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National Defence
Department
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Canadians' confidence that the Department of National Defence/Canadian Forces have relevant and credible capacity to
meet defence and security commitments.
Program Activity Descriptions
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Generate and Sustain Relevant, Responsive and Effective Combat-Capable Integrated Forces
This program activity consists of all the activities necessary to design and develop force structure, create the capability components, generate the forces, and sustain and maintain the forces over time at the appropriate
readiness levels. It is designed to generate and sustain forces capable of: Maritime Effects; Land Effects; Aerospace Effects; and Joint, National, Unified and Special Operations Forces. This activity is required to:
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Maintain operational units;
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Maintain deployable support;
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Recruit and train personnel;
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Provide nationally based fixed support including infrastructure, supply, fixed command, force development, and research and development; and
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Acquire Capital Equipment.
Success in assigned missions in contributing to domestic and international peace, security and stability.
Program Activity Descriptions
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Conduct Operations
This Program Activity represents the main use of the program output from generate and sustain forces, i.e. the employment of forces in operations, whether on a constant basis, selectively ongoing operations, or as required
for named domestic or international operations. It consists of all the activities necessary to conduct: Constant Situational Awareness; Domestic and Continental Operations; and International Operations. This activity is required to:
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Maintain and conduct Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations;
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Maintain ISR support;
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Employ forces to conduct contingency operations in response to domestic or continental requirements;
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Employ High-Readiness forces to conduct operations in response to domestic and continental requirements;
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Provide ongoing specified services in accordance with Government of Canada and other government department (OGD) agreements and demand from other levels of government;
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Employ forces to conduct contingency operations in response to international requirements; and
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Employ High-Readiness forces to conduct operations in response to international requirements.
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