Secret to Arctic emergency response is anticipation: Natynczyk

By: Bob Weber, THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada's military must learn to anticipate crises before they happen to operate effectively in the Arctic, says the new chief of defence staff. Speaking from Iqaluit, Nunavut, where he is overseeing the latest set of military manoeuvres in the North, Gen. Walter Natynczyk said effective response to situations from an oil spill to a fire on a cruise ship is as much a function of command culture as it is of equipment. "What I'm describing is a culture, it's not so much a capability that you need this or that," Natynczyk said Thursday. "It's a culture where commanders know they have authority to react to requests or circumstances which would suggest that a crisis is about to unfold. "You anticipate requirements. "What I'm saying to commanders is that, as a culture of operation, anticipate, lean... [read full story]