"Grass roots"
Subtitle: perspectives of senior non-commissioned officers on operations
By: edited by Emily Spencer.
Contributors: Spencer, Emily.; Canadian Defence Academy.
Series: In harm's way
Publisher: Canadian Defence Academy Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Kingston, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780662478133; 9780662478140
Subjects: Canada. -- Forces armées -- Sous-officiers; Military art and science -- Canada; Operational art (Military science); Command of troops; Art et science militaires -- Canada; Art des opérations (Science militaire); Commandement des troupes; Canada -- Armed Forces -- History -- 20th century; Canada -- Armed Forces -- Foreign countries; Canada -- Armed Forces -- Non-commissioned officers; Canada -- Forces armées -- Histoire -- 20e siècle; Canada -- Forces armées à l'étranger
Other titles: Perspectives of senior non-commissioned officers on operations
Notes: Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued by: Canadian Defence Academy.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface; title: Introduction: Crucible of success: the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Corps / Bernd Horn; title: 1. Building for the future: the construction of Camp Mirage, Operation Apollo, Rotation Zero / Charles Malchow; title: 2. Walking the line and keeping them happy: The leadership experiences of CPO1 Eric Carberry on Operation Apollo, Rotation Zero / Craig Leslie Mantle; title: 3. Operation Apollo through the eyes of Battle Group RSM, February-July 2002 / J. A. Comeau; title: 4. Leadership lessons learned / Alex Bouzane; title: 5. "Loose lips sink ships": The leadership experiences of CPO1 Ken Mullins on Operation Apollo, Rotation 2 / Craig Leslie Mantle; title: 6. The candyman cometh: The leadership experiences of CPO1 (Ret'd) Pat Evans on Operation Apollo, Rotation 3 / Craig Leslie Mantle; title: 7. Lessons learned from a Camp Sergeant-Major Operation Athena, Rotation Zero, Kabul, Afghanistan / T. J. P. Mugford; title: 8. Leadership challenges during Formed and Composite Unit deployments / Thomas J. Secretan; title: 9. Setting standards for the future: Advice from an RSM / Andre Jutras; title: 10. Establishing a Canadian footprint in Afghanistan: Insight from an RSM during Operation Athena / Michael Poirier; title: 11. Combat tour in Afghanistan: Lessons learned from an RSM / Randy Northrup; title: 12. Words of wisdom from a Task Force RSM: Operation Athena, Rotation 3, February-August 2005 / Lee Top; title: 13. Task Force Afghanistan 2006 / Kit Charlebois; title: 14. Animosity in the ranks: the difficulty in integrating Reserve Augmentees into Regular Force Battalions / Kurt Grant.