Canadian_Armed_Forces

qas: question: What is the French name of the Canadian Armed Forces?
answers: text: Forces armées canadiennes

question: What law constitutes the CAF?
answers: text: the National Defence Act

question: Who are the CAF supposed to protect?
answers: text: Her Majesty

question: What does CF stand for in this context?
answers: text: Forces canadiennes

question: What does CFA stand for?

question: What does the Canadian Armed Forces Act state?

question: What act names the leader of the les cnadiennes Forces as Her Majesty?

question: What is the Italian name of the Canadian Armed Forces?

question:  What law constitutes the CEF?

question:  Who aren't the CAF supposed to protect?

question:  What does COF stand for in this context?
context: The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; French: Forces armées canadiennes, FAC), or Canadian Forces (CF) (French: les Forces canadiennes, FC), is the unified armed force of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."

qas: question: How many sub components are there?
answers: text: four

question: What act defines the CAF?
answers: text: the National Defence Act

question: What does RNC stand for?

question: What does RACF stand for?

question: What four components make up the Force Reserve?

question: What is the Canadian Armed Forces associated with under the National Defence Act?

question: How many non-sub components are there?

question:  What act does not define the CAF?
context: This unified institution consists of sea, land, and air elements referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Personnel may belong to either the Regular Force or the Reserve Force, which has four sub-components: the Primary Reserve, Supplementary Reserve, Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service, and the Canadian Rangers. Under the National Defence Act, the Canadian Armed Forces are an entity separate and distinct from the Department of National Defence (the federal government department responsible for administration and formation of defence policy), which also exists as the civilian support system for the Forces.

qas: question: Who currently is the Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces?
answers: text: Queen Elizabeth II

question: Who represents Queen Elizabeth II?
answers: text: the Governor General of Canada

question: Who leads the CAF?
answers: text: the Chief of the Defence Staff

question: Who advises the Chief of the Defence?
answers: text: the Armed Forces Council.

question: Who is the Chief Commander of the Canadian Armed Forces?

question: Who is represented by the Governor General of Canada?

question: What is led by the Defence Staff Chief?

question: Who is the Defence Staff Chief advised by?

question: Who currently is the Assistant-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces?

question: Who doesn't represent Queen Elizabeth II?

question:  Who leads the CAEF?

question:  Who advises the Chief of the Offense?
context: The Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces is the reigning Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who is represented by the Governor General of Canada. The Canadian Armed Forces is led by the Chief of the Defence Staff, who is advised and assisted by the Armed Forces Council.

qas: question: What war were the CAF involved in?
answers: text: Cold War

question: What was the goal of the CAF during the cold war?
answers: text: the security of Europe

question: What military thread did the CAF protect against in Europe?
answers: text: the Soviet military threat

question: Apprimately since what year was the CAF stationed in Europe?
answers: text: the early 1950s

question: What year did the CAF leave Europe?
answers: text: the early 1990s

question: What were based in Europe in 1950?

question: Where were Canadian ground and air forces based in 1950?

question: What years did the Cold War take place?

question: What war were the CAAF involved in?

question:  What was the goal of the CAF during the warm war?

question:  What military thread did the CAF not protect against in Europe?

question:  Approximately since what year was the CAF not stationed in Europe?

question: What year did the CAF join Europe?
context: During the Cold War, a principal focus of Canadian defence policy was contributing to the security of Europe in the face of the Soviet military threat. Toward that end, Canadian ground and air forces were based in Europe from the early 1950s until the early 1990s.

qas: question: What Treaty is the CAF part of?
answers: text: the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

question: What type of operation is the Canadian Military involved in?
answers: text: international security operations

question: What country has the Canadian Military worked in the last years?
answers: text: Afghanistan

question: What year did the Canadian Military operation in Afghanistan start?
answers: text: 2002

question: Where is the current focus of the Canadian Military set?
answers: text: out of area

question: What does NTAO stand for?

question: What year did the Cold War end?

question: What country began war in 2002?

question: What Treaty is the CAF not part of?

question:  What type of operation is the Canadian Military uninvolved in?

question:  What country has the Canadian Military not worked in the last years?

question: What year did the Canadian Military operation in Afghanistan end?

question:  Where is the current focus of the Canadian Military not set?
context: However, since the end of the Cold War, as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has moved much of its defence focus "out of area", the Canadian military has also become more deeply engaged in international security operations in various other parts of the world – most notably in Afghanistan since 2002.

qas: question: What is Canada's defense policy based on?
answers: text: Canada First Defence Strategy

question: When was the Canada First Defence Strategy introduced?
answers: text: 2008

question: How many missions are carried out internally in Canada?
answers: text: six core missions

question: What other location does the Canada First Defence Strategy Cover?
answers: text: North America

question: When was the First Canada Defence Strategy introduced?

question: What is based on the First Canada Defence Strategy?

question: How many global missions are Canadians equipped to carry out?
context: Canadian defence policy today is based on the Canada First Defence Strategy, introduced in 2008. Based on that strategy, the Canadian military is oriented and being equipped to carry out six core missions within Canada, in North America and globally. Specifically, the Canadian Armed Forces are tasked with having the capacity to:

qas: question: What other priority do the Canadian Armed Forces also contribute too?
answers: text: conduct of Canadian defence diplomacy

question: What is an example of another activity that the CAF performs?
answers: text: deployment of Canadian Defence Attachés

question: What other air force does the CAF cooperate with?
answers: text: the American Air Forces

question: What is one of the activities the CAF works on with other countries?
answers: text: military training

question: What diplomatic effort does the CAF perform as part of it's duties?
answers: text: relationship-building efforts

question: What do the Armed Canadian Forces contribute to?

question: How does the Armed Canadian Forces contribute to the conduct of Canadian defence diplomacy?

