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76 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. Canadian Army Journal Vol. 11.1 Spring 2008
31. Today, the role of the infantry is to close with and destroy the enemy. DND Publication. B-GL-301-002/FP-001 The Battle Group in Operations. Chg 2. 03 Feb 1992. 32. Historically the role of both the infantry and armoured was to close with and destroy the enemy. Canadian Army Publication. Director of Military Training. 10M-10-48(1629) Military Science Part I and Part II. 1948 33. DND Publication. B-GL-300-007/FP-001 Firepower. 09 Feb 1999. 34. DND Publication. B-GL-392-001/FP-001 The Infantry Battalion in Battle. Vol. 1. Chg. 1. 13 Nov 1995 Characteristics of Infantry include mobility, firepower and vulnerability. DND Publication B-GL-305-001/FT-001 The Armoured Regiment in Battle. 31 Dec 1990. Characteristics of Armour include mobility, firepower and protection. 35. Tank Design Criteria, The Military Technology Handbook, Junior Command and Staff Course, 2 nd Ed. The Royal Military College of Science. UK. Oct 1993. 36. 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. 37. DND Publication. B-GL-371-000/FP-001 Field Artillery Doctrine. 22 Jun 1999. 38. DND Publication. DLSC Report: Future Army Capabilities. Jan 2001. 39. Ibid. 40. DND Publication. DLSC. The Army of Tomorrow; Assessing Concepts and Capabilities for Land Operations Evolution. May 2006. 41. Ibid. Canadian Army Journal Vol. 11.1 Spring 2008 77
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Editorial—Soldi
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EDITORIAL—SOLDIERS AS WRITERS Maj
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ARMY UPDATE—THE JADEX PAPERS Back
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AMBUSHES, IEDS AND COIN: THE FRENCH
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Since 1945, only one major expediti
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Casualties It is difficult to deter
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March 1846, in which the insurgency
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French fortified line around the De
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an unsustainable level while using
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The FLN clearly adjusted its milita
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The overall resort to a system of d
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proposed by researchers like La Cou
Page 27 and 28: MANOEUVRE WARFARE THEORY AND COUNTE
Page 29 and 30: is tempo—the ability of one force
Page 31 and 32: In Principles, Imperatives and Para
Page 33 and 34: Canadian draft placed a significant
Page 35 and 36: to safe havens with the Morice Line
Page 37 and 38: THE FUTURE OF CANADIAN AIRBORNE FOR
Page 39 and 40: Political manoeuvring and military
Page 41 and 42: sustainment air corridors, and to s
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Page 47 and 48: Immediately after the war, there wa
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Page 53 and 54: strung soldiers of the unit adequat
Page 55 and 56: 45. Sean M. Maloney, “The Mobile
Page 57 and 58: the super-power of the age. Few gov
Page 59 and 60: By 7 December 2001, the Taliban had
Page 61 and 62: ideology.” 51 With the overthrow
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Page 67 and 68: TOMORROW’S FIREPOWER Captain Ian
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Page 71 and 72: Even new terminology fails to re-es
Page 73 and 74: Effects Oriented. A complete close
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Page 77: system. However, the development of
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Page 83 and 84: Definitions Before moving on to try
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Page 89 and 90: contracting of MPFs to provide arme
Page 91 and 92: What has been demonstrated in this
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Page 95 and 96: Concluding Remarks This article has
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Page 115 and 116: NOTE TO FILE—REACHING INTO THE OR
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Page 119 and 120: narrow application. “If aircraft
Page 121 and 122: assistant” for the military. 34 T
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Page 125 and 126: CALEPIN D’ESPOIR DUFRESNE, Daniel
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writes that the charge of the 21st
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Reserves the reader could put this
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superiority of numbers to overcome
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A HISTORY OF THE FRENCH WAR—ENDIN
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THE UNEXPECTED WAR: CANADA IN KANDA
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The Existential Challenge The autho
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D-DAY: JUNO BEACH, CANADA’S 24 HO
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His dispassionate analysis of the b
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PEACEKEEPING INTELLIGENCE: NEW PLAY
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Thankfully, although hard-hitting i
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Chapter Four ends with the death of
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