At the time transition happened, I was south of the border, so I wasn't involved in the day-to-day activities. General Benjamin was the first commander of CANOSCOM, so he was in place when that happened. I can only give you a bit of an overview of how the transition happened.
I consisted in standing up a small cell that started to build capabilities. The first was Canadian Expeditionary Force Command, then Canada Command, and then Operational Support Command. You ended up pulling pieces primarily from DCDS group, but also from ADM (Mat), and then from some of the other ADMs. We pulled those matrix positions and then they were formed together. That was essentially the “walk and then run”, in terms of their capability.
So it was a transitional period at the front end, but I believe that a lot of their focus was on movements and sustainments. One of the first aspects they focused on was the coordination on the long lines of communication. The materiel management piece was probably one of the first focal points of that operation. Later on, there ended up being additional functional reviews and a concentrating of some capabilities within CANOSCOM to better manage resources in support of Canadian Expeditionary Force Command and Canada Command.