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Canada's '''Department of National Defence''', headed by the Minister and ministerial staff, comprises the uniformed [[Canadian Forces]], departmental agencies, and several organizations (e.g., search and rescue) that may or may not be part of the regular military of some other nations. | Canada's '''Department of National Defence''', headed by the Minister and ministerial staff, comprises the uniformed [[Canadian Forces]], departmental agencies, and several organizations (e.g., search and rescue) that may or may not be part of the regular military of some other nations. DND Headquarters is on Colonel By Drive in Ottawa, near Parliament Hill. | ||
==Minister== | ==Minister== | ||
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===Oversight and Legal=== | ===Oversight and Legal=== | ||
*JAG | *JAG | ||
*Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) | *Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC)*Canadian Forces Grievance Board (CFGB) | ||
*Canadian Forces Grievance Board (CFGB) | |||
*Office of the Chief Military Judge | *Office of the Chief Military Judge | ||
*Ombudsman | *Ombudsman | ||
==Related agencies== | ==Related agencies== | ||
===Communications Security Establishment (CSE)=== | ===Communications Security Establishment (CSE)=== | ||
The [[Communications Security Establishment]] has, like the U.S. [[National Security Agency]], a dual mission of [[signals intelligence]] and [[communications security]]. Canada does not conduct a wide range of intelligence collection operations such [[clandestine human-source intelligence]] (HUMINT) or national-level [[imagery intelligence]] (IMINT), so SIGINT is its major collection discipline. Like NSA, CSE is also responsible for government-wide communications security. Canada, however, does have a world-class [[intelligence analysis]] capability in the [[Canadian Security Intelligence Service]]. | |||
Under the still-classified "UKUSA agreement", Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. agreed to collect SIGINT in different parts of the world, and share the material, with overall analysis remaining a national responsibility. Even with analysis, there is significant cooperation among these countries. | |||
responsible for various forms of [[signals intelligence]], including [[traffic analysis]] and [[cryptanalysis]]. | |||
CSE, headquartered in the Leonard Tilley Building in [[Ottawa]]. is responsible for Canada's [[SIGINT]].various forms of [[signals intelligence]], including [[traffic analysis]] and [[cryptanalysis]]. It has SIGINT collection stations scattered throughout Canada, in positions to receive signals from various parts of the world, positions dictated by the technical characteristics of radio signals to be intercepted. | |||
The establishment acquired it first Cray [[supercomputer]] in the early 1980s. Staff were trained through an exchange program with the [[American]] [[National Security Agency]]. | The establishment acquired it first Cray [[supercomputer]] in the early 1980s. Staff were trained through an exchange program with the [[American]] [[National Security Agency]]. | ||
===Defence Research & Development Canada (DRDC)=== | ===Defence Research & Development Canada (DRDC)=== | ||
===National Search and Rescue Secretariat (NSRS)=== | ===National Search and Rescue Secretariat (NSRS)=== | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 4 June 2008
Canada's Department of National Defence, headed by the Minister and ministerial staff, comprises the uniformed Canadian Forces, departmental agencies, and several organizations (e.g., search and rescue) that may or may not be part of the regular military of some other nations. DND Headquarters is on Colonel By Drive in Ottawa, near Parliament Hill.
Minister
DND Policy Group
Overview of Canadian Forces
Departmental agencies
Cadets Canada
Human resources
- Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency
- Canadian Forces Housing Agency (CFHA)
Oversight and Legal
- JAG
- Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC)*Canadian Forces Grievance Board (CFGB)
- Office of the Chief Military Judge
- Ombudsman
Related agencies
Communications Security Establishment (CSE)
The Communications Security Establishment has, like the U.S. National Security Agency, a dual mission of signals intelligence and communications security. Canada does not conduct a wide range of intelligence collection operations such clandestine human-source intelligence (HUMINT) or national-level imagery intelligence (IMINT), so SIGINT is its major collection discipline. Like NSA, CSE is also responsible for government-wide communications security. Canada, however, does have a world-class intelligence analysis capability in the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
Under the still-classified "UKUSA agreement", Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. agreed to collect SIGINT in different parts of the world, and share the material, with overall analysis remaining a national responsibility. Even with analysis, there is significant cooperation among these countries.
CSE, headquartered in the Leonard Tilley Building in Ottawa. is responsible for Canada's SIGINT.various forms of signals intelligence, including traffic analysis and cryptanalysis. It has SIGINT collection stations scattered throughout Canada, in positions to receive signals from various parts of the world, positions dictated by the technical characteristics of radio signals to be intercepted.
The establishment acquired it first Cray supercomputer in the early 1980s. Staff were trained through an exchange program with the American National Security Agency.