question: What is the Cooperation System Among the American Air Forces an example of?

question: What other priority do the Canadian Armed Forces never contribute too?

question:  What is not an example of another activity that the CAF performs?

question:  What other air force does the CAF not cooperate with?

question: What is one of the activities the CFF works on with other countries?

question: What diplomatic effort does the CAF doesn't perform as part of it's duties?
context: Consistent with the missions and priorities outlined above, the Canadian Armed Forces also contribute to the conduct of Canadian defence diplomacy through a range of activities, including the deployment of Canadian Defence Attachés, participation in bilateral and multilateral military forums (e.g. the System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces), ship and aircraft visits, military training and cooperation, and other such outreach and relationship-building efforts.

qas: question: What year was Canada united in a confederation?
answers: text: 1867

question: The forces of what countries did people serve before the unification?
answers: text: French and British forces

question: What is one of the threats that faced them?
answers: text: European powers

question: What American war threatened Canada?
answers: text: the American Revolutionary War

question: Early on, what did they defend against with the British?
answers: text: invasion by the United States

question: When was the Confederation established?

question: What year did the American Revolutionary War take place?

question: Who aided in defence during the Fenian Rebellion?

question: Who aided in defence during the Red River Raids?

question: When were Canadian army units formed?

question: What year wasn't Canada united in a confederation?

question: The forces of what countries didn't people serve before the unification?

question:  What is one of the threats that didn't faced them?

question:  What Asian war threatened Canada?

question:  Early on, what didn't they defend against with the British?
context: Prior to Confederation in 1867, residents of the colonies in what is now Canada served as regular members of French and British forces and in local militia groups. The latter aided in the defence of their respective territories against attacks by other European powers, Aboriginal peoples, and later American forces during the American Revolutionary War and War of 1812, as well as in the Fenian raids, Red River Rebellion, and North-West Rebellion. Consequently, the lineages of some Canadian army units stretch back to the early 19th century, when militia units were formed to assist in the defence of British North America against invasion by the United States.

qas: question: Who initially had military command?
answers: text: the British Crown-in-Council

question: Where was the commander-in-chief stationed?
answers: text: Halifax

question: When did the British Army and Royal Navy withdraw from Halifax?
answers: text: 1906

question: The Canadian Armed Forces were initially organized under what department?
answers: text: the Department of Militia and Defence

question: When did the unification complete of all the Canadian forces to be called the Canadian Army?
answers: text: November 1940

question: What responsibility remained with a commander-in-chief for North America?

question: Where was the British Crown-in-Council stationed?

question: What year was the Royal Canadian Navy formed?

question: When were land forces referred to as the Army of Canada?

question: Who initially didn't have military command?

question:  Where was the secretary-in-chief stationed?

question:  When did the French Army and Royal Navy withdraw from Halifax?

question: The Canadian Armed Forces were initially disorganized under what department?

question:  When did the unification complete of all the Canadian forces to be called the French Army?
context: The responsibility for military command remained with the British Crown-in-Council, with a commander-in-chief for North America stationed at Halifax until the final withdrawal of British Army and Royal Navy units from that city in 1906. Thereafter, the Royal Canadian Navy was formed, and, with the advent of military aviation, the Royal Canadian Air Force. These forces were organised under the Department of Militia and Defence, and split into the Permanent and Non-Permanent Active Militias—frequently shortened to simply The Militia. By 1923, the department was merged into the Department of National Defence, but land forces in Canada were not referred to as the Canadian Army until November 1940.

qas: question: When was the first overseas deployment of the Canadian Military?
answers: text: Second Boer War

question: Under what command did they serve?
answers: text: British command

question: When were Canadian Troops called upon to assist in Europe?
answers: text: the First World War

question: What other European war were the Canadian Forces involved in?
answers: text: Second World War

question: What Asian war were the Canadian Forces involved in?
answers: text: Korean War

question: What force was first deployed overseas during the Second World War?

question: Who entered into conflict with the United Kingdom during the First World War?

question: What wars did the Canadian Council-in-Crown send its forces into?

question: When was the first overseas deployment of the French Military?

question:  Under what command did they not serve?

question:  When were Canadian Troops called upon to assist in Asia?

question:  What other European war were the Canadian Forces not involved in?

question:  What Asian war were the Canadian Forces never involved in?
context: The first overseas deployment of Canadian military forces occurred during the Second Boer War, when several units were raised to serve under British command. Similarly, when the United Kingdom entered into conflict with Germany in the First World War, Canadian troops were called to participate in European theatres. The Canadian Crown-in-Council then decided to send its forces into the Second World War, as well as the Korean War.

qas: question: How many operations has the Canadian Military been part of since 1947?
answers: text: more than 200 operations

question: How many operations have been completed by the Canadian Military Internationally?
answers: text: 72

question: What are some of the wars the Canadian Military was involved in?
answers: text: Cold War, First Gulf War, Kosovo War

question: What peace keeping effort is the Canadian Military part of?
answers: text: United Nations Peacekeeping operations

question: What type of military vehicle was maintained almost 15 years but never saw any action during the Cuban crisis?
answers: text: an aircraft carrier

question: What military units have completed more than 200 operations worldwide?

question: How many international operations have Canadian military units participated in since 1947?

question: What have Canadian military units done since 1974?

question: When did the Cold War take place?

question: How many operations has the Canadian Military been part of since 1987?

question: How many operations have been completed by the Canadian Military Nationally?

question:  What are some of the wars the French Military was involved in?

question:  What non-peace keeping effort is the Canadian Military part of?

