I am not saying that you should be involved but rather that it is not appropriate for the Chief of Defence Staff to be called upon to decide on a grievance relating to the chain of command and affecting a soldier because he is biased, in a way. I suppose that he would tend to support... It is as if, with a grievance from an employee about his employer, the decision were to be made by the CEO. His tendency would probably be in many cases to decide against the employee.
As the chairperson, you could set up an independent tribunal. Do you think that tribunal should have the final decision-making power, instead of the Chief of Defence Staff?