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Wright joined the Canadian Army in 1990. [1] After serving as commanding officer of a battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, he became commander of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in 2017, commander of Canadian Forces Intelligence Command in June 2021 [2] and commander of the Canadian Army and Chief of the Army Staff in July 2024.
The command was renamed Land Force Command, and its senior officer was known as Chief of the Land Staff from 1993 to 2011. [4] Land Force Command was officially re-designated as the Canadian Army in 2011, at which time the appointment was also renamed Commander of the Canadian Army to reflect this.
When Brigadier-General Denis Thompson passed command of Task Force Kandahar to his successor, Brigadier-General Jonathan Vance on 19 February 2009, the squadron redeployed to Canada. [8] The squadron deployed to Kandahar once again in August 2010 under Lieutenant-Colonel Chris McGuffin to support the last Task Force Headquarters (Task Force 5 ...
Following this, the Letters Patent, 1947, issued by King George VI, referred to the "Office of Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada." [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 1968, following the unification of the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army , and the Royal Canadian Air Force, the commander-in-chief became the most senior officer of the ...
Shoulder sleeve insignia of the US 2nd Infantry Division. This is a list of commanders of the US 2nd Infantry Division of the United States Army. Division Commanders Name From To Comments BGen Charles A. Doyen 26 October 1917 November 1917 World War I (United States Marine Corps) MG Omar Bundy 8 November 1917 July 1918 World War I MG James G. Harbord 15 July 1918 August 1918 World War I (BGen ...
The following month, all three brigade commanders were replaced as part of a general move to modernize the Canadian forces' higher echelons; [27] further sweeping changes throughout all levels of command, coupled with the lingering effects of the large influx of new personnel during 1943, lowered morale in the division. [26]
Guy was born in Ixworth, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England on April 24, 1903. [7]Simonds came from a military family: his great-grandfather had been in the army of the Honourable East India Company, his grandfather had been a major-general in the British Indian Army and his father an officer in the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery.
The following three generals served as General Officers Commander-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Pacific Command: Major-General Ronald Alexander, 30 October 1940 – 30 June 1942; Major-General George Pearkes, 2 September 1942 – 15 February 1945; Major-General Franklin Worthington, 1 April 1945 – 26 January 1946