question: What type of military vehicle was maintained almost 40 years but never saw any action during the Cuban crisis?
context: Since 1947, Canadian military units have participated in more than 200 operations worldwide, and completed 72 international operations. Canadian soldiers, sailors, and aviators came to be considered world-class professionals through conspicuous service during these conflicts and the country's integral participation in NATO during the Cold War, First Gulf War, Kosovo War, and in United Nations Peacekeeping operations, such as the Suez Crisis, Golan Heights, Cyprus, Croatia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Libya. Canada maintained an aircraft carrier from 1957 to 1970 during the Cold War, which never saw combat but participated in patrols during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

qas: question: What famous World War II battle was the Canadian Military part of?
answers: text: the Normandy Landings

question: What effort was the Canadian Military known for in Germany?
answers: text: the strategic bombing of German cities

question: What Battle in France was the Canadian Military known for?
answers: text: the Battle of Vimy Ridge

question: What country was the latest Canadian Military effort?
answers: text: Croatia

question: Who are the Battle of Normandy Landings and the Vimy Ridge Raid notable to?

question: Who are the Battle of Dieppe and the Battle of Medak Pocket notable to?

question: What famous World War II battle was the French Military part of?

question:  What effort was the Canadian Military known for in France?

question:  What Battle in France was the Canadian Military not known for?

question:  What country was the latest French Military effort?
context: Battles which are particularly notable to the Canadian military include the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the Dieppe Raid, the Battle of Ortona, the Battle of Passchendaele, the Normandy Landings, the Battle for Caen, the Battle of the Scheldt, the Battle of Britain, the Battle of the Atlantic, the strategic bombing of German cities, and more recently the Battle of Medak Pocket, in Croatia.

qas: question: Canada had which biggest army during the Second World War?
answers: text: the largest volunteer army ever

question: What country fell providing with more information on Canada's army size?
answers: text: the Soviet Union

question: Which other country had a sizable naval army?
answers: text: Japanese

question: When did Canada possess the fifth-largest air force?

question: When did Canada possess the fourth-largest naval surface fleet?

question: What was introduced at then end of the war?

question: How many conscripts made it into the naval surface fleet?

question: Canada had which biggest army during the Third World War?

question: What country fell providing with less information on Canada's army size?

question:  Which other country had a small naval army?
context: At the end of the Second World War, Canada possessed the fourth-largest air force and fifth-largest naval surface fleet in the world, as well as the largest volunteer army ever fielded. Conscription for overseas service was introduced only near the end of the war, and only 2,400 conscripts actually made it into battle. Originally, Canada was thought to have had the third-largest navy in the world, but with the fall of the Soviet Union, new data based on Japanese and Soviet sources found that to be incorrect.

qas: question: When did the Canadian Armed Forced become to be?
answers: text: 1 February 1968

question: What does the Canadian Armed Forces mostly consist of?
answers: text: the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force

question: What prevented Canada from fully having their own army at the start?
answers: text: the British government

question: When did Canada gain independence from the United Kingdom?
answers: text: 1931

question: What war aided Canadian legislative independence?
answers: text: the First World War

question:  When did the French Armed Forced become to be?

question:  What does the Canadian Armed Forces not consist of?

question: What allowed Canada to fully having their own army at the start?

question: When did Canada lose independence from the United Kingdom?
context: The current iteration of the Canadian Armed Forces dates from 1 February 1968, when the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force were merged into a unified structure and superseded by elemental commands. Its roots, however, lie in colonial militia groups that served alongside garrisons of the French and British armies and navies; a structure that remained in place until the early 20th century. Thereafter, a distinctly Canadian army and navy was established, followed by an air force, that, because of the constitutional arrangements at the time, remained effectively under the control of the British government until Canada gained legislative independence from the United Kingdom in 1931, in part due to the distinguished achievement and sacrifice of the Canadian Corps in the First World War.

qas: question: What is the old name of the Canadian Forces?
answers: text: Canadian Armed Forces

question: When did the Canadian Armed Forces name cease to be?
answers: text: After the 1980s

question: When was the Canadian Armed Forces name reintroduced?
answers: text: 2013

question: What was the new name of the Canadian Armed Forces?
answers: text: Canadian Forces

question: What is the new name of the Canadian Forces?

question:  When did the French Armed Forces end?

question:  When was the French Armed Forces name reintroduced?

question: What was the new name of the French Armed Forces?
context: After the 1980s, the use of the "Canadian Armed Forces" name gave way to "Canadian Forces";[citation needed] The "Canadian Armed Forces" name returned in 2013.

qas: question: What forces were sent out in support of peacekeeping?
answers: text: Land Forces

question: Until when were Canadian forces in Afghanistan?
answers: text: 2011

question: What force were the Canadians part of in Afghanistan?
answers: text: ISAF

question: Who requested the aid of the Canadians?
answers: text: the Government of Afghanistan

question: What type of operations were mainly done by Canadian forces?
answers: text: peacekeeping

question: What forces were sent out out of rejection of peacekeeping?

question:  Until when were Canadian forces in Iraq?

question:  What force were the Canadians part of in Iraq?

question:  Who requested the aid of the French?
context: Land Forces during this period also deployed in support of peacekeeping operations within United Nations sanctioned conflicts. The nature of the Canadian Forces has continued to evolve. They have been deployed in Afghanistan until 2011, under the NATO-led United Nations International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), at the request of the Government of Afghanistan.

qas: question: What is Today's annual cost of the Canadian Forces?
answers: text: approximately $20.1 billion

question: How are the Canadian forces ranked in size compared to other military?
answers: text: 74th in size

question: What is the total force of the Canadian Forces?
answers: text: approximately 119,000

question: By what date is the primary reserve personnel estimated to go up by 30,000?
answers: text: 2020

question: What is the total amount of Canadian Forces estimated to be in 2020?
answers: text: around 124,000

question: What is yesterday's annual cost of the Canadian Forces?

