Royal United Services Institute of Vancouver Island
Newsletter Vol 34, no. 3 - Third Quarter 2002
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In the previous RUSI Newsletter, we concluded that
gender equality in the Canadian Forces is an oft hailed charter right of
women but in reality it is irrelevant on the battlefield. We noted that our
British and American allies excluded women from serving in close combat units
and that the British were completing a further study.
The newly opened Canadian Defence Academy has been
given the mission of providing life-long advanced academic support for the
Canadian Forces and DND civilians. RAdm David Morris has been named the first
commander of CDA and located in Kingston, Ont. This culminates the 1997
ministerial direction that every officer entering the Forces will have at
least an undergraduate degree.
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