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LAV III

2006-08-10T16:30:17Z

LenAubin:

[[Image:AS2006-0313a.jpg|right]]
The LAV III is the newest in the [[The LAV Family of Vehicles|family of light armoured vehicles]] produced in London ON.
The fast, well-armed LAV III is a state-of-the-art troop carrier that will serve the needs of mounted infantry well into the new century. The vehicle is well protected and can be used day and night, in all weather conditions, in battlefield smoke and on most types of terrain. Capable of speeds of up to 100 kilometres per hour on roads, the LAV III will give the commander many more options in both combat and non-combat situations. For example the commander may choose to keep the troops mounted and protected while using the 25-mm stabilized cannon — an option not available in the past. The driver and the commander have display terminals for the Tactical Navigation System (TACNAV), as well as thermal viewers. The TACNAV links a Global Positioning System (GPS) with a digital magnetic compass and laser range finder. Good anti-mine performance as well as an automatic fire and explosion suppression system provide additional safety for the crew. When used as an infantry section carrier, the LAV III deploys with a vehicle commander, a gunner, a driver and seven infantry soldiers. When deployed as a Tactical Command Post, it carries six soldiers. Three other variants are being procured including a Forward Observation Officer (FOO), TOW Under Armour (TUA) and an Engineer variant.

[[Image:Rcdlaviii.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Photo courtesy Tpr K.J. Langille, [[The Royal Canadian Dragoons|RCD]] Archives & Collection.]]
Variants:

*313 LAV Infantry Section Carriers
*181 LAV Command Post variants
*33 LAV TOW Under Armour (TUA) variants (Turret equipped with 2 TOW launchers)
*47 LAV Forward Observation Officer (FOO) variants
*44 LAV Engineer variants
*33 Multi-Mission Effects Vehicle (MMEV)

Armament:
*25-mm stabilized M242 chain gun
*7.62-mm stabilized coaxial machine gun (C6)
*5.56 or 7.62-mm top-turret mounted machine gun
*76-mm grenade launcher (2 clusters of 4 launchers)

Specifications:
*Length: 6.98 m
*Width: 2.7 m
*Height: 2.8 m
*Speed: 100 km/hr
*Range: 450 km
*Weight: 16 950 kg
*Gradient: Maximum 60%
*Side slope: Maximum 30%
*Trench crossing: 2 m wide
*Fording: Up to 1.2 m
*Sights: Daytime optical, Thermal Imagery (TI), Generation III Image Intensification (II)
*Spotlight: Maxa Beam, 6 million candle power, portable, with infra-red filter
*Winch: Double Capstan constant pull winch
*Engine: 350 hp Caterpillar diesel
*Transmission: 6 forward gears, 1 reverse
*Transfer case: 2 speed
*Suspension: Hydropneumatic
*Brakes: Power (air) with ABS
*Wheels: 8 x 8 drive
*Entered service: 1999
*Number in service: 651

Source DND: [http://www.armee.forces.gc.ca/lf/English/2_0_48_1.asp?uSubSection=48&uSection=1]

Reproduced here under the terms of the DND Non-commercial Reproduction notice availible at:[http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/notices_e.asp]

[[Category:Land Force Vehicles]]

The LAV Family of Vehicles

2006-08-10T16:24:37Z

LenAubin:

The LAV family of vehicles is the North American version of Mowag's Pirahna family of vehicles. While both fleets of vehicles look nearly identical & share many performance characteristics, the vehicles are designed differently in order to incorporate component parts that are available on the different continents.

One significant difference, is that the Piranha family has always been available with different wheel configurations (the first two generations could built in 4x4, 6x6, and 8x8, while the later generations have been 6x6, 8x8, and 10x10). The LAV is only produced in 8x8 configuration (the AVGP was a 6x6, but this vehicle is not longer in production).

== Across the Generations ==

=== First Generation ===
* [[The Armoured Vehicle General Purpose]]
**[[Grizzly AVGP]]
** [[Cougar WFSV]]
** [[Husky]]
*[[LAV 25]]

=== Second Generation ===

* [[Bison]]
* [[Coyote]]
=== Third Generation ===

* [[LAV III]]
* [[Stryker]]
** [[Mobile Gun System]]

== GM Defense to GDLS ==

The first two generations of LAV were produced under an agreement with MOWAG by GM Diesel Division in London ON. In the late 1990s, GM bought MOWAG and with it the rights to the family of vehicles.

More recenltly, the GM Defence plant was bought by General Dynamix Land Systems. The plant continues to produce second and third generation LAVs along with a number of other armoured vehicles (including the Nyala).

LAV III

2006-08-10T16:20:39Z

LenAubin:

[[Image:AS2006-0313a.jpg|right]]
The LAV III is the newest in the [[The LAV Family of Vehicles|family of light armoured vehicles]] produced in London ON.
The fast, well-armed LAV III is a state-of-the-art troop carrier that will serve the needs of mounted infantry well into the new century. The vehicle is well protected and can be used day and night, in all weather conditions, in battlefield smoke and on most types of terrain. Capable of speeds of up to 100 kilometres per hour on roads, the LAV III will give the commander many more options in both combat and non-combat situations. For example the commander may choose to keep the troops mounted and protected while using the 25-mm stabilized cannon — an option not available in the past. The driver and the commander have display terminals for the Tactical Navigation System (TACNAV), as well as thermal viewers. The TACNAV links a Global Positioning System (GPS) with a digital magnetic compass and laser range finder. Good anti-mine performance and an automatic fire and explosion suppression system provide additional safety for the crew. When used as an infantry section carrier, the LAV III deploys with a vehicle commander, a gunner, a driver and seven infantry soldiers. When deployed as a Tactical Command Post, it carries six soldiers. Three other variants are being procured including a Forward Observation Officer (FOO), TOW Under Armour (TUA) and an Engineer variant.