question: How are the French forces ranked in size compared to other military?

question: What is the total force of the French Forces?

question: By what date is the secondary reserve personnel estimated to go up by 30,000?
context: The Armed Forces are today funded by approximately $20.1 billion annually and are presently ranked 74th in size compared to the world's other armed forces by number of total personnel, and 58th in terms of active personnel, standing at a strength of roughly 68,000, plus 27,000 reservists, 5000 Rangers, and 19,000 supplementary reserves, bringing the total force to approximately 119,000. The number of primary reserve personnel is expected to go up to 30,000 by 2020, and the number of active to at least 70,000. In addition, 5000 rangers and 19,000 supplementary personnel will be serving. If this happens the total strength would be around 124,000. These individuals serve on numerous CF bases located in all regions of the country, and are governed by the Queen's Regulations and Orders and the National Defence Act.

qas: question: What was the effort called to upgrade the Canadian Forces?
answers: text: the Canada First Defence Strategy

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

question: What major problem is the CAF trying to address currently?
answers: text: loss of existing members

question: What was the effort called to downgrade the Canadian Forces?

question:  How were the Canadian Forces upgraded in 2018?

question:  What major problem is the CAF not trying to address currently?
context: In 2008 the Government of Canada made efforts, through the Canada First Defence Strategy, to modernize the Canadian Armed Forces, through the purchase of new equipment, improved training and readiness, as well as the establishment of the Canadian Special Operations Regiment. More funds were also put towards recruitment, which had been dwindling throughout the 1980s and '90s, possibly because the Canadian populace had come to perceive the CAF as peacekeepers rather than as soldiers, as shown in a 2008 survey conducted for the Department of National Defence. The poll found that nearly two thirds of Canadians agreed with the country's participation in the invasion of Afghanistan, and that the military should be stronger, but also that the purpose of the forces should be different, such as more focused on responding to natural disasters. Then CDS, Walter Natynczyk, said later that year that while recruiting has become more successful, the CF was facing a problem with its rate of loss of existing members, which increased between 2006 and 2008 from 6% to 9.2% annually.

qas: question: What equipment was acquired to aid in Afghanistan?
answers: text: main battle tanks, artillery, unmanned air vehicles

question: What large transport plane is part of the CAF mission?
answers: text: C-130 Hercules

question: What new type of helicopter was recently acquired?
answers: text: CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters

question: When was the renewal and re-equipment effort started?
answers: text: 2006

question:  What equipment was acquired to aid in Iraq?

question:  What small transport plane is part of the CAF mission?

question:  What new type of helicopter was not recently acquired?

question:  When was the renewal and re-equipment effort ended?
context: The 2006 renewal and re-equipment effort has resulted in the acquisition of specific equipment (main battle tanks, artillery, unmanned air vehicles and other systems) to support the mission in Afghanistan. It has also encompassed initiatives to renew certain so-called "core capabilities" (such as the air force's medium range transport aircraft fleet – the C-130 Hercules – and the army's truck and armoured vehicle fleets). In addition, new systems (such as C-17 Globemaster III strategic transport aircraft and CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters) have also been acquired for the Armed Forces. Although the viability of the Canada First Defence Strategy continues to suffer setbacks from challenging and evolving fiscal and other factors, it originally aimed to:

qas: question: What roles were women recruited for in the 1950s?
answers: text: medicine, communication, logistics, and administration

question: What year did further recruitment for women open in the CAF?
answers: text: 1971

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

question: Why were women eventually allowed to serve at sea in the CAF?
answers: text: the Department changed its policies

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

question:  What roles were women recruited for in the 1980s?

question:  What year did further recruitment for men open in the CAF?

question:  What non traditional tasks were women recruited for in the 1990s?

question:  Why were men eventually allowed to serve at sea in the CAF?

question: What charter directly affected a man's right to serve in the CAF?
context: In the 1950s, the recruitment of women was open to roles in medicine, communication, logistics, and administration. The roles of women in the CAF began to expand in 1971, after the Department reviewed the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, at which time it lifted the ceiling of 1,500 women personnel, and gradually expanded employment opportunities into the non-traditional areas—vehicle drivers and mechanics, aircraft mechanics, air-traffic controllers, military police, and firefighters. The Department further reviewed personnel policies in 1978 and 1985, after Parliament passed the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. As a result of these reviews, the Department changed its policies to permit women to serve at sea in replenishment ships and in a diving tender, with the army service battalions, in military police platoons and field ambulance units, and in most air squadrons.

qas: question: Name some of the jobs in the CAF off limits to women in the 1980s.
answers: text: 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?
answers: text: 5 February 1987

question: Who created an office to study these effects?
answers: text: the Minister of National Defence

question: What was the study called?
answers: text: Combat-Related Employment of Women

question: Name some of the teaching opportunities in the CAF off limits to women in the 1980s.

question: On what date was a study created to research the impart on men in direct involvement?

question:  Who created an office to reject these effects?

question:  What was the school called?
context: In 1987, occupations and units with the primary role of preparing for direct involvement in combat on the ground or at sea were still closed to women: infantry, armoured corps, field artillery, air-defence artillery, signals, field engineers, and naval operations. On 5 February 1987, the Minister of National Defence created an office to study the impact of employing men and women in combat units. These trials were called Combat-Related Employment of Women.

qas: question: What year were most military occupations opened to women?
answers: text: 1989

question: What military occupation wasn't opened to women until the 2000s?
answers: text: submarine service

question: By how much did opening these jobs to women increase the recruiting pool by?
answers: text: 100 percent

question: Which government was responsible in Canadian history for this fact?
answers: text: the government of Jean Chretien

question: What year were most military occupations opened to men?

question: hat military occupation wasn't opened to men until the 2000s?

