True North Strong and Free: Preparing the Canadian Armed Forces for Arctic Operations
Abstract
The Government of Canada published its Arctic and Northern Policy Framework in September 2019 to serve as a whole-of-government approach to develop and secure the Canadian North. This monograph analyzes how the Canadian Armed Forces can use this policy framework as strategic guidance to influence the development of a Canadian Arctic operating concept. This operating concept is derived as a hybrid model of the Canadian adaptive dispersed operations and the American multi-domain operations concepts. It proposes that the Canadian Armed Forces adopt a multi-domain approach to projecting effects into the Arctic. Using operational art as a framework, this monograph concludes with recommendations on a specific end state for the Arctic, Canada's Arctic operational center of gravity, decisive points, future basing considerations, and where the Canadian Armed Forces and Government of Canada can accept risk in the Arctic.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 23, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1160881
Entities
People
- Tim Day
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College