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Upon his return to Canada, Leslie was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross. [8] Leslie was then appointed assistant chief of the Land Staff in 2004, and shortly afterwards became the director general of strategic planning at National Defense Headquarters in Ottawa. [8] In June 2006, he was appointed Chief of the Land Staff. [15]
In the period 1958–1962, Smith was Adjutant-General of the Canadian Army in Ottawa. In the meantime he held, amongst others, the position as chairman of the Canadian Joint Staff with the NATO . He was forced to leave the Army on Prime Minister John Diefenbaker 's instance, due to an extra-marital affair that became public knowledge.
As brigadier general he was senior Canadian officer at Headquarters, Central Army Group (CENTAG) in Hammonds Barracks, Seckenheim, Germany. As major-general in 1977 he took command of Canadian Forces Europe. [2] In 1981 he was promoted lieutenant-general and appointed Commander, Mobile Command, the title under which the army was known at that ...
Brigadier General Kenneth "Ken" Watkin, OMM CD KC (born 1954) is a Canadian lawyer, soldier and jurist. Watkin was Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the Canadian Forces from 2006 to 2010. [1] He is an expert on military law. [2] [3] He was promoted to brigadier general and appointed JAG effective April 2006, for a four-year term. [4]
When Carignan was promoted to brigadier-general, in June 2016, she became the first Canadian female general from a combat command. She was promoted again in 2019, to major-general, and commanded NATO forces in Iraq. In 2021, she was promoted to lieutenant-general, and became CAF’s first chief for Professional Conduct and Culture.
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.
Krista Brodie CD is a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) officer serving as a brigadier general in the Canadian Army. She is currently serving as the Public Health Agency of Canada 's (PHAC) vice president of logistics and operations leading the federal government's COVID-19 vaccination distribution program .
After World War II, he remained in the army serving in different positions eventually becoming a Brigadier-General. In 1972, he received a Ph.D. in International Relations from McGill University. In 1973, he became Assistant Deputy Minister to the Minister of the Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Government of Ontario.