question:  By how much did opening these jobs to men increase the recruiting pool by?

question: Which government was responsible in French history for this fact?
context: All military occupations were open to women in 1989, with the exception of submarine service, which opened in 2000. Throughout the 1990s, the introduction of women into the combat arms increased the potential recruiting pool by about 100 percent. It also provided opportunities for all persons to serve their country to the best of their abilities. Women were fully integrated in all occupations and roles by the government of Jean Chretien, and by 8 March 2000, even allowed to serve on submarines.

qas: question: What is a requirement for equipment for the CAF?
answers: text: equipment must be suitable for a mixed-gender force

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

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

question: What is a requirement for equipment for the CE?

question:  What are some of the equipment used by neither men and women?

question: What special entitlement are men provided as part of their service?
context: All equipment must be suitable for a mixed-gender force. Combat helmets, rucksacks, combat boots, and flak jackets are designed to ensure women have the same level of protection and comfort as their male colleagues. The women's uniform is similar in design to the men's uniform, but conforms to the female figure, and is functional and practical. Women are also provided with an annual financial entitlement for the purchase of brassiere undergarments.

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

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

qas: question: What determines who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed forces?
answers: text: The Canadian constitution

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

question: What orders fall under the royal prerogative?
answers: text: troop deployment and disposition orders

question: Who must sign these orders for them to be valid?
answers: text: the monarch or governor general

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

question: What determines who is the Secretary-in-Chief of the Armed forces?

question: Who does the Secretary-in-Chief authorize to make decision regarding the Armed Forces for them?

question:  What orders fall under the non-royal prerogative?

question:  Who must sign these orders for them to be invalid?
context: The Canadian constitution determines that the Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces is the country's sovereign, who, since 1904, has authorized his or her viceroy, the governor general, to exercise the duties ascribed to the post of Commander-in-Chief and to hold the associated title since 1905. All troop deployment and disposition orders, including declarations of war, fall within the royal prerogative and are issued as Orders in Council, which must be signed by either the monarch or governor general. Under the Westminster system's parliamentary customs and practices, however, the monarch and viceroy must generally follow the advice of his or her ministers in Cabinet, including the prime minister and minister of national defence, who are accountable to the elected House of Commons.

qas: question: The armed forces has approximately how many members?
answers: text: 115,349

question: Who is the highest ranking member of the Armed Forces?
answers: text: the Chief of the Defence Staff

question: Who appoints the Chief of the Defence?
answers: text: The governor general

question: What location does the National Defense operate out of?
answers: text: Ottawa, Ontario

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

question: The rallied forces has approximately how many members?

question:  Who is the highest ranking member of the non-Armed Forces?

question:  Who doesn't appoint the Chief of the Defence?

question:  What are some of the members of the Non-Armed Forces Council?
context: The Armed Forces' 115,349 personnel are divided into a hierarchy of numerous ranks of officers and non-commissioned members. The governor general appoints, on the advice of the prime minister, the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) as the highest ranking commissioned officer in the Armed Forces and who, as head of the Armed Forces Council, is in command of the Canadian Forces. The Armed Forces Council generally operates from National Defence Headquarters (NDHQ) in Ottawa, Ontario. On the Armed Forces Council sit the heads of Canadian Joint Operations Command and Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, and the heads of the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, the Royal Canadian Air Force and other key Level 1 organizations. The sovereign and most other members of the Canadian Royal Family also act as colonels-in-chief, honorary air commodores, air commodores-in-chief, admirals, and captains-general of Canadian Forces units, though these positions are ceremonial.

qas: question: How many Canadian Forces bases are there in Canada?
answers: text: 27

question: Where do Canadian Forces members go for training?
answers: text: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

question: What is the place called where initial training happens?
answers: text: Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School

question: How many non-Canadian Forces bases are there in Canada?

question:  Where do non-Canadian Forces members go for training?

question: What is the place called where post-initial training happens?
context: Canada's Armed forces operate out of 27 Canadian Forces bases (CFB) across the country, including NDHQ. This number has been gradually reduced since the 1970s with bases either being closed or merged. Both officers and non-commissioned members receive their basic training at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Officers will generally either directly enter the Canadian Armed Forces with a degree from a civilian university, or receive their commission upon graduation from the Royal Military College of Canada. Specific element and trade training is conducted at a variety of institutions throughout Canada, and to a lesser extent, the world.

qas: question: How many warships does the Royal Canadian Navy have?
answers: text: 33

question: Where are the Maritime Forces Atlantic located?
answers: text: Halifax

question: What formation is located in Quebec?
answers: text: the Naval Reserve Headquarters (NAVRESHQ)

question: What international exercises does the RCN partake in?
answers: text: NATO exercises

question: How many warships does the Non-Canadian Navy have?

question:  Where are the Maritime Forces Pacific located?

question:  What formation is located in Ottawa?

question:  What international exercises does the RNN partake in?
context: The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), headed by the Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, includes 33 warships and submarines deployed in two fleets: Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) at CFB Esquimalt on the west coast, and Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) at Her Majesty's Canadian Dockyard in Halifax on the east coast, as well as one formation: the Naval Reserve Headquarters (NAVRESHQ) at Quebec City, Quebec. The fleet is augmented by various aircraft and supply vessels. The RCN participates in NATO exercises and operations, and ships are deployed all over the world in support of multinational deployments.

qas: question: Who heads the Canadian Army?
answers: text: Commander of the Canadian Army

question: How many divisions are there in the Canadian Army?
answers: text: four divisions

question: What are the four divisions?
answers: text: 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?
answers: text: the 5th Canadian Division

question: The Canadian Army Headquarters are located in what division?
answers: text: the 5th Canadian Division

question:  Who heads the non-Canadian Army?

