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		Chief of the Defence Staff The Chief of the Defence Staff is a term used for the head of the militaries in a number of n...
		Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) The Chief of the Defence Staff is the professional head of the British milit...
		Chief of the General Staff The Chief of General Staff is the title of the professional head of the 1964.
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	Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From its creation up until the mid-1990s, the Chief of the Defence Staff held substantive five-star rank, being either an Admiral of the Fleet, Field Marshal or Marshal of the Royal Air Force, depending on the service he was from.
		However, with defence cuts, having a serving five star officer was seen as too expensive, and too high in rank for the post- Cold War size of the British Armed Forces.
		Former Chiefs of the Defence Staff from the Ministry of Defence
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(United_Kingdom) (555 words)

	National Defence, Department of
		Integration followed in 1964, when one chief of the defence staff replaced the individual service chiefs; on 1 February 1968 these 3 services were unified into the Canadian ARMED FORCES.
		The minister, deputy minister and chief of the defence staff (senior military adviser to the minister) are assisted by their staff at ND HQ.
		The vice chief of the defence staff is both head of his own division of the staff and the senior staff officer to the whole headquarters.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTA0005615 (359 words)

	Defenceindia : News : Chief of Defence Staff plan shelved
		Defence minister George Fernandes, after toying with the idea for a few weeks, has decided against appointing a Chief of Defence Staff as was recommended by the Group of Ministers committee set up in the wake of the Kargil Review Committee.
		The defence ministry has set up the Integrated Defence Staff, the Tri-Service Command at Port Blair in the Andamans and the Strategic Forces Command, and the CDS was visualised as the linchpin of the entire structure, a top military officer who would determine coordination, planning and strategy.
		He was to have been assisted by a multi-disciplinary defence planning staff, headed by a vice-chief of defence staff.
	www.defenceindia.com /26-jan-2k4/news.html (655 words)

	Minister - Reports
		The Chief of the Defence Staff is charged with the command, control and administration of the Canadian Forces and advises the Minister on all these matters - including military requirements, capabilities, options and the possible consequences of undertaking or failing to undertake various military activities.
		Primarily responsible to the Chief of the Defence Staff
		Specific responsibilities of the senior advisors reporting to the Deputy Minister and the Chief of the Defence Staff are shown in Annex C. The military structure of command is explained in Part I -- Canada's Defence Structure, under the section entitled Military Chain of Command.
	www.forces.gc.ca /site/minister/eng/authority/OA4_e.htm (1413 words)

	Royal United Services Institute of Australia Incorporated. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Defence Force Cadets is a relatively new Division, with a small staff who try to manage and overcome the challenges arising in an area that had previously suffered from a period of neglect.
		This 'Defence renewal' philosophy articulates the commonsense notion that people underpin and enable the development and delivery of military capability, In that context, it is essential that we address workforce issues when confronting strategic management challenges.
		The Chief of Staff function normally infers a military headquarters construct with J staff functions to be coordinated and deconflicted by a senior appointment - me in this case.
	www.defence.gov.au /rusi/state/act%20lectures%20shalders.htm (3152 words)

	Armed Forces - m04 - Ministry of Defence - Defence Council - Chief of the Defence Staff - General Sir Michael Walker
		DEFENCE COUNCIL and CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF
		This Defence Council is the body making the policy decisions that ensure the three services are run efficiently, and in accordance with the wishes of the government of the day.
		The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) is the officer responsible to the Secretary of State for Defence for the coordinated effort of all three fighting services.
	www.armedforces.co.uk /mod/listings/l0004.html (609 words)

	Defence Annual Report 2002-03 :: Chapter Three :: Vice Chief of Defence Force
		The role of the Vice Chief of the Defence Force is to act as the Chief of the Defence Force in his absence and routinely to act as Deputy Commander supporting the Chief of the Defence Force in his command of the ADF.
		Strategic Operations Division supports the Chief of the Defence Force's operational functions and Capability Systems Division is responsible for the sponsorship, development and the provision of advice to the Government on appropriate options for current and future Defence capability.
		Defence Determination 2002: Employer Support Payments, relating to the ADF Reserves Employer Support Payment Scheme, was amended by the Minister for Defence on 17 June 2003, with the revised arrangements for the scheme taking effect from 1 July 2003.
	www.defence.gov.au /budget/02-03/dar/03_06vcdf.htm (1318 words)

	United Kingdom - CMO - Factpage
		The Chief of the Defence Staff is General Sir Micheal Walker whose job is to be the professional head of the UK Armed Forces and the principal military adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence and the Government.
		The Vice Chief of the Defence Staff is Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Bagnall whose job is to be Deputy to the Chief of the Defence Staff, with responsibilities for the personnel and resources.
		The Chief of the General Staff is General Sir Mike Jackson whose job is to head of the British Army.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~chaseton/factpage.htm (387 words)

