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DEM EMIS [1 record]

Record 1 2007-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Military Organization
OBS

Strategic Joint Staff (SJS): Cmdre [Commodore] Dan Murphy is the first Director of Staff. The SJS works directly for the CDS [Chief of the Defence Staff] and is composed of four divisions: Operations, Plans, Requirements and Military Partnerships and Defence Liaison. The strategic operations staff role and specified command functions of the former DCDS [Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff] Group have been transferred to SJS. Key roles are to provide timely and effective military analysis and decision support to the CDS: enable planning, initiation, direction and control of strategic level operations; and oversee those involved in military partnership and defence liaison activities.

OBS

Director of Staff, Strategic Joint Staff; DOS SJS: title and shortened form to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • DOS/SJS

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Organisation militaire
OBS

Directeur d'état-major - État-major interarmées stratégique; DEM EMIS : titre et forme abrégée d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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