question:  How many divisions are there in the non-Canadian Army?

question:  What is the sixth division?

question:  The non-Canadian Army Headquarters are located in what division?
context: The Canadian Army is headed by the Commander of the Canadian Army and administered through four divisions—the 2nd Canadian Division, the 3rd Canadian Division, the 4th Canadian Division and the 5th Canadian Division—the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training System and the Canadian Army Headquarters.

qas: question: How many brigades does the Army consist of?
answers: text: three

question: Each Brigade contains how many regiments?
answers: text: one

question: What squadron is present but not an official part of the Brigade?
answers: text: tactical helicopter squadron

question: What medical group is present at all Brigades but not part of it?
answers: text: a field ambulance

question: How many brigades does the non-Army consist of?

question:  Each non-Brigade contains how many regiments?

question:  What squadron is present but is an official part of the Brigade?

question: What medical group is not present at all Brigades but not part of it?
context: Currently, the Regular Force component of the Army consists of three field-ready brigade groups: 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, at CFB Edmonton and CFB Shilo; 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, at CFB Petawawa and CFB Gagetown; and 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, at CFB Valcartier and Quebec City. Each contains one regiment each of artillery, armour, and combat engineers, three battalions of infantry (all scaled in the British fashion), one battalion for logistics, a squadron for headquarters/signals, and several smaller support organizations. A tactical helicopter squadron and a field ambulance are co-located with each brigade, but do not form part of the brigade's command structure.

qas: question: Where is most of the major training performed?
answers: text: CFB Gagetown, CFB Montreal and CFB Wainwright.

question:  Where is most of the minor training performed?
context: The 2nd, 3rd and 4th Canadian Divisions each has a Regular Force brigade group, and each division except the 1st has two to three Reserve Force brigades groups. In total, there are ten Reserve Force brigade groups. The 5th Canadian Division and the 2nd Canadian Division each have two Reserve Force brigade groups, while the 4th Canadian Division and the 3rd Canadian Division each have three Reserve Force brigade groups. Major training and support establishments exist at CFB Gagetown, CFB Montreal and CFB Wainwright.

qas: question: Who heads the Royal Canadian Air Force?
answers: text: the Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force

question: Where is the commander based out of?
answers: text: Winnipeg

question: How many air force wings are located across Canada?
answers: text: eleven

question: Who reports to the operational commander about the wings?
answers: text: tactical commander

question:  Who heads the non-Canadian Air Force?

question: Where is the commander based out of?

question:  How many air force wings are located outside of Canada?

question:  Who reports to the operational secretary about the wings?
context: The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) is headed by the Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The commander of 1 Canadian Air Division and Canadian NORAD Region, based in Winnipeg, is responsible for the operational command and control of Air Force activities throughout Canada and worldwide. 1 Canadian Air Division operations are carried out through eleven wings located across Canada. The commander of 2 Canadian Air Division is responsible for training and support functions. 2 Canadian Air Division operations are carried out at two wings. Wings represent the grouping of various squadrons, both operational and support, under a single tactical commander reporting to the operational commander and vary in size from several hundred personnel to several thousand.

qas: question: What are some locations of the air bases?
answers: text: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba

question: Where are the command facilities located?
answers: text: Winnipeg and North Bay

question: Where is the Canadian component of the NATO located?
answers: text: Geilenkirchen, Germany

question: What NATO force are the Canadians part of?
answers: text: Airborne Early Warning Force

question: What location is a Canadian airforce base located whose name is also a dog breed?
answers: text: Labrador

question:  What are some locations of the navy bases?

question:  Where are the non-command facilities located?

question: Where is the non-Canadian component of the NATO located?

question:  What non-NATO force are the Canadians part of?

question: What location is a Canadian navy base located whose name is also a dog breed?
context: Major air bases are located in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, while administrative and command and control facilities are located in Winnipeg and North Bay. A Canadian component of the NATO Airborne Early Warning Force is also based at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen near Geilenkirchen, Germany.

qas: question: What does JTFN stand for?
answers: text: Joint Task Force (North)

question: What it located through Canada's Northern Regions?
answers: text: a chain of forward operating locations

question: What can each forwarding operation location provide?
answers: text: fighter operations

question: What squadrons deploy to these locations?
answers: text: CF-18 squadrons

question: What patrols are organized from these locations?
answers: text: Arctic sovereignty patrols.

question:  What it located through non-Canada's Northern Regions?

question: What can't each forwarding operation location provide?

question:  What squadrons won't deploy to these locations?

question: What patrols aren't organized from these locations?
context: The RCAF and Joint Task Force (North) (JTFN) also maintain at various points throughout Canada's northern region a chain of forward operating locations, each capable of supporting fighter operations. Elements of CF-18 squadrons periodically deploy to these airports for short training exercises or Arctic sovereignty patrols.

qas: question: When was the Canadian Joint Operations Command established?
answers: text: October 2012

question: What are the parts that merged into the Canadian Joint Operations Command?
answers: text: Canada Command, the Canadian Expeditionary Force Command and the Canadian Operational Support Command

question: What specifically prompted this merger?
answers: text: the 2012 federal budget

question:  When was the non-Canadian Joint Operations Command established?

question: What are the parts that merged into the non-Canadian Joint Operations Command?

question:  What specifically didn't prompt this merger?
context: The Canadian Joint Operations Command is an operational element established in October 2012 with the merger of Canada Command, the Canadian Expeditionary Force Command and the Canadian Operational Support Command. The new command, created as a response to the cost-cutting measures in the 2012 federal budget, combines the resources, roles and responsibilities of the three former commands under a single headquarters.