[[Image:Rcdlaviii.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Photo courtesy Tpr K.J. Langille, [[The Royal Canadian Dragoons|RCD]] Archives & Collection.]]
Variants:

*313 LAV Infantry Section Carriers
*181 LAV Command Post variants
*33 LAV TOW Under Armour (TUA) variants (Turret equipped with 2 TOW launchers)
*47 LAV Forward Observation Officer (FOO) variants
*44 LAV Engineer variants
*33 Multi-Mission Effects Vehicle (MMEV)

Armament:
*25-mm stabilized M242 chain gun
*7.62-mm stabilized coaxial machine gun (C6)
*5.56 or 7.62-mm top-turret mounted machine gun
*76-mm grenade launcher (2 clusters of 4 launchers)

Specifications:
*Length: 6.98 m
*Width: 2.7 m
*Height: 2.8 m
*Speed: 100 km/hr
*Range: 450 km
*Weight: 16 950 kg
*Gradient: Maximum 60%
*Side slope: Maximum 30%
*Trench crossing: 2 m wide
*Fording: Up to 1.2 m
*Sights: Daytime optical, Thermal Imagery (TI), Generation III Image Intensification (II)
*Spotlight: Maxa Beam, 6 million candle power, portable, with infra-red filter
*Winch: Double Capstan constant pull winch
*Engine: 350 hp Caterpillar diesel
*Transmission: 6 forward gears, 1 reverse
*Transfer case: 2 speed
*Suspension: Hydropneumatic
*Brakes: Power (air) with ABS
*Wheels: 8 x 8 drive
*Entered service: 1999
*Number in service: 651

Source DND: [http://www.armee.forces.gc.ca/lf/English/2_0_48_1.asp?uSubSection=48&uSection=1]

Reproduced here under the terms of the DND Non-commercial Reproduction notice availible at:[http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/notices_e.asp]

[[Category:Land Force Vehicles]]

LAV III

2006-08-10T16:20:15Z

LenAubin:

[[Image:AS2006-0313a.jpg|right]]
The LAV III is the newest in [[The LAV Family of Vehicles|family of light armoured vehicles]] produced in London ON.
The fast, well-armed LAV III is a state-of-the-art troop carrier that will serve the needs of mounted infantry well into the new century. The vehicle is well protected and can be used day and night, in all weather conditions, in battlefield smoke and on most types of terrain. Capable of speeds of up to 100 kilometres per hour on roads, the LAV III will give the commander many more options in both combat and non-combat situations. For example the commander may choose to keep the troops mounted and protected while using the 25-mm stabilized cannon — an option not available in the past. The driver and the commander have display terminals for the Tactical Navigation System (TACNAV), as well as thermal viewers. The TACNAV links a Global Positioning System (GPS) with a digital magnetic compass and laser range finder. Good anti-mine performance and an automatic fire and explosion suppression system provide additional safety for the crew. When used as an infantry section carrier, the LAV III deploys with a vehicle commander, a gunner, a driver and seven infantry soldiers. When deployed as a Tactical Command Post, it carries six soldiers. Three other variants are being procured including a Forward Observation Officer (FOO), TOW Under Armour (TUA) and an Engineer variant.

[[Image:Rcdlaviii.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Photo courtesy Tpr K.J. Langille, [[The Royal Canadian Dragoons|RCD]] Archives & Collection.]]
Variants:

*313 LAV Infantry Section Carriers
*181 LAV Command Post variants
*33 LAV TOW Under Armour (TUA) variants (Turret equipped with 2 TOW launchers)
*47 LAV Forward Observation Officer (FOO) variants
*44 LAV Engineer variants
*33 Multi-Mission Effects Vehicle (MMEV)

Armament:
*25-mm stabilized M242 chain gun
*7.62-mm stabilized coaxial machine gun (C6)
*5.56 or 7.62-mm top-turret mounted machine gun
*76-mm grenade launcher (2 clusters of 4 launchers)

Specifications:
*Length: 6.98 m
*Width: 2.7 m
*Height: 2.8 m
*Speed: 100 km/hr
*Range: 450 km
*Weight: 16 950 kg
*Gradient: Maximum 60%
*Side slope: Maximum 30%
*Trench crossing: 2 m wide
*Fording: Up to 1.2 m
*Sights: Daytime optical, Thermal Imagery (TI), Generation III Image Intensification (II)
*Spotlight: Maxa Beam, 6 million candle power, portable, with infra-red filter
*Winch: Double Capstan constant pull winch
*Engine: 350 hp Caterpillar diesel
*Transmission: 6 forward gears, 1 reverse
*Transfer case: 2 speed
*Suspension: Hydropneumatic
*Brakes: Power (air) with ABS
*Wheels: 8 x 8 drive
*Entered service: 1999
*Number in service: 651

Source DND: [http://www.armee.forces.gc.ca/lf/English/2_0_48_1.asp?uSubSection=48&uSection=1]

Reproduced here under the terms of the DND Non-commercial Reproduction notice availible at:[http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/notices_e.asp]

[[Category:Land Force Vehicles]]

Bison

2006-07-24T14:22:26Z

LenAubin:

Bison Armoured Vehicle

The Bison is an eight-wheeled armoured vehicle originally designed as an infantry section carrier. The Bisons are now being converted into support variants for the new Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV III). These variants will include Ambulance, Electronic Warfare, Mobile Repair Team, Maintenance and Recovery, and NBC Reconnaissance.
The new variants are equipped with an upgrade in engine power, new torsion bars, fittings for add-on armour, air conditioning, and the VRS respirator system for NBC defence. Delivery of the upgraded vehicles will take place in stages from 2002-2008.

The Bison represents a second generation of [[The LAV Family of Vehicles|Mowag LAVs]]. In the early 1990s, the CF purchased 199 Bison as APCs for training the Reserves. As an 8x8 vehicle, Bison offered both improved tractability and a slightly enlarged rear compartment than the earlier 6x6 grizzly APCs. Almost as soon as the new Bison were issued to Reserve units, they were transferred to the Regular Force for use on peacekeeping duties. The first overseas mission was to Somalia where a Royal Canadian Dragoon squadron assisted the Airborne Regiment.

