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FUNCTIONAL STAFF ADVISOR [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
DEF

[An] authority assigned in a policy framework [Defence Administrative Order and Directive(DAOD) ] by the Deputy Minister of National Defence and the Chief of the Defence Staff to a level one advisor or other senior official to develop and issue DAOD, manuals, standard operating procedures and other similar instruments in an assigned or authorized functional area.

OBS

functional authority; FA: designations and definition officially approved by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire
DEF

Autorité attribuée dans une [Directive et ordonnance administrative de la défense (DOAD)] de cadre stratégique par le sous-ministre de la Défense nationale et le chef d'état-major de la défense à un conseiller de niveau un ou à un autre haut fonctionnaire pour l'élaboration et la publication des DOAD, des manuels, des instructions permanentes d'opération et d'autres instruments semblables dans un domaine fonctionnel attribué ou autorisé.

OBS

autorité fonctionnelle; AF : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.

Spanish

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