Decision Making at the Theatre Strategic Level: ISAF HQ

Ms. Hrychuk is a Defence Scientist/Strategic Analyst with Defence Research and Development Canada’s (DRDC) Centre for Operational Research and Analysis. During her time with DRDC she has been posted to the Directorate of Air Strategic Plans and Canadian Forces’ Aerospace Warfare Centre, providing research and analysis to develop the Air Force Strategy and future Air Force concepts; the Chief of Force Development and the Canadian Forces Warfare Centre, providing analysis to inform military concept development, doctrine and lessons learned; and most recently, at the Strategic Joint Staff.  In 2011, she completed a year long deployment at ISAF HQ in Kabul.

Prior to joining DRDC, Ms. Hrychuk worked with the Canadian Army’s Directorate of Army Doctrine, Directorate of Land Concepts and Designs and the Peace Support Training Centre in Kingston Ontario. In 2007 Ms. Hrychuk completed a thesis entitled, “Lost in Translation: the Search for 3D in Afghanistan,” and graduated with a Masters in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada.  She also holds a Combined Honours in Law and Political Science from Carleton University.  She is a native of Thunder Bay, Ontario.