Good afternoon.
My name is Brigadier-General Gary O'Brien. I am the chief of staff for Land Reserve. I am the senior army reserve adviser to the chief of the land staff. I am also the commander of the Canadian Rangers as a secondary duty, handling all of the reserve issues within the army.
My prime responsibilities, aside from managing the Canadian Rangers, are to provide advice and cover all the institutional issues within the army reserve for the chief of the land staff. I was in Afghanistan before Dennis, so I too am an Afghanistan veteran. I was responsible for running the ANP program for the coalition.