qas: question: what does CANSOFCOM stand for?
answers: text: The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command

question: What is the CANSOFCOM focussed on?
answers: text: generating special operations forces

question: What do the special forces support?
answers: text: CJOC

question: Where is the Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit based?
answers: text: CFB Trenton

question: How many Special Operations Aviation Squadron are based at Petawawa?
answers: text: 427

question: what does CANSOFCORN stand for?

question:  What is the CANSOFCOM not focused on?

question:  What don't the special forces support?

question:  Where is the non-Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit based?

question: How many Special Operations Aviation Squadron aren't based at Petawawa?
context: The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) is a formation capable of operating independently but primarily focused on generating special operations forces (SOF) elements to support CJOC. The command includes Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2), the Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit (CJIRU) based at CFB Trenton, as well as the Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR) and 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron (SOAS) based at CFB Petawawa.

qas: question: What is the the Information Management Group responsible for?
answers: text: electronic warfare and the protection of the Armed Forces' communications and computer networks

question: Where is the Information Management Group located?
answers: text: CFS Leitrim in Ottawa

question: What is the task of the CAF Cyber Task Force?
answers: text: design and build cyber warfare capabilities

question: When was the Directorate of Cybernetics established?
answers: text: June 2011

question: Who heads the Directorate?
answers: text: the Director General Cyber

question: What is the the Information Management Group not responsible for?

question:  Where is the non-Information Management Group located?

question:  What is the task of the non-Cyber Task Force?

question:  When was the Directorate of Non-Cybernetics established?

question:  Who was fired from the Directorate?
context: Among other things, the Information Management Group is responsible for the conduct of electronic warfare and the protection of the Armed Forces' communications and computer networks. Within the group, this operational role is fulfilled by the Canadian Forces Information Operations Group, headquartered at CFS Leitrim in Ottawa, which operates the following units: the Canadian Forces Information Operations Group Headquarters (CFIOGHQ), the Canadian Forces Electronic Warfare Centre (CFEWC), the Canadian Forces Network Operation Centre (CFNOC), the Canadian Forces Signals Intelligence Operations Centre (CFSOC), the Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Leitrim, and the 764 Communications Squadron. In June 2011 the Canadian Armed Forces Chief of Force Development announced the establishment of a new organization, the Directorate of Cybernetics, headed by a Brigadier General, the Director General Cyber (DG Cyber). Within that directorate the newly established CAF Cyber Task Force, has been tasked to design and build cyber warfare capabilities for the Canadian Armed Forces.

qas: question: Who does The Health Services Group serve?
answers: text: the Canadian Armed Forces

question: Who can temporarily be assigned the Health Serviced Group?
answers: text: Joint Task Force

question: What type of support does The Health Services Group provide?
answers: text: domestic support

question: Who won't The Health Services Group serve?

question:  Who can't temporarily be assigned the Health Serviced Group?

question:  What type of support does The Health Services Group refuse?
context: The Health Services Group is a joint formation that includes over 120 general or specialized units and detachments providing health services to the Canadian Armed Forces. With few exceptions, all elements are under command of the Surgeon General for domestic support and force generation, or temporarily assigned under command of a deployed Joint Task Force through Canadian Joint Operations Command.

qas: question: When can the reserve force be called upon?
answers: text: in times of national emergency or threat

question: What troops does The reserve force consists of?
answers: text: primary and supplementary

question: When can't the reserve force be called upon?

question:  What troops does The reserve force not consist of?
context: The Canadian Armed Forces have a total reserve force of approximately 50,000 primary and supplementary that can be called upon in times of national emergency or threat. For the components and sub-components of the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve Force, the order of precedence follows:

qas: question: Who commands the reserves?
answers: text: Chief of Reserves and Cadets

question: What are some of the components of the reserve force?
answers: text: the Naval Reserve (NAVRES), Land Force Reserve (LFR), and Air Reserve (AIRRES)

question: Who won't command the reserves?

question:  What are some of the components of the non-reserve force?
context: Approximately 26,000 citizen soldiers, sailors, and airmen and women, trained to the level of and interchangeable with their Regular Force counterparts, and posted to CAF operations or duties on a casual or ongoing basis, make up the Primary Reserve. This group is represented, though not commanded, at NDHQ by the Chief of Reserves and Cadets, who is usually a major general or rear admiral, and is divided into four components that are each operationally and administratively responsible to its corresponding environmental command in the Regular Force – the Naval Reserve (NAVRES), Land Force Reserve (LFR), and Air Reserve (AIRRES) – in addition to one force that does not fall under an environmental command, the Health Services Reserve under the Canadian Forces Health Services Group.

qas: question: Who conducts training of the cadets?
answers: text: Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service

question: What age are the cadets in the Canadian Cadet Movement?
answers: text: 12 to 18 years

question: What branch are the majority of COATS members?
answers: text: officers of the Cadet Instructors Cadre

question: Who is eligible to serve as a COATS trainer?
answers: text: Reserve Force Sub-Component COATS

question: Who conducts formation of the cadets?

question:  What age are the cadets in the Non-Canadian Cadet Movement?

question:  What branch are the minority of COATS members?

question:  Who is not eligible to serve as a COATS trainer?
context: The Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service (COATS) consists of officers and non-commissioned members who conduct training, safety, supervision and administration of nearly 60,000 cadets aged 12 to 18 years in the Canadian Cadet Movement. The majority of members in COATS are officers of the Cadet Instructors Cadre (CIC) branch of the CAF. Members of the Reserve Force Sub-Component COATS who are not employed part-time (Class A) or full-time (Class B) may be held on the "Cadet Instructor Supplementary Staff List" (CISS List) in anticipation of employment in the same manner as other reservists are held as members of the Supplementary Reserve.

