Royal United Services Institute of
Vancouver Island (RUSI-VI)
In My Opinion...
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A Research Thought Paper
This is the paper written about in the RUSI VI Newsletter - Second Quarter 2007. There are three items, each requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the .PDF files.
1) Letter to the Chief of Defence Staff
2) The paper: Increasing Combat Capability by Reducing the Effects of Combat Stressors:
3) Response from CDS
The Influence of Helicopter Operation on the Airforce
An Ingredient for Defence Review
John C. Eggenberger, OMM, CD, PhD JULY 2003
Canada’s Air Force Ethos - Then and Now
John C Eggenberger OMM CD PhD
Submission to the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence: The Bankrupting of Canada's Military - Causes, Consequences and Remedy
Paper and slides by Vice Admiral (ret'd) N.D.Brodeur 18 February 2005
Note: This document is in .PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader
is necessary.
Understanding Canadian Army Ethos
John C Eggenberger OMM CD PhD
Please Note
Also posted with this piece:
The Citadelle Document and
Toward A General Model of Military Leadership for the Canadian Armed Forces
An appreciation of Canada’s Deployment Capabilities
John Eggenberger, Ralph Fisher, Richard Gimblett, and Lewis MacKenzie
The Little Air Force that Could
Kenneth Douglas Munro (Major - Ret.)
Sea King Replacement Program
Major General (Ret) Roy Sturgess, CMM, CD, AFCASI
The Need for a Defence Policy Review
LGen Lou Cuppens - Chairman of FMUSIC
Is Canada Respected?
Kevin Myers - The Sunday Telegraph
Will our Naval Reserves Have an Anti-terrorist Role?
GB Stanford, RCN (retired)
The Dieppe Raid
The Perspective of a Canadian Soldier Who Was at Normandy on D-Day
by Reginald R. Dixon
Do We Need Other Resources for International Operations?
A Case For Naval Ship Building
WLD (Bill) Farrell
National Defence Anyone ?
A Case for Strategic Airlift
By Lieutenant-General David Adamson, CD (Retired)