	Dictionary of Australian Biography Sa-Sp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In the same year when the defence department was formed, he was the first minister of defence, and carried through the reorganization of the defences which involved the change over from volunteer to militia forces.
		He joined the Munro (q.v.) ministry in November 1890 as minister of defence and of education, but withdrew when the ministry was reconstructed under Shiels (q.v.) in February 1892, because he was unable to agree with Shiels's adhesion to the "one man one vote" principle.
		He became chief of staff in 1890 and prepared much of the material which led to the attack on the management of the railways, and the famous Speight action for libel.
	gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogSa-Sp.html (21609 words)

	rediff.com: Major General Ashok K Mehta (retd) on the Chief of Defence Staff
		In Pakistan, the army chief is also the CDS though they call him permanent chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee.
		The CDS will be assisted by an elaborate multi-disciplinary defence planning staff headed by a vice chief of defence staff, who will most probably be an army general (the man being tipped for the job is Lt Gen NC Vij, now southern army commander in Pune).
		He is already holding the baton of chairman chiefs of staff committee, the Indian equivalent of CDS, is the seniormost chief by virtue of holding that office (otherwise six months junior to his other two colleagues) and has the experience and wisdom to wear the new hat.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/apr/27ashok.htm (1135 words)

	Canadian Armed Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS)
		The Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (DCDS)
		Air Command is composed of the Chief of the Air Staff in Ottawa, 1 Canadian Air Division/Canadian NORAD Region Headquarters in Winnipeg, and 13 wings across Canada.
	arsenal-of-the-cf.8m.com /cf.html (1101 words)

	NATO Who's who?: ChoD Netherlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In 1988 he returned to the Defence Staff, first as Deputy Director of Operational and Military Strategic Affairs, then as the Deputy Director responsible for the realisation of the Defence White Paper.
		In 1991 he was appointed Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in the rank of Lieutenant General RNLMC, and was responsible for the realisation of the Defence Priorities Review.
		On 16 August 1994 he was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff, and promoted to General RNLMC on the same date.
	www.nato.int /cv/chod/nl/breemen.htm (390 words)

	NDVAEV28-e (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		As indicated at slide 6, capability-based planning provides defence planners with a holistic framework for both establishing and communicating what the Canadian Forces do, what their goals are, and how recommended options or courses of action will achieve stated goals or address gaps.
		He is now Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, which means that if our Chief of Defence Staff were to be ill, or to have some problem or disappear, he would be in charge of our Forces.
		The Chief of the Defence Staff and the Minister of National Defence have been out in public, have been interviewed, have made speeches, and so on, regarding what we're doing, but we intend in the not too distant future to begin a more regular update of what's going on.
	www.parl.gc.ca /InfoComDoc/37/1/NDVA/Meetings/Evidence/ndvaev28-e.htm (15552 words)

	Senior Military Appointments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The current Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral David Shackleton, was appointed on 3rd July 1999 and this term continues to 2nd July 2001.
		His appointments include Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Military Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff, Commandant of the Infantry Centre, Commanding Officer of the 6th Brigade, Commandant of the Australian Defence Warfare Centre and Commandant of the Royal Military College.
		Admiral Chris Barrie AO RAN, was appointed Chief of the Defence Force on 4 July 1998.
	www.minister.defence.gov.au /Mooretpl.cfm?CurrentId=249 (2480 words)

	PMag v07n4p20 -- Put the Horse Before the Cart, Pleads Resigning Vice-Admiral Thomas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Against a backdrop of further cuts in the defence budget and the appointment of the fifth Minister of National Defence in seven years, Vice-Admiral Thomas, the Vice Chief of Defence Staff, unexpectedly resigned, exposing the continuing failure of the Tory government to provide leadership and direction on defence policy.
		In his reply to the Admiral's letter of resignation, General De Chastelain, Chief of Defence Staff, pointed out that the Navy is getting the largest share, 40 percent, of the Capital Budget over the next 15 years.
		In the absence of a defence policy we are getting out of the blue, ill-conceived proposals for defence equipment like the "corvette," which could be a warship looking for a role.
	www.peacemagazine.org /archive/v07n4p20.htm (320 words)

	CTV.ca \| Rick Hillier to be new chief of defence staff
		He is currently the chief of the army, having been appointed to the post on May 30, 2003.
		This is a good time to have an army general as chief of defence staff, he said.
		Such a high-level appointment is made by the prime minister and the defence minister, although cabinet must also vote on it, Oliver said.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1105558956485_100968156/?hub=TopStories (547 words)

	Jay Garner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the war he was put in charge of securing Kurdish areas in Iraq.
		He was later named commander of the U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command (working primarily on President Reagan 's Strategic Defense Initiative missile shield program), and concluded his Army career as Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, retiring in 1997 at the rank of Lieutenant General.
		In 2003 it was announced that Garner had been selected to lead the post-war reconstruction efforts in Iraq.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jay_Garner (378 words)