qas: question: What do Canadian Rangers perform?
answers: text: provide surveillance and patrol services

question: Where do the Canadian Rangers operate?
answers: text: in Canada's arctic

question: Which force are the Rangers part of?
answers: text: reserve force

question: What do the Canadian Rangers safekeep?
answers: text: Canada's exercise of sovereignty over its northern territory

question: What do non-Canadian Rangers perform?

question: Where do the non-Canadian Rangers operate?

question:  Which force aren't the Rangers part of?

question:  What genocide did the Canadian Rangers start?
context: The Canadian Rangers, who provide surveillance and patrol services in Canada's arctic and other remote areas, are an essential reserve force component used for Canada's exercise of sovereignty over its northern territory.

qas: question: What is suitable for CAF members to wear on any occasion?
answers: text: service dress

question: What other parts are there to a uniform?
answers: text: gloves, swords, and medals

question: What is now the daily uniform worn by members of the CAF?
answers: text: operational dress is now the daily uniform

question: What can be worn in cold winter weather?
answers: text: Approved parkas

question: What is only worn for very specific occasions?
answers: text: a ceremonial/regimental full dress

question: What is suitable for CAD members to wear on any occasion?

question:  What other parts aren't there to a uniform?

question:  What is not the daily uniform worn by members of the CAF?

question:  What can be worn in warm winter weather?

question:  What is only worn for very non-specific occasions?
context: Only service dress is suitable for CAF members to wear on any occasion, barring "dirty work" or combat. With gloves, swords, and medals (No. 1 or 1A), it is suitable for ceremonial occasions and "dressed down" (No. 3 or lower), it is suitable for daily wear. Generally, after the elimination of base dress (although still defined for the Air Force uniform), operational dress is now the daily uniform worn by most members of the CF, unless service dress is prescribed (such as at the NDHQ, on parades, at public events, etc.). Approved parkas are authorized for winter wear in cold climates and a light casual jacket is also authorized for cooler days. The navy, most army, and some other units have, for very specific occasions, a ceremonial/regimental full dress, such as the naval "high-collar" white uniform, kilted Highland, Scottish, and Irish regiments, and the scarlet uniforms of the Royal Military Colleges.

qas: question: What are some of the authorized head dresses for the CAF?
answers: text: beret, wedge cap, ballcap

question: Are there specific rules for wearing head dresses?
answers: text: coloured according to the distinctive uniform worn

question: What is the most popular head dress worn?
answers: text: The beret

question: What headdress does the Canadian Army wear?
answers: text: CG634 helmet

question: What are some of the unauthorized head dresses for the CAF?

question:  Are there specific rules for not wearing head dresses?

question:  What is the least popular head dress worn?

question:  What headdress does the Non-Canadian Army wear?
context: Authorized headdress for the Canadian Armed Forces are the: beret, wedge cap, ballcap, Yukon cap, and tuque (toque). Each is coloured according to the distinctive uniform worn: navy (white or navy blue), army (rifle green or "regimental" colour), air force (light blue). Adherents of the Sikh faith may wear uniform turbans (dastar) (or patka, when operational) and Muslim women may wear uniform tucked hijabs under their authorized headdress. Jews may wear yarmulke under their authorized headdress and when bareheaded. The beret is probably the most widely worn headgear and is worn with almost all orders of dress (with the exception of the more formal orders of Navy and Air Force dress), and the colour of which is determined by the wearer's environment, branch, or mission. Naval personnel, however, seldom wear berets, preferring either service cap or authorized ballcaps (shipboard operational dress), which only the Navy wear. Air Force personnel, particularly officers, prefer the wedge cap to any other form of headdress. There is no naval variant of the wedge cap. The Yukon cap and tuque are worn only with winter dress, although clearance and combat divers may wear tuques year-round as a watch cap. Soldiers in Highland, Scottish, and Irish regiments generally wear alternative headdress, including the glengarry, balmoral, tam o'shanter, and caubeen instead of the beret. The officer cadets of both Royal Military Colleges wear gold-braided "pillbox" (cavalry) caps with their ceremonial dress and have a unique fur "Astrakhan" for winter wear. The Canadian Army wears the CG634 helmet.

qas: question: What gives the federal government responsibility for national defense?
answers: text: The Constitution of Canada

question: What year was an additional 12.5 Billion Canadian Dollars assigned for over five years?
answers: text: 2005

question: What gives the federal government responsibility for international defense?

question: What year was an additional 12.5 Billion Canadian Dollars assigned for over 10 years?
context: The Constitution of Canada gives the federal government exclusive responsibility for national defence, and expenditures are thus outlined in the federal budget. For the 2008–2009 fiscal year, the amount allocated for defence spending was CAD$18.9 billion. This regular funding was augmented in 2005 with an additional CAD$12.5 billion over five years, as well as a commitment to increasing regular force troop levels by 5,000 persons, and the primary reserve by 3,000 over the same period. In 2006, a further CAD$5.3 billion over five years was provided to allow for 13,000 more regular force members, and 10,000 more primary reserve personnel, as well as CAD$17.1 billion for the purchase of new trucks for the Canadian Army, transport aircraft and helicopters for the Royal Canadian Air Force, and joint support ships for the Royal Canadian Navy.

qas: question: What color is the DEU uniform if it isn't green?

question: What are the "red" trades?

question: What does "DUE" stand for?

question: What is the fourth similar environmental uniform?
context: Although the Canadian Armed Forces are a single service, there are three similar but distinctive environmental uniforms (DEUs): navy blue (which is actually black) for the navy, rifle green for the army, and light blue for the air force. CAF members in operational occupations generally wear the DEU to which their occupation "belongs." CAF members in non-operational occupations (the "purple" trades) are allocated a uniform according to the "distribution" of their branch within the CAF, association of the branch with one of the former services, and the individual's initial preference. Therefore, on any given day, in any given CAF unit, all three coloured uniforms may be seen.