The Bison was considered a great success and were retained by the Regular Force (Bison were shipped directly from Somalia to Bosnia). As an infantry carrier, the Bison had many advantages over the 6x6 Grizzly beyond the new 8x8’s extra space (eg: a hydraulic rear ramp to speed troop loading and egress, the raised commander’s position, etc.). As always, there is a cost for a benefit. The Bison’s boxy rear hull has nearly-vertical sides which are far more vulnerable to hostile fire than the well-sloped armour of the frontal arc (side stowage bins help compensate by absorbing what cannot be deflected). And, that raised commander’s position with its single machinegun is only possible because, unlike a Grizzly, Bison have no turret of any kind.

Variants:
32 Bison Ambulances
32 Bison Mobile Repair Team vehicles
32 Bison Recovery vehicles
25 Bison Electronic Warfare vehicles
4 Bison NBC Reconnaissance vehicles
Armament: 7.62mm C6 machine gun (C6)
Command Post: C9A1 machine gun
Ambulance: Nil
Other variants: 2006-05-30 All except ambulance: 76-mm grenade launcher (2 clusters of 4 launchers)

Specifications:
Crew: 2 (driver and commander)
Length: 6.5 m
Width: 2.6 m
Height: 2.6 m
Weight: 13 tonnes
Maximum speed: Land: 100 km/h, Water: 10 km/h
Range: 650 km
Engine: 275 hp Detroit Diesel 6V53T two-cycle turbo-charged diesel
Transmission: Allison 5 speed MT653
Maximum grade: 60%
Drive: full-time 4-wheel, selective 8-wheel
Entered service: 1990

Source DND: [http://www.armee.forces.gc.ca/lf/English/2_0_48_1.asp?uSubSection=48&uSection=1]

Reproduced here under the terms of the DND Non-commercial Reproduction notice available at:[http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/notices_e.asp]

[[Category:Land Force Vehicles]]

[[Image:Bison_ARV.jpg]] Bison ARV

Bison

2006-07-24T14:22:07Z

LenAubin:

Bison

2006-07-24T14:21:13Z

LenAubin:

File:Bison1.jpg

2006-07-24T14:20:28Z

LenAubin:

Bison

2006-07-24T14:19:29Z

LenAubin:

File:Bison ARV.jpg

2006-07-24T14:18:06Z

LenAubin:

The Royal Regiment of Canada

2006-07-23T17:21:02Z

LenAubin:

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'''The Royal Regiment of Canada''' is Canada's sixth most senior Reserve [[Infantry]] regiment, and comprises of one battalion serving as part of the Land Force Reserve.
==Motto==
Ready Aye Ready, and ''Nec Aspera Terrant'' (Latin: Difficulties do not daunt)

==Battle Honours (46)==
All the honours that are in all caps are emblazoned on the colours of the regiment. 
 
===Early History===
FISH CREEK 
BATOCHE 
NORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885 
SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900 

===World War I===
YPRES, 1915, '17 
Gravenstafel 
Arleux 
ST. JULIEN 
Hill 70 
Scarpe, 1917, '18 
FESTUBERT, 1915 
PASSCHENDAELE 
MOUNT SORREL 
SOMME, 1916, '18 
AMIENS 
Drocourt-Queant 
Pozieres 
Flers-Courcelette 
HINDENBURG LINE 
Canal du Nord 
Ancre Heights 
Cambrai, 1918 
ARRAS, 1917, '18 
VIMY, 1917 
Pursuit to Mons 
France and Flanders, 1915-18 

===World War II===
DIEPPE 
Woevsdrecht 
Bourguebus Ridge 
FAUBOURG DE VAUCELLES 
VERRIERES RIDGE -- TILLY-LA-CAMPAGNE 
THE HOCHWALD 
FALAISE 
SOUTH BEVELAND 
THE RHINELAND 
Falaise Road 
Goch-Calcar Road 
Clair Tizon 
Foret de la Londe 
Dunkirk, 1944 
THE SCHELDT 
XANTEN 
TWENTE CANAL 
Groningen 
Oldenburg 
North-West Europe, 1942, 1944-45 

==External Links==

[[Category: Infantry Regiments|Royal Regiment of Canada, The]]

* [http://www.rregtc-assoc.ca Regimental Association]

The Royal Regiment of Canada

2006-07-23T17:20:37Z

LenAubin:

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'''The Royal Regiment of Canada''' is Canada's sixth most senior Reserve [[Infantry]] regiment, and comprises of one battalion serving as part of the Land Force Reserve.
==Motto==
Ready Aye Ready, and ''Nec Aspera Terrant'' (Latin: Difficulties do not daunt)

==Battle Honours (46)==
All the honours that are in all caps are emblazoned on the colours of the regiment. 
 
===Early History===
FISH CREEK 
BATOCHE 
NORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885 
SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900 

===World War I===
YPRES, 1915, '17 
Gravenstafel 
Arleux 
ST. JULIEN 
Hill 70 
Scarpe, 1917, '18 
FESTUBERT, 1915 
PASSCHENDAELE 
MOUNT SORREL 
SOMME, 1916, '18 
AMIENS 
Drocourt-Queant 
Pozieres 
Flers-Courcelette 
HINDENBURG LINE 
Canal du Nord 
Ancre Heights 
Cambrai, 1918 
ARRAS, 1917, '18 
VIMY, 1917 
Pursuit to Mons 
France and Flanders, 1915-18 

===World War II===
DIEPPE 
Woevsdrecht 
Bourguebus Ridge 
FAUBOURG DE VAUCELLES 
VERRIERES RIDGE -- TILLY-LA-CAMPAGNE 
THE HOCHWALD 
FALAISE 
SOUTH BEVELAND 
THE RHINELAND 
Falaise Road 
Goch-Calcar Road 
Clair Tizon 
Foret de la Londe 
Dunkirk, 1944 
THE SCHELDT 
XANTEN 
TWENTE CANAL 
Groningen 
Oldenburg 
North-West Europe, 1942, 1944-45 

==External Links==

[[Category: Infantry Regiments|Royal Regiment of Canada, The]]

* [http://www.rregtc-assoc.ca Regimental Association]

The Royal Regiment of Canada

2006-07-23T17:19:51Z

LenAubin:

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|<div style="font-size: 80%">Colonel in Chief: </div>
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'''The Royal Regiment of Canada''' is Canada's sixth most senior Reserve [[Infantry]] regiment, and comprises of one battalion serving as part of the Land Force Reserve.
==Motto==
Ready Aye Ready, and ''Nec Aspera Terrant'' (Latin: Difficulties do not daunt)

==Battle Honours (46)==
All the honours that are in all caps are emblazoned on the colours of the regiment. 
 
