CAF Rank Reform
Restoring Tradition: Repairing the Rank Structure of the Canadian Armed Forces
1968 Unification – The Erasure of the Army, Air Force, and Navy In 1968, under the leadership of Defence Minister Paul Hellyer, the Canadian government forcibly unified the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) into a single entity: the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The stated