Department of National Defence Canada, Department of National Defence Canada - External link, Department of National Defence Canada - History, Canadian Forces Communications Command, Canadian Forces Land Force Command, Canadian Forces Maritime Command, Canadian Forces Air Command, Military of Canada, Disaster Assistance Response Team
ARTICLES RELATED TO Department of National Defence Canada - History
DND was created on January 1, 1923 through an amalgamation of the Department of Naval Services with the Department of Militia and Defence and the Air Board. DND was intended to reduce administrative costs among the three services, as well as improve the coordination of national security policies. DND brought under a single department, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Militia and Canadian Army, and the Canadian Air Force (later the Royal Canadian Air Force).
Early efforts at integrating the services failed and the RCN, army, and RCAF maint ...
