Firepower. 09 Feb1999.
2. DND Publication. 2900-1(DGFDA) v4.2 Force Development and Capability Based Planning. Jul 07
3. DND Publication. B-GL-300-000/FP-000 Canada’s Army. 01 Apr 1998
4. Maj T. Cadieu. “Canadian Armour in Afghanistan”, The Canadian Army Journal, Vol. 10.4 Winter 2008, pp. 5-25.
5. Ibid.
6. DND Publication. B-GL-310-001/AG-001 Land Operations 2021: A Force Employment Concept for Canada’s Army of
Tomorrow. 2007.
7. Ibid.
8. DND Publication. DLSC Report: Future Army Capabilities. Jan 2001.
9. DND Publication. Land Force Command. Purpose Defined: A Force Employment Concept for the Army. Mar 2004
10. DND Publication. B-GL-300-007/FP-001 Firepower. 09 Feb 1999.
11. Ibid.
12. DND Publication. B-GL-392-001/FP-001 The Infantry Battalion in Battle. Vol. 1. Chg. 1. 13 Nov 1995.
13. DND Publication. B-GL-371-003/FP-001 Field Artillery Operational Procedures. 27 Aug 2000; DND Publication.
B-GL-371-000/FP-001 Field Artillery Doctrine. 22 Jun 1999; and DND Publication. B-GL-300-007/FP-001 Firepower. 09
Feb 1999.
14. DND Publication. Land Force Command. Purpose Defined: A Force Employment Concept for the Army. Mar 2004.
15. DWAN. JORG 01.01—Direct Fire Support Regiment, ED O 203—ROLES AND CAPABILITIES OF ARMY UNITS AND
FORMATIONS, AJOSQ. http://armyapp.forces.gc.ca/olc. Site viewed Jul 07.
16. Army News Online, From ideas to steel. Thursday, September 08, 2005
http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/lf/English/6_1_1.asp?id=648.
17. DND Publication. B-GL-371-003/FP-001 Field Artillery Operational Procedures. 27 Aug 2000; and DND Publication.
B-GL-371-000/FP-001 Field Artillery Doctrine. 22 Jun 1999.
18. Direct fire is not defined in Canadian doctrine but definitions can be found in JP 1-02 Department of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 17 October 2007) [“Fire delivered on a
target using the target itself as a point of aim for either the weapon or the director.”] and AAP-6(2007) NATO Glossary of
Terms and Definitions [“Fire directed at a target which is visible to the aimer.”].
19. Indirect fire is not defined in Canadian doctrine but definitions can be found in JP 1-02 Department of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 17 October 2007) [“Fire delivered on a
target that is not itself used as a point of aim for the weapons or the director.”] and AAP-6(2007) NATO Glossary of Terms
and Definitions [“Fire delivered at a target which cannot be seen by the aimer.”].
20. DND Publication. B-GL-300-007/FP-001 Firepower. 09 Feb 1999.
21. Ibid.
22. Jane’s Information Group. “120 mm Mid-Range Munition (MRM) Round”. Jane’s Ammunition Handbook. 26 Feb
2007.
23. Close, Extended and Offensive Information Regimes were defined in: DND Publication. DLSC Report: Future Army
Capabilities. Jan 2001.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid.
26. DND Publication. DLSC. The Army of Tomorrow: Assessing Concepts ond Capabilities for Land Operations
Evolution. May 2006. Mentioned, but not described on page 37. The Joint Fires System conforms to the Joint Fire
Support described on pages 38-39. The word “support” is not within the name here as JFS may have either strike or
support tasks.
27. Capt D.W. Grebstad. “The Role of Artillery in Afghanistan” in Canadian Army Journal Vol. 10.3. Fall 2007.
28. DND Publication. B-GL-371-003/FP-001 Field Artillery Operational Procedures. 27 Aug 2000.
29. DWAN. Background, Joint Fires Support Effective Engagement Team. http://www.cfd-cdf.forces.gc.ca/sites/pageeng.asp?page=1250.
. Site viewed 02 Nov 07.
30. DND Publication. B-GL-300-007/FP-001 Firepower. 09 Feb 1999.
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