[3] Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was temporarily relieved as VCDS on January 13, 2017, due to an ongoing investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

[5] On July 16, 2018, Lieutenant-General Paul Wynnyk was named Vice Chief of the Defence Staff.

[8] Wynnyk then alleged that these plans were reversed when Vice-Admiral Norman settled with the government and retired from the military.

[10] In March 2021, it was announced that Rouleau would be succeeded by Lieutenant-General Frances J. Allen, the first woman to hold the position.

[11] On June 28, 2021, she formally assumed the role of VCDS in a ceremony at National Defence Headquarters.