On 1 April 1966, prior to the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, the land forces were placed under a new command called Force Mobile Command (French: Commandement des forces mobiles). Finally, in 1940, an order in council renamed the Active Militia to the Canadian Army. This Militia was later subdivided into the Permanent Active Militia and the Non-Permanent Active Militia. The Army is also supported by 3,000 civilian employees from the civil service.įormed in 1855, as the Active Militia, in response to the threat of the United States to the Province of Canada after the British garrison left for the Crimean War. The Army is headed by the concurrently held Commander of the Canadian Army and Chief of the Army Staff, who is subordinate to the Chief of the Defence Staff. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also responsible for the Army Reserve, the largest component of the Primary Reserve. The Canadian Army ( French: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces.
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