===Early History===
FISH CREEK 
BATOCHE 
NORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885 
SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900 

===World War I===
YPRES, 1915, '17 
Gravenstafel 
Arleux 
ST. JULIEN 
Hill 70 
Scarpe, 1917, '18 
FESTUBERT, 1915 
PASSCHENDAELE 
MOUNT SORREL 
SOMME, 1916, '18 
AMIENS 
Drocourt-Queant 
Pozieres 
Flers-Courcelette 
HINDENBURG LINE 
Canal du Nord 
Ancre Heights 
Cambrai, 1918 
ARRAS, 1917, '18 
VIMY, 1917 
Pursuit to Mons 
France and Flanders, 1915-18 

===World War II===
DIEPPE 
Woevsdrecht 
Bourguebus Ridge 
FAUBOURG DE VAUCELLES 
VERRIERES RIDGE -- TILLY-LA-CAMPAGNE 
THE HOCHWALD 
FALAISE 
SOUTH BEVELAND 
THE RHINELAND 
Falaise Road 
Goch-Calcar Road 
Clair Tizon 
Foret de la Londe 
Dunkirk, 1944 
THE SCHELDT 
XANTEN 
TWENTE CANAL 
Groningen 
Oldenburg 
North-West Europe, 1942, 1944-45 

==External Links==

[[Category: Infantry Regiments|Royal Regiment of Canada, The]]

* [http://www.rregtc-assoc.ca Regimental Association]

The Royal Regiment of Canada

2006-07-23T17:19:28Z

LenAubin:

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|<div style="font-size: 80%">Regimental HQ: </div>
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|<div style="font-size: 80%">Colonel in Chief: </div>
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'''The Royal Regiment of Canada''' is Canada's sixth most senior Reserve [[Infantry]] regiment, and comprises of one battalion serving as part of the Land Force Reserve.
==Motto==
Ready Aye Ready, and ''Nec Aspera Terrant'' (Latin: Difficulties do not daunt)

==Battle Honours (46)==
All the honours that are in all caps are emblazoned on the colours of the regiment. 
 
===Early History===
FISH CREEK 
BATOCHE 
NORTH-WEST CANADA, 1885 
SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900 

===World War I===
YPRES, 1915, '17 
Gravenstafel 
Arleux 
ST. JULIEN 
Hill 70 
Scarpe, 1917, '18 
FESTUBERT, 1915 
PASSCHENDAELE 
MOUNT SORREL 
SOMME, 1916, '18 
AMIENS 
Drocourt-Queant 
Pozieres 
Flers-Courcelette 
HINDENBURG LINE 
Canal du Nord 
Ancre Heights 
Cambrai, 1918 
ARRAS, 1917, '18 
VIMY, 1917 
Pursuit to Mons 
France and Flanders, 1915-18 

===World War II===
DIEPPE 
Woevsdrecht 
Bourguebus Ridge 
FAUBOURG DE VAUCELLES 
VERRIERES RIDGE -- TILLY-LA-CAMPAGNE 
THE HOCHWALD 
FALAISE 
SOUTH BEVELAND 
THE RHINELAND 
Falaise Road 
Goch-Calcar Road 
Clair Tizon 
Foret de la Londe 
Dunkirk, 1944 
THE SCHELDT 
XANTEN 
TWENTE CANAL 
Groningen 
Oldenburg 
North-West Europe, 1942, 1944-45 

==External Links==

[[Category: Infantry Regiments|Royal Regiment of Canada, The]]

* [http://www.rregtc-assoc.ca Regimental Association]

File:Royal.gif

2006-07-23T17:19:00Z

LenAubin:

Canadian Military Acronyms

2006-07-10T01:40:40Z

LenAubin:

==Ranks==
*See [[Ranks]]

==Other==

*2IC Second-in-Command
*404s DND 404 (Military Driver's License)

*ADM Assistant Deputy Minister
*Adm Administration
*AFC Armed Forces Council
*ATI Access to Information Act
*AVGP Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (Grizzly, Cougar and Bison)

*BATUS British Army Training Unit Suffield
*BC Battery Commander
*Bde Brigade
*BF Bring Forward (placed on a document with date the Clerk is to bring it back from the files)
*BFA Blank Firing Attachment
*BG Battle Group
*BK Battery Captain
*BMQ Basic Military Qualification
*Bn Battalion
*BOR Battalion Orderly Room
*BOS Battalion Orderly Sergeant
*BPSO Base Personnel Selection Office
*BQMS Battery Quartermaster Sergeant
*BSM Battery Sergeant Major
*Bty Battery

*C&P Counselling and Probation
*CADPAT Canadian Disruptive Pattern
*CANFORGEN Canadian Forces General Order
*CAR Canadian Airborne Regiment
*CAS Chief of the Air Staff
*CBG Canadian Brigade Group
*CDS Chief of the Defence Staff
*CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force (1914-1919)
*CF Canadian Forces
*CF 98 Canadian Forces form #98 - Report on Injuries
*CFAO Canadian Forces Administrative Order
*CFCSC Canadian Forces Command and Staff College (located in Toronto)
*CFHA Canadian Forces Housing Agency
*CFNIS Canadian Forces National Investigation Service
*CFP Canadian Forces Publication
*CFPAS Canadian Forces Personnel Appraisal System
*CFR Commissioning From the Ranks
*CFRC Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre
*CFRETS Canadian Forces Recruiting, Education and Training System
*CFSD Canadian Forces Supply Depot
*CFSEME Canadian Forces School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
*CFTO Canadian Forces Technical Order
*CHAP Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention
*CHRC Canadian Human Rights Commission
*CIC Cadet Instructor Cadre
*CLFCSC Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College (located in Kingston)
*CLS Chief of the Land Staff
*CMBG Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
*CO Commanding Officer
*COA Course of Action
*COS Change of Strength
*COS Chief of Staff
*COS Company Orderly Sergeany
*Coy Company
*CP Command Post
*CQMS Company Quartermaster Sergeant
*CRB Career Review Board
*CSIS Canadian Security and Intelligence Service
*CSM Company Sergeant Major
*CT Component Transfer
*CTP Course Training Plan
*CTS Clothe The Soldier

