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Kennedy Report on the Reserve Army

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The implementation of the report's recommendations significantly reduced the role of the reserve army, thoroughly subordinating it to the regular army. The recommended training requirements were never properly implemented, making it practically impossible for the reserve forces to meet regular-force
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The recommendations were generally accepted; the six divisions of the Canadian Army Reserve Force being disbanded and replaced with a larger number of militia groups. The Canadian Army Reserve Force became the Canadian Army (Militia), while the Canadian Army Active Force became the Canadian Army
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The report recommended that the Reserve Army be renamed the Militia, that the command structure be reorganized (divisions and brigades replaced with 26 militia groups), and changes in unit types and armaments (less infantry and artillery, more armour; coastal and air defence units eliminated) be
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standards, and there were also challenges with equipment and morale. All this took place in an environment where powerful voices, such as that of
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implemented. This was to better provide a partly-trained, partly-equipped force to act as a
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Report released in 1954 that reorganized the reserve forces of the Canadian Army
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was a report released in 1954 that reorganized the reserve forces of the
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Unlikely Diplomats: The Canadian Brigade in Germany, 1951-64
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Index

Canadian Army
Chief of the General Staff
Guy Simonds
cadre
mobilization
The North Nova Scotia Highlanders
The Essex Scottish Regiment
The South Alberta Regiment
The Perth Regiment
Field Marshal Montgomery
Canadian Army
Canadian Militia
Militia Act of 1855
Otter Commission
Supplementary Order of Battle
Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces



"Kennedy Board"
"The Nova Scotia Highlanders"
"The Essex and Kent Scottish"
"The South Alberta Light Horse"
"The Perth Regiment"
Unlikely Diplomats: The Canadian Brigade in Germany, 1951-64
ISBN
978-0774825641
Categories
Canadian Army
Canadian Militia

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