In fact, when senior officials met in October 1990 to address NDHQ’s shortcoming in joint doctrine and to design an appropriate headquarters for the Middle East, much of their time was wasted in an attempt to reconcile differences of opinion on the philosophy of joint operations.22 Notwithstanding these and many similar teething problems, once the NDHQ J-Staff system and JHQME were in place, things began to operate much more smoothly.
Malgré ces problèmes et les difficultés que pose l’aménagement d’un organisme, la mise en place de l’état-major interarmées du QGDN et du QGIFCMO a amélioré la situation. Le QGIFCMO était chargé de la planification, des communications, de l’analyse et de la dissémination du renseignement, ainsi que de l’approvisionnement et de la logistique pour toutes les FC servant dans le Golfe23.