Atlantic Region selected for first phase of CF transformation

News Release

Commander of Joint Task Force Atlantic and stand-up date announced
June 28, 2005
OTTAWA -- Chief of the Defence Staff, General Rick Hillier, today appointed Rear-Admiral Dan McNeil to be the Commander of Joint Task Force Atlantic – the first of six regional commands which will be responsible for conducting domestic operations under Canada Command.
Rear-Admiral McNeil is charged with standing-up the new Joint Task Force – comprised of maritime, land and air components – starting July 1.
The co-location of maritime, land and air headquarters, formations and units in and near Halifax make the Atlantic region a natural location to begin the transition to a regional command structure under Canada Command.
“It is anticipated there will be many valuable lessons learned from the Atlantic experience,” said General Hillier, “and these will be applied to the phased in stand-up of other regional commands across Canada.”
Rear-Admiral McNeil previously was the Commander Maritime Forces Atlantic.
-30-

Search for related information by keyword

National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces Military

Page details

2016-12-15

We have archived this page and will not be updating it.

We have archived this page and will not be updating it.

Atlantic Region selected for first phase of CF transformation

News Release

Page details