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L'ACD a dirigé un examen exhaustif de l'éducation professionnelle des officiers, qui s'est terminé en 2003, et qui a révélé un certain nombre de domaines problématiques, particulièrement dans les cours d'état-major du CFC offerts aux capitaines de corvette, majors, capitaines de frégate et lieutenants-colonels.
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A number of initiatives then commenced to assist with the evolution of professional military education for senior officers. The CDA conducted an end-to-end review of officer professional education that was completed in 2003, and it noted a number of problem areas, specifically with the staff education offered to lieutenant-commanders/majors – commanders/lieutenant-colonels at the CFC. Following from this, in 2004, the Armed Forces Council (AFC)34 directed an examination of this professional activity and the associated professional development of this segment of officers. As a result of this scrutiny, a number of shortcomings were brought forward. Firstly, it was noted that the officers sent to the CFC for the Command and Staff Course (CSC), now known as the Joint Command and Staff Program (JCSP), frequently received this professional education too late in their careers to benefit the Canadian Forces. Also, for the most part, only officers that had the potential to be selected for command where being sent to the CSC, leaving many other officers without the skills necessary to function in other senior officer positions. Secondly, the course focussed upon, for the most part, professional command and staff proficiencies, but did not key in upon the other skills necessary to address the institutional needs of the Canadian Forces. Lastly, it was acknowledged that the underpinnings of professional development consisted of “education, training, experience, and self-development.” The aspect of self-development was not seen to be adequately represented at this level of professional formation.35
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