*DAOD Defence Administrative Order and Directive
*DCDS Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff
*DCO Deputy Commanding Officer
*DCOS Deputy Chief of Staff
*DDH Destroyer, Helicopter carrying
*DEO Direct Entry Officer
*DEU Distinctive Environmental Uniform
*DGMC Director General (Military Careers)
*DGPA Director General (Public Affairs)
*DGRC Director General (Reserves and Cadets)
*DGSP Director General (Strategic Planning)
*DHH Directorate of History and Heritage
*DI Daily Inspection (vehicle)
*DIN Defence Information Network
*DISO Defence Information Services Organization
*DM Deputy Minister
*DND Department of National Defence
*DO Duty Officer
*DP Development Period
*DPM Deputy Provost Marshal
*DRET Directorate of Recruiting, Education and Training
*DSM Drill Sergeant Major
*DVA Department of Veteran Affairs

*ED & T Exempt From Drill and Training
*EIS Equipment Issue Scale
*ELOC Essential Level of Capability
*EO Enabling Objective

*F & E Furniture and Effects
*FFH Frigate, Helicopter equipped
*FHP Force Health Protection
*Fin Financial
*Fin O Financial Officer
*FOA Field Operations Allowance
*FOO Forward Observation Officer

*HHT House Hunting Trip
*HLVW Heavy Logistics Vehicle Wheeled
*HMCS Her Majesty's Canadian Ship
*HQ Headquarters
*HR Human Resources (ie... HR (Mil)- Military, HR (Civ)- Civiliian

*IAW In Accordance With (reference)
*IE Intermediate Engagement
*ISCC Infantry Section Commander's Course
*ISTAR Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance

*JAG Judge Advocate General
*JFHQ Joint Force Headquarters
*JTF2 Joint Task Force 2

*LEME Land Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
*LFA Land Force Area
*LFAA Land Force Atlantic Area
*LFC Land Force Command
*LFCA Land Force Central Area
*LFDTS Land Forces Doctrine and Training System
*LFRR Land Force Reserve Restructure
*LFWA Land Force Western Area
*LOAC Law of Armed Conflict
*LP Listening Post
*LSVW Light Support Vehicle Wheeled

*MARCOM Maritime Command
*MCC Military Career Counsellor
*MCDV Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel
*MFRC Military Family Resource Centre
*MIO Maritime Interdiction Operations
*MIR Medical Inspection Room
*MLOC Minimum Level of Capability
*MLVW Medium Logistics Vehicle Wheeled
*MND Minister of National Defence
*MOC Military Occupation Code
*MOU Memorandum of Understanding
*MP Military Police
*MPCC Military Police Complaints Commission
*MPI Mean Point of Impact
*MSE Mobile Support Equipment
*MTAP Military Training Assistance Program

*NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
*NCO/NCM Non-Commissioned Officers/Non-Commissioned Members
*NDA National Defence Act
*NDHQ National Defence Headquarters
*NDOC National Defence Operations Centre
*NEO New Entry Officer
*NES Non-Effective Strength
*NGO Non Governmental Organization
*NIS National Investigation Service
*NIS National Investigation Service
*NJTP National Joint Training Plan
*NPF Non Public Funds
*NSSC National Security Studies Course

*OGS Officer General Specifications
*OP Observation Post
*Op Operation
*OPDP Officer Professional Development Program
*OPI Office of Primary Interest
*OPME Officer Professional Military Education
*OPV Offshore Patrol Vessel
*Ops O Operations Officer
*OR Orderly Room

*P & A Pay and Allowances
*P Res Primary Reserve
*PA Put Away (as instructed to a Clerk in a minute to file a document)
*PD Professional Development
*PDC Professional Development Council
*PER Personnel Evaluation Report
*pl Platoon
*PLD Post Living Differential
*PLQ Primary Leadership Qualification
*PMed Preventive Medicine (NOTE IT IS NOT PreMed or PrevMed!!!!)
*PMQ Permanent Married Quarters
*PO Performance Objective
*PRB Performance Review Board
*PSA Personnel Support Agency
*PSO Personnel Selection Officer

*QL Qualification Level
*QM Quartermaster
*QMSI Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor
*QOL Quality of Life
*QOLPMO Quality of Life Project Management Office
*QOLSRB Quality of Life Senior Review Board
*QR&O Queen's Regulations and Orders

*R & Q Rations and Quarters
*RETP Reserve Entry Training Program
*RIIP Reserve Integrated Information Project
*RMC Royal Military College
*ROE Rules of Engagement
*ROTP Regular Officer Training Plan
*RSM Regimental Sergeant Major
*RSO Range Safety Officer
*RSS Reg F Support Staff
*RTU Returned To Unit
*RV Rendezvous point on patrol
*RW Recorded Warning

*SAV Staff Assistance Visit
*SCONDVA Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs
*SCRR Special Commission on the Restructuring of the Reserves
*SFOR Stabilization Force
*SHARP Standard for Harassment and Racism Prevention
*SIU Special Investigation Unit
*SIV Staff Inspection Visits
*Sp Support
*Spr Sapper
*SQ Soldier Qualification
*SQFT Secteur du Québec de la Force terrestre

*TD Temporary Duty
*TL Trade Level (obsolete term for course training levels, ex. TL 2, TL 3 ...)
*TOS Terms of Service
*TP Training Plan
*TQ Trade Qualification (obsolete term for course training levels, ex. TQ 2, TQ 3 ...)
*Trg Training
*Trg O Training Officer

*UMS Unit Medical Section

*VAC Veterans Affairs Canada
*VCDS Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
*VFS Verification of Former Service

Hackle

2006-06-29T14:12:46Z

LenAubin:

A '''Hackle''' is a feather plume attached to the headdress by some units of the Canadian Army in certain circumstances as described below. Hackles are neither "battle honours" nor are they worn as a sign of disgrace, as many urban legends have described. They are also not to be confused with white feathers, which during the First World War were sometimes pinned to the jackets of young men who had not enlisted for military service; the young ladies performing the pinning felt the feather was a suitable mark of cowardice.