	CHAPTER 35 (Bill C-25) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Absence or incapacity of Chief of the Defence Staff
		29.12 (1) The Chief of the Defence Staff shall refer every grievance that is of a type prescribed in regulations made by the Governor in Council to the Grievance Board for its findings and recommendations before the Chief of the Defence Staff considers and determines the grievance.
		The Chief of the Defence Staff may refer any other grievance to the Grievance Board.
	laws.justice.gc.ca /en/1998/35/8326.html (5604 words)

	The Hindu : Chief of Defence Staff
		THE PROPOSED appointment of a Chief of Defence Staff gives us a unique opportunity to reorganise the Defence set-up of the country with the aim of improving efficiency, functional enhancement and greater integration in a tri-service approach to projects and resource sharing.
		The proposed CDS who will be senior to all the service chiefs would be able to present a unified, logical and unbiased approach to the Cabinet Committee in the prosecution of war.
		The bureaucrats in the Defence Ministry would have to shed some of their overriding powers and function in a new role forming a part of the unified Ministry of Defence.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2001/05/01/stories/13010611.htm (914 words)

	The Hindu : 'Chief of Defence Staff must head strategic force'
		The national strategic forces should be commanded by a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), a tri-service representative of the defence services, the task force on higher defence management has said.
		While the CDS should be technically of the same rank as the individual chiefs of each of the three services, he should, in practice, be treated as ``first among equals'', the report says.
		Existing bodies of a tri-service nature, such as the Defence Planning Staff, should be merged in the new set-up.
	www.hindu.com /2000/11/01/stories/0201000a.htm (456 words)

	Ministry of Defence - Performance Report 2001/2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Together with the Chief of Defence Procurement (CDP), the Chief of Defence Logistics (CDL) and the Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA), they sit on the Defence Council and its executive arm, the Defence Management Board.
		The Committees support the respective Chiefs of Staff in his executive role, his management and operational advisory roles, and as the professional head of the Service.
		10. The Chiefs of Staff (COS) Committee is chaired by the CDS and is the main forum in which the collective military advice of the Chiefs is obtained on operational issues.
	www.archive2.official-documents.co.uk /document/cm56/5661/annexa.htm (863 words)

	rediff.com: Admiral J G Nadkarni (retd) on chief of defence staff
		The task force is believed to have suggested the establishment of a chief of defence staff.
		Although of the same rank as the chiefs, he will be the 'first among equals.' The CDS will have a staff and will be in charge of the 'strategic forces'.
		The chief of each service is also a member of the JCSO and thus in effect wears two hats.
	www.rediff.com /news/2000/nov/08nad.htm (1420 words)

	Vice Chief of Defence Staff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Bagnall was born in 1945.
		He attended the Royal Air Force Staff College Bracknell in 1978 and subsequently served on the air defence staff at the Ministry of Defence.
		He attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1990 before returning to the Ministry of Defence in 1991 as the Director of Air Force Staff Duties.
	www.mod.uk /aboutus/staff/vcds.htm (358 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> Decks cleared for Chief of Defence Staff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		New Delhi: Decks were cleared on March 4 for naming the country's first-ever Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), with the government filling up all key posts for the new integrated Defence staff.
		Davar would concurrently be the Deputy Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff from the Army.
		Vice-Admiral S C S Bangara is the Naval officer to have been appointed as the third Deputy Chief of the Integrated Staff and would be incharge of operational integration of the three services.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2002/03/04/04cd.html (180 words)

	Chief of Integrated Service Command (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The phrase was changed from CIDS (Chief of Integrated Defence Staff) to the present one when Vice Admiral Raman Puri took over.
		His present post would become the Vice Chief of Defence Staff (VCDS) once the CDS, who would be permanently presiding over the COSC comprising the three service chiefs, is appointed.
		He is supported by a Joint Integrated Defence Staff (JIDS) with elements from the three services and various departments in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /INFO/CISC.html (294 words)

	2002 Report of the Auditor General of Canada - April - Chapter 5 - National Defence - Recruitment and Retention of ...
		5.29 The Chief of Air Staff recently noted that "the most critical area for the Air Force is the attrition of experienced pilots, degrading the Air Force's ability to perform its operational mandates and regenerate qualified air crew.
		5.33 The Vice Chief of the Defence Staff has set priorities for staffing regular force positions in order to have people where and when they are needed most.
		Departmental research staff estimate that, depending on recruiting success, it could take up to 30 years before the military population profile is such that the right numbers are available with the skills and experience to match the demand.
	www.oag-bvg.gc.ca /domino/reports.nsf/html/0205ce.html (5868 words)

	Chief of the Defence Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He is a graduate of the Flying Instructors Course (1975), RAAF Staff College (1985), Joint Services Staff College (1990) and the Royal College of Defence Studies in London (1996).
		Air Chief Marshal Houston is the third RAAF officer to be appointed to the most senior position in the Australian Defence Force.
		Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Scherger, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC was Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee from May 1961 to May 1966, and Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville McNamara, KBE, AO, AFC, AE was Chief of Defence Force Staff from April 1982 to April 1984.
	www.defence.gov.au /cdf/index.cfm (403 words)

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