Translation of "Officier supérieur d'état-major - Médecin-chef " (French → English) :

Senior Staff Officer - Surgeon (Operations) [ SSO Surg (Ops) ]

Senior Staff Officer - Surgeon (Region) [ SSO Surg (Rgn) ]

Staff Officer - Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Intelligence, Security and Operations)

Then there are a number of staff officers within the headquarters: the deputy chief of staff, who is principally in charge of operations; assistant deputy minister personnel, who is a military officer but who fulfils a personnel function for the department as well; Canadian Forces northern area, which I'll speak to later, and then commanders of deployed forces.

The professional head of Canada's navy today is both a commander and a staff officer to the Chief of Defence Staff.

B. whereas, in the context of the ‘Arab Spring’, Libyans took to the streets in February 2011 for nine months of civil conflict; whereas NATO supported the insurgents who faced indiscriminate state repression, and this support triggered the ousting of the Gaddafi regime; whereas in the aftermath of the uprising and with the end of the Gaddafi dictatorship, the public withdrawal of allegiance to the government by several tribal leaders, the defection of field and general officers (such as Abdel Fattah Younes and Suleiman Mahmoud) and the looting of army arsenals are the main causes of the emergence and proliferation of tribal militia gr ...[+++]oups throughout the three regions of the country;

(Return tabled) Question No. 953 Hon. Ralph Goodale: With regard to the Canadian Armed Forces: (a) how many active members are currently enlisted in the Canadian Forces, broken down by (i) Royal Canadian Air Force, (ii) Royal Canadian Navy, (iii) Land Forces, (iv) location of current deployment, for each of (i) through (iii); (b) what is the net change in strength of each branch since 2006; (c) how many Canadian Forces members are officers and how many are non-commissioned members; (d) of the officer ranks, how many are senior officers and how many are general staff; (e) of the active Canadian Forces members, how many are employed in ...[+++] (i) the trades of the combat arms, namely artillery, armoured, or infantry, (ii) non-combat roles; (f) of the active Canadian Forces members deployed during the combat mission in Afghanistan, how many were employed in (i) the trades of the combat arms, (ii) in a supporting or logistical role; (g) how many public servants are currently employed by the Canadian Forces, broken down by location of employment; and (h) since 2006, what is the yearly change in strength of (i) the regular force, (ii) the reserve force, (iii) civilian employees of the Department of National Defence?