Program delivery through strong and mutually beneficial partnerships with Canadian Forces (CF) bases, wings, and units was the focus of the Personnel Support Programs (PSP) Division’s business plan for fiscal year 2001/02. Base Commanders, Base Chief Warrant Officers, and the Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency’s PSP Division drafted the “Partnership Report” which is due to be completed in August 2002. The report will allow bases, wings, and units to describe their PSP/NPF operations, and to comment on the support of the PSP Division. From a Canadian Forces perspective, the data generated from the report will enable Commanding Officers to compare their personnel support programs with other CF locations.

	"PROGRAM DELIVERY THROUGH STRONG AND MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIPS... WAS THE FOCUS."

Fiscal year 2001/02 is also significant as it marked the completion of the $162-million PSP Recapitalization Project – a project that was both completed two years early and on budget.

On the deployed operations front, the PSP Division responded to Operation Apollo by providing a full-range of deployed support services to CF members in Afghanistan. For example, twenty-four-hour satellite television and radio were broadcast to Afghanistan and Her Majesties Canadian Ships in the Arabian Sea.

Op Apollo also presented significant challenges to the Military Family Services Program (MFSP). Co-operation between the Director Military Family Services (DMFS) and our Military Family Resource Centres (MFRCs) ensured that the families of CF members deployed to Afghanistan received the first-class support they so rightly deserve.