The Canadian Armed Forces Retention Strategy

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• Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Retention Strategy
• Deputy Minister (DM) and Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) Directive for CAF Reconstitution
• Related links

The CAF Retention Strategy presents our renewed approach to managing retention, designed to flexibly respond to emerging and changing needs for today’s CAF members and the CAF members of tomorrow, and the new demands that might be asked of them. The Strategy responds to needs identified by the Government and associated oversight organizations, and the vision for the CAF presented in the Defence Policy Strong, Secure, Engaged.

The CAF Retention Strategy

The Strategy provides direction to Level 1 and Level 2 organizations for the development and implementation of measures to improve retention within the CAF.

• CAF Retention Strategy

CDS/DM Directive for CAF Reconstitution

• The CAF Reconstitution Directive

Related Links

• Maple Leaf Article | The CAF Retention Strategy is now online
• Defence Team News Interview with Col Stephanie Godin, Director Personnel Strategies, on the CAF Retention Strategy