Allan English

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Allan
English
This book was written to complement The Operational Art: Canadian Perspectives — editor
Context and Concepts, which was published by the Canadian Defence Academy
Press in 2005. The contributors to The Operational Art — Leadership and Command
include a serving Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), General Rick Hillier, and a
former CDS who is now Chairman of the Military Committee of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, General Raymond Henault. Other contributors to the book
are practitioners of the operational art, academics and defence scientists. This
volume contains theories and accounts of experience that are provided
to help military professionals, particularly practitioners of the operational art,
practise their vocation more effectively.
Allan English
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The Operational Art:
Canadian Perspectives
Leadership and Command
Edited by
Allan English
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Copyright © 2006 Her Majesty the Queen, as represented by the Minister of
National Defence.
Canadian Defence Academy Press
PO Box 17000 Stn Forces
Kingston, Ontario K7K 7B4
Produced for the Canadian Defence Academy Press
by 17 Wing Winnipeg Publishing Office.
WPO30172
Cover Photo:Silvia Pecota
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
The operational art : Canadian perspectives : leadership and command /
edited by Allan English.
Issued by Canadian Defence Academy.
Includes bibliographical references.
Soft Cover
ISBN 0-662-43220-7
Cat. no.: D4-3/2-2006E
Hard Cover
ISBN 0-662-43272-X
Cat. No.: D4-3/2-2006-1E
1. Military art and science--Canada. 2. Canada--Armed Forces.
3. Canada--Armed Forces--Officers. 4. Operational art (Military science).
5. Command of troops. I. English, Allan D. (Allan Douglas), 1949- II. Canadian
Defence Academy. III. Title: Leadership and command.
UA600.O63 2006 355.30971 C2006-980116-9
Printed in Canada.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix
Chapter 1 The Masks of Command: Leadership Differences in the
Canadian Army, Navy and Air Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
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Chapter 2 Canadian Naval Command Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Richard H. Gimblett
Chapter 3 Command in a Complex Battlespace . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Colonel Christian Rousseau
Chapter 4 Establishing Common Intent: The Key to Co-ordinated
Military Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Ross Pigeau and Carol McCann
Chapter 5 We Fight as One? The Future of the Canadian Forces’
Joint Operations Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Colonel C. J. Weicker
Chapter 6 Operational-Level Leadership and Command in the
Canadian Forces: General Henault and the DCDS Group
at the Beginning of the “New World Order” . . . . . . .135
General R.R. Henault, Brigadier-General (Retired)
Joe Sharpe, and Allan English
Chapter 7 Command and Control Canadian Style:
The New Medium-Power Dilemma . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Commander Kenneth P. Hansen
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TABLE OF CONTENTS CONT...
Chapter 8 Command and Control During Peace Support Operations:
Creating Common Intent in Afghanistan . . . . . . . . .173
Howard G. Coombs and General Rick Hillier
Chapter 9 The Loss of Mission Command for Canadian Expeditionary
Operations: A Casualty of Modern Conflict? . . . . . .193
Major-General Daniel P. Gosselin
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
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FOREWORD
FOREWORD
The Canadian Defence Academy (CDA) was created in 2002 to
champion, govern and manage professional-development reform initia-
tives in the Canadian Forces (CF). The CDA is also the body that will
institutionalize and maintain the momentum behind these reforms,
which contribute to the CF’s professional-development strategic
objectives. Key among these objectives is fostering intellectual
development and critical thinking within Canada’s military, and the
transformation of the CF into a learning organization. “Professional
development,” explained General Raymond Henault, the former Chief of
the Defence Staff, “is at the heart of the profession of arms. The Canadian
Defence Academy will play a vital role in the reform and transformation
of our professional standards and competencies.”
The publication of this book is an initiative under the strategic leadership
writing project of the Canadian Forces Leadership Institute and should
stimulate debate about the profession of arms in Canada. Readers are
invited to join the debate and make their own contribution to military
professionalism in this country.
Major-General Paul Hussey
Commander, Canadian Defence Academy
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PREFACE
PREFACE
The Operational Art: Canadian Perspectives — Leadership and Command
was commissioned by the Canadian Forces Leadership Institute as part of
its strategic leadership writing project, which is designed to compile a
body of knowledge relating to Canadian military leadership (that is, past,
present and future) that can be used by Canadian Forces educational and
training institutions to generate effective military leaders, as well as
educate the public. It is our intent that Canadian officers have the
opportunity to learn from Canadian examples. After all, although our
military culture and experience, for instance, is different from that of our
close allies the Americans and the British, it is equally rich and distinctive.
In this vein, The Operational Art: Canadian Perspectives — Leadership and
Command is a seminal work that comes on the heels of and complements
the Canadian Forces College’s The Operational Art: Canadian Perspectives
— Context and Concepts. It examines arguably the most
essential component of the operational art, namely, leadership and
command. Importantly, its chapters are written by a wide array of authors
who span the gamut from practitioner to theoretician. In the end, these
diverse individuals with both practical experience and theoretical
knowledge bring insight and depth to the discussion.
I believe you will find The Operational Art: Canadian Perspectives —
Leadership and Command to be a stimulating addition to the Canadian
Defence Academy Press collection. It deals with such dynamic topics as
the differing leadership styles in the three distinctive environments, the
complex operating environment, the evolution of combined and joint
command structures, as well as leadership and command on
expeditionary operations. This volume is sure to expand your knowledge
and fuel the Canadian discourse on the operational art.
Colonel Bernd Horn
Director, Canadian Forces Leadership Institute
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