Question: Canada had which biggest army during the Second World War?
Answer: the largest volunteer army ever

Question: What country fell providing with more information on Canada's army size?
Answer: the Soviet Union

Question: Which other country had a sizable naval army?
Answer: Japanese

Question: When did the Canadian Armed Forced become to be?
Answer: 1 February 1968

Question: What does the Canadian Armed Forces mostly consist of?
Answer: the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force

Question: What prevented Canada from fully having their own army at the start?
Answer: the British government

Question: When did Canada gain independence from the United Kingdom?
Answer: 1931

Question: What war aided Canadian legislative independence?
Answer: the First World War

Question: What is the old name of the Canadian Forces?
Answer: Canadian Armed Forces

Question: When did the Canadian Armed Forces name cease to be?
Answer: After the 1980s

Question: When was the Canadian Armed Forces name reintroduced?
Answer: 2013

Question: What was the new name of the Canadian Armed Forces?
Answer: Canadian Forces

Question: What forces were sent out in support of peacekeeping?
Answer: Land Forces

Question: Until when were Canadian forces in Afghanistan?
Answer: 2011

Question: What force were the Canadians part of in Afghanistan?
Answer: ISAF

Question: Who requested the aid of the Canadians?
Answer: the Government of Afghanistan

Question: What type of operations were mainly done by Canadian forces?
Answer: peacekeeping

Question: What is Today's annual cost of the Canadian Forces?
Answer: approximately $20.1 billion

Question: How are the Canadian forces ranked in size compared to other military?
Answer: 74th in size

Question: What is the total force of the Canadian Forces?
Answer: approximately 119,000

Question: By what date is the primary reserve personnel estimated to go up by 30,000?
Answer: 2020

Question: What is the total amount of Canadian Forces estimated to be in 2020?
Answer: around 124,000

Question: What was the effort called to upgrade the Canadian Forces?
Answer: the Canada First Defence Strategy

Question: How were the Canadian Forces upgraded in 2008?
Answer: through the purchase of new equipment, improved training and readiness

Question: What major problem is the CAF trying to address currently?
Answer: loss of existing members

Question: What equipment was acquired to aid in Afghanistan?
Answer: main battle tanks, artillery, unmanned air vehicles

Question: What large transport plane is part of the CAF mission?
Answer: C-130 Hercules

Question: What new type of helicopter was recently acquired?
Answer: CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters

Question: When was the renewal and re-equipment effort started?
Answer: 2006

Question: What roles were women recruited for in the 1950s?
Answer: medicine, communication, logistics, and administration

Question: What year did further recruitment for women open in the CAF?
Answer: 1971

Question: What non traditional tasks were women recruited for in the 1970s?
Answer: vehicle drivers and mechanics, aircraft mechanics, air-traffic controllers

Question: Why were women eventually allowed to serve at sea in the CAF?
Answer: the Department changed its policies

Question: What charter directly affected a women's right to serve in the CAF?
Answer: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Question: Name some of the jobs in the CAF off limits to women in the 1980s.
Answer: infantry, armoured corps, field artillery, air-defence artillery

Question: On what date was a study created to research the impart of women in direct involvement?
Answer: 5 February 1987

Question: Who created an office to study these effects?
Answer: the Minister of National Defence

Question: What was the study called?
Answer: Combat-Related Employment of Women

Question: What year were most military occupations opened to women?
Answer: 1989

Question: What military occupation wasn't opened to women until the 2000s?
Answer: submarine service

Question: By how much did opening these jobs to women increase the recruiting pool by?
Answer: 100 percent

Question: Which government was responsible in Canadian history for this fact?
Answer: the government of Jean Chretien

Question: What is a requirement for equipment for the CAF?
Answer: equipment must be suitable for a mixed-gender force

Question: What are some of the equipment used by both men and women?
Answer: Combat helmets, rucksacks, combat boots

Question: What special entitlement are women provided as part of their service?
Answer: an annual financial entitlement for the purchase of brassiere undergarments

Question: What is the hierarchy of the Canadian Armed Forces?
Answer: It begins at the top with the most senior-ranking personnel and works its way into lower organizations.

Question: What determines who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed forces?
Answer: The Canadian constitution

Question: Who does the Commander-in-Chief authorize to make decision regarding the Armed Forces for them?
Answer: the governor general

Question: What orders fall under the royal prerogative?
Answer: troop deployment and disposition orders

Question: Who must sign these orders for them to be valid?
Answer: the monarch or governor general

Question: Who's advice is the monarch supposed to follow regarding these orders?
Answer: the advice of his or her ministers in Cabinet

Question: The armed forces has approximately how many members?
Answer: 115,349

Question: Who is the highest ranking member of the Armed Forces?
Answer: the Chief of the Defence Staff

Question: Who appoints the Chief of the Defence?
Answer: The governor general

Question: What location does the National Defense operate out of?
Answer: Ottawa, Ontario

Question: What are some of the members of the Armed Forces Council?
Answer: the heads of the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, the Royal Canadian Air Force and other key Level 1 organizations.

Question: How many Canadian Forces bases are there in Canada?
Answer: 27

Question: Where do Canadian Forces members go for training?
Answer: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Question: What is the place called where initial training happens?
Answer: Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School

Question: How many warships does the Royal Canadian Navy have?
Answer: 33

Question: Where are the Maritime Forces Atlantic located?
Answer: Halifax

Question: What formation is located in Quebec?
Answer: the Naval Reserve Headquarters (NAVRESHQ)

Question: What international exercises does the RCN partake in?
Answer: NATO exercises

Question: Who heads the Canadian Army?
Answer: Commander of the Canadian Army

Question: How many divisions are there in the Canadian Army?
Answer: four divisions

Question: What are the four divisions?
Answer: the 2nd Canadian Division, the 3rd Canadian Division, the 4th Canadian Division and the 5th Canadian Division

Question: What division is the Canadian Army Doctrine of?
Answer: the 5th Canadian Division

Question: The Canadian Army Headquarters are located in what division?
Answer: the 5th Canadian Division

Question: How many brigades does the Army consist of?
Answer: three

Question: Each Brigade contains how many regiments?
Answer: one

Question: What squadron is present but not an official part of the Brigade?
Answer: tactical helicopter squadron

Question: What medical group is present at all Brigades but not part of it?
Answer: a field ambulance

Question: Where is most of the major training performed?
Answer: CFB Gagetown, CFB Montreal and CFB Wainwright.

Question: Who heads the Royal Canadian Air Force?
Answer: the Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force

Question: Where is the commander based out of?
Answer: Winnipeg

Question: How many air force wings are located across Canada?
Answer: eleven

Question: Who reports to the operational commander about the wings?
Answer: tactical commander