[[Image:CroppedORsBeret.jpg]] The new cap badge, with hackle, for soldiers of the Royal Welsh, British Army

==Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada==
The Black Watch of the British Army adopted a red hackle in 1795. The distinction was not adopted as a "battle honour" as such. Canada's Black Watch in Montreal adopted the red hackle after the First World War.[http://www.theblackwatch.co.uk/newsite/index.html Black Watch website]

==Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada==
The Royal Highland Fusiliers of the British Army adopted a white hackle in their headdress, which has been adopted by the Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada.

:''The white hackle has another origin in this regiment, which is an amalgamation of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and the Highland Light Infantry (HLI). The 1st Battalion of the HLI was the first regiment raised in the Highlands of Scotland after the rebellion by the "Clans" of the western Highlands in 1745. They sought to restore a Catholic king to the throne of Great Britain but were defeated. They were not however required to wear the Black Cock feather which their former enemies, the Lowland, Protestant regiments wore. In a gesture of magnanimity, they were allowed to retain the "White Cockade" denoting their distinctive former allegiance.[http://www.mostovionline.com/319/info.htm]

While the whe white hackle was a at one time a standard affectation of grenadiers and fusiliers in the British Army, going out of fashion in the late 1800s, it was restored to the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1902 to mark distinguished service during the South African War of 1899-1902.[http://www.btinternet.com/~johnhglen/the_military_page.htm]

==Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada and Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa==
Both Canadian regiments of Camerons adopted the blue hackle after the Second World War, as their namesake unit of the British Army (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) had adopted the blue hackle in 1939. When it was learned the kilt was no longer to be worn in action, the CO of one of the Cameron battalions asked the king for permission to wear a hackle as a distinction; the King suggested royal blue. hackle.[http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Blue_Hackle]

==The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)==
The Lorne Scots wear a primrose-yellow hackle on their headdress in the fashion of the regiment's affiliated regiment in the UK, the Lancashire Fusiliers for actions during the Boer War. Upon amalgamation in the 1960s into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers the affiliate regiment in Canada was permitted to continue the tradition.

==Pipe Bands==
The feather bonnet worn in full dress by many military pipe bands also includes a hackle.

{{photo}}
[[Category: Traditions]]

Hackle

2006-06-29T14:12:19Z

LenAubin:

A '''Hackle''' is a feather plume attached to the headdress by some units of the Canadian Army in certain circumstances as described below. Hackles are neither "battle honours" nor are they worn as a sign of disgrace, as many urban legends have described. They are also not to be confused with white feathers, which during the First World War were sometimes pinned to the jackets of young men who had not enlisted for military service; the young ladies performing the pinning felt the feather was a suitable mark of cowardice.

[[Image:CroppedORsBeret.jpg]] The new cap badge, with hackle, for soldiers of the Royal Welsh

==Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada==
The Black Watch of the British Army adopted a red hackle in 1795. The distinction was not adopted as a "battle honour" as such. Canada's Black Watch in Montreal adopted the red hackle after the First World War.[http://www.theblackwatch.co.uk/newsite/index.html Black Watch website]

==Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada==
The Royal Highland Fusiliers of the British Army adopted a white hackle in their headdress, which has been adopted by the Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada.

:''The white hackle has another origin in this regiment, which is an amalgamation of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and the Highland Light Infantry (HLI). The 1st Battalion of the HLI was the first regiment raised in the Highlands of Scotland after the rebellion by the "Clans" of the western Highlands in 1745. They sought to restore a Catholic king to the throne of Great Britain but were defeated. They were not however required to wear the Black Cock feather which their former enemies, the Lowland, Protestant regiments wore. In a gesture of magnanimity, they were allowed to retain the "White Cockade" denoting their distinctive former allegiance.[http://www.mostovionline.com/319/info.htm]

While the whe white hackle was a at one time a standard affectation of grenadiers and fusiliers in the British Army, going out of fashion in the late 1800s, it was restored to the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1902 to mark distinguished service during the South African War of 1899-1902.[http://www.btinternet.com/~johnhglen/the_military_page.htm]

==Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada and Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa==
Both Canadian regiments of Camerons adopted the blue hackle after the Second World War, as their namesake unit of the British Army (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) had adopted the blue hackle in 1939. When it was learned the kilt was no longer to be worn in action, the CO of one of the Cameron battalions asked the king for permission to wear a hackle as a distinction; the King suggested royal blue. hackle.[http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Blue_Hackle]

==The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)==
The Lorne Scots wear a primrose-yellow hackle on their headdress in the fashion of the regiment's affiliated regiment in the UK, the Lancashire Fusiliers for actions during the Boer War. Upon amalgamation in the 1960s into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers the affiliate regiment in Canada was permitted to continue the tradition.

==Pipe Bands==
The feather bonnet worn in full dress by many military pipe bands also includes a hackle.

{{photo}}
[[Category: Traditions]]

File:CroppedORsBeret.jpg

2006-06-29T14:10:32Z

LenAubin:

The Royal Montreal Regiment

2006-06-27T02:12:09Z

LenAubin:

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|<div style="font-size: 80%">Regimental HQ:Westmount Qc </div>
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|<div style="font-size: 80%">Colonel in Chief: </div>
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|<div style="font-size: 80%">Honoraries: HCol P Trent, HLCol HF Hall, CD</div>
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|<div style="font-size: 80%">Regimental Birthday: Created in August 1914 </div>
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== Motto==

Honi soit qui mal y pense

=== Regimental march===

Ça Ira

=== Allied Regiment===

The Prince of Wales Own Regiment of Yorkshire

===Perpetuates===

13rd Bn CEF and
58th Westmount Rifles

== Battle Honors (25) ==

All the honours that are in all caps are emblazoned on the colours of the regiment.

=== World War I ===

YPRES - 1915, 1917 
ST-JULIEN 
MOUNT SORREL 
Pozieres 
Ancre Heights 
VIMY - 1917 
SCARPE - 1917, 1918 
DRECOURT-QUEANT 
CANAL du NORD 
France & Flanders - 1915-1918 
RAVENSTAFEL FESTUBERT – 1915 
SOMME – 1916 
Thiepval 
Arras - 1917, 1918 
Arlex 
Hill 70 
AMIENS 
Hindenburg Line 
Pursuit to Mons

=== World War II ===

THE SHELDT 
N.W. EUROPE - 1944-1945 
CALAIS – 1944 
LEOPOLD CANAL 

== Source of Info ==

http://www.royalmontrealregiment.com and from memory.

Chief Warrant Officer G.R. Lacroix

2006-06-17T00:26:03Z

LenAubin:

[[Image:Bio_lacroix.jpg]]
Chief Warrant Officer G.R. Lacroix, MMM, CD,
Chief Warrant Officer of Land Force Command

Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was born on 1 October 1958, in Saint Mard, Belgium. As the son of a military man—who later became a contractor—he spent his childhood years moving within Europe, Canada and the United States. He enrolled in the Canadian Forces on 17 February 1977 in Montreal, following the example of his two brothers.

After completing his basic and QL3 training, he was posted to 3 Field Squadron, Canadian Forces Base in Chilliwack, British Columbia. He remained in Chilliwack long enough to complete his basic parachutist course, and was subsequently posted to 2 Combat Engineer Regiment Petawawa in 1978, where he enjoyed all of the adventures associated with 2 Troop (Parachute).

Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix then returned to Europe in 1980 to 4 Combat Engineer Regiment, Lahr, Germany, where he spent four excellent years as a section member, an Armoured Engineer Operator, an Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge Crew Commander, and as a field section IC. Lahr proved to be an enriching experience both professionally and personally for Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix, who married in May 1983.

In 1984, Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix returned to the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering as an instructor with the Roads Airfields Water Supply and Accommodations Troop, and the Bridging Rafting Watermanship and Rigging Troop. This rewarding experience encompassed a myriad of successful projects.

Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was then posted to 5e Régiment du génie de combat, Base des Forces canadiennes in Valcartier, Québec, where he served as Field Troop Warrant Officer, Field Squadron Operations Warrant Officer, Regimental Operations Warrant Officer, and as Squadron Sergeant-Major of 51 Field Squadron during his last year.

Promoted to Master Warrant Officer in 1992, he returned to the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering Chilliwack, to serve as Bridging Rafting Watermanship and Rigging Troop Commander and as the Squadron Sergeant-Major of Field Engineer Training Squadron.

Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was promoted to his present rank in July 1996. As a Chief Warrant Officer, he has been employed: with Engineer Standards at Combat Training Centre in Gagetown; as Regimental Sergeant-Major of 2 Combat Engineer Regiment, in Petawawa; as School Chief Warrant Officer at Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering in Gagetown (in 1999), and he also did a tour of duty as the Multi National Division South-West Division Sergeant-Major in Bosnia. Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was appointed Deputy Chief of Defence Staff Group Chief Warrant Officer in May 2001.

Chief Warrant Officer G.R. Lacroix

2006-06-17T00:25:45Z

LenAubin:

[[Image:Bio_lacroix.jpg]]
Chief Warrant Officer G.R. Lacroix, MMM, CD
Chief Warrant Officer of Land Force Command

Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was born on 1 October 1958, in Saint Mard, Belgium. As the son of a military man—who later became a contractor—he spent his childhood years moving within Europe, Canada and the United States. He enrolled in the Canadian Forces on 17 February 1977 in Montreal, following the example of his two brothers.

After completing his basic and QL3 training, he was posted to 3 Field Squadron, Canadian Forces Base in Chilliwack, British Columbia. He remained in Chilliwack long enough to complete his basic parachutist course, and was subsequently posted to 2 Combat Engineer Regiment Petawawa in 1978, where he enjoyed all of the adventures associated with 2 Troop (Parachute).

Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix then returned to Europe in 1980 to 4 Combat Engineer Regiment, Lahr, Germany, where he spent four excellent years as a section member, an Armoured Engineer Operator, an Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge Crew Commander, and as a field section IC. Lahr proved to be an enriching experience both professionally and personally for Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix, who married in May 1983.

In 1984, Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix returned to the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering as an instructor with the Roads Airfields Water Supply and Accommodations Troop, and the Bridging Rafting Watermanship and Rigging Troop. This rewarding experience encompassed a myriad of successful projects.

Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was then posted to 5e Régiment du génie de combat, Base des Forces canadiennes in Valcartier, Québec, where he served as Field Troop Warrant Officer, Field Squadron Operations Warrant Officer, Regimental Operations Warrant Officer, and as Squadron Sergeant-Major of 51 Field Squadron during his last year.

Promoted to Master Warrant Officer in 1992, he returned to the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering Chilliwack, to serve as Bridging Rafting Watermanship and Rigging Troop Commander and as the Squadron Sergeant-Major of Field Engineer Training Squadron.

Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was promoted to his present rank in July 1996. As a Chief Warrant Officer, he has been employed: with Engineer Standards at Combat Training Centre in Gagetown; as Regimental Sergeant-Major of 2 Combat Engineer Regiment, in Petawawa; as School Chief Warrant Officer at Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering in Gagetown (in 1999), and he also did a tour of duty as the Multi National Division South-West Division Sergeant-Major in Bosnia. Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was appointed Deputy Chief of Defence Staff Group Chief Warrant Officer in May 2001.

Chief Warrant Officer G.R. Lacroix

2006-06-17T00:25:26Z

LenAubin:

Chief Warrant Officer G.R. Lacroix

2006-06-17T00:25:00Z

LenAubin:

[[Image:Bio_lacroix.jpg]] Chief Warrant Officer G.R. Lacroix, MMM, CD
Chief Warrant Officer of Land Force Command

Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was born on 1 October 1958, in Saint Mard, Belgium. As the son of a military man—who later became a contractor—he spent his childhood years moving within Europe, Canada and the United States. He enrolled in the Canadian Forces on 17 February 1977 in Montreal, following the example of his two brothers.

After completing his basic and QL3 training, he was posted to 3 Field Squadron, Canadian Forces Base in Chilliwack, British Columbia. He remained in Chilliwack long enough to complete his basic parachutist course, and was subsequently posted to 2 Combat Engineer Regiment Petawawa in 1978, where he enjoyed all of the adventures associated with 2 Troop (Parachute).

Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix then returned to Europe in 1980 to 4 Combat Engineer Regiment, Lahr, Germany, where he spent four excellent years as a section member, an Armoured Engineer Operator, an Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge Crew Commander, and as a field section IC. Lahr proved to be an enriching experience both professionally and personally for Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix, who married in May 1983.

In 1984, Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix returned to the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering as an instructor with the Roads Airfields Water Supply and Accommodations Troop, and the Bridging Rafting Watermanship and Rigging Troop. This rewarding experience encompassed a myriad of successful projects.

Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was then posted to 5e Régiment du génie de combat, Base des Forces canadiennes in Valcartier, Québec, where he served as Field Troop Warrant Officer, Field Squadron Operations Warrant Officer, Regimental Operations Warrant Officer, and as Squadron Sergeant-Major of 51 Field Squadron during his last year.

Promoted to Master Warrant Officer in 1992, he returned to the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering Chilliwack, to serve as Bridging Rafting Watermanship and Rigging Troop Commander and as the Squadron Sergeant-Major of Field Engineer Training Squadron.

Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was promoted to his present rank in July 1996. As a Chief Warrant Officer, he has been employed: with Engineer Standards at Combat Training Centre in Gagetown; as Regimental Sergeant-Major of 2 Combat Engineer Regiment, in Petawawa; as School Chief Warrant Officer at Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering in Gagetown (in 1999), and he also did a tour of duty as the Multi National Division South-West Division Sergeant-Major in Bosnia. Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was appointed Deputy Chief of Defence Staff Group Chief Warrant Officer in May 2001.

File:Bio lacroix.jpg

2006-06-17T00:23:57Z

LenAubin:

People

2006-06-17T00:23:17Z

LenAubin:

* [[General R.J. Hillier]]
* [[Lieutenant-General A.B. Leslie]]
* [[Major-General J.I. Fenton]]
* [[Lieutenant-Colonel W.D. Eyre]]
* [[Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart J. Sharpe]]
* [[Lieutenant Colonel I.C. Hope]]
* [[Lieutenant Colonel B.A. Millman]]
* [[Captain Nichola Kathleen Sarah Goddard ]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Gilbert]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer G.R. Lacroix]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer E. Christensen]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer C.A. White]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer A.M. Kolotylo]]

Lieutenant-General A.B. Leslie

2006-06-17T00:20:18Z

LenAubin:

[[Image:Leslie_MGen_Resized.jpg]]

LGen Andrew Leslie was born in December 1957, and his initial schooling was conducted in Canada, the USA, France, Cyprus, and Switzerland, where he became bilingual. His family has a tradition of military service and he joined the 30th Field Artillery Regiment while at Ottawa University. While a student in England he was attached to the Honorable Artillery Company. In 1980 he attended the International Peace Academy UN Staff Seminar in Vienna, Austria. In 1981, he transferred to the regular force and initially served with the 1st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in Germany, the regiment that - like his father before him – he eventually commanded. He has completed the British Army Troop Commanders and Tactics course, French Army Commando training, the hand-to-hand combat course, and the combat intelligence course. Other training includes the infantry company commander's course, a variety of artillery courses, Army and the Forces staff colleges, training in project management and the parachute course.

After a succession of field tours with mechanized and airborne combat units in Germany, Cyprus and Canada and command appointments up to regimental level, in early 1995 he was promoted to Colonel and sent to the Former Yugoslavia as Chief of Staff Sector South (Brigade Level). He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his actions under fire during the fighting for Knin in August 1995. He then became the Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of UNCRO (Division level), and finally Chief of Staff of UNPF (Mission level). Following the UN hand-over to NATO forces, MGen Leslie returned to Western Canada as the Area Chief of Staff in 1996, and served in that capacity during the Manitoba floods of Spring 1997.

In July 1997 he became the Commander of 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1CMBG), an infantry-heavy combat formation based in Western Canada, where the focus was on live-fire combined arms training. In early 1998, 1CMBG deployed to the South shore of Montreal to assist with ice-storm disaster relief operations, followed by an almost continuous cycle of Battle Group and Brigade exercises. That same year he was awarded the Order of Military Merit. In 1999 he was promoted Brigadier-General while a student on the Advanced and National Securities Studies Courses in Toronto. In 2000 he was appointed the J6 of the Canadian Forces, responsible for commanding the communications field groups and regiments, the signals and electronic intelligence functions and supporting the various computer networks used by the Forces. In 2002 he became the Commander Land Force Central Area, responsible for one regular and three reserve Brigades as well as several bases and training establishments.

MGen Leslie was appointed Commander Task Force Kabul and Deputy Commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan as of June 2003, and on his return he was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross. He then became the Assistant Chief of the Land Staff. In Fall 2004 to June 2005 he was a full-time PhD student at the Royal Military College in Kingston, and he is now the Director General Strategic Planning in Ottawa.

MGen Leslie's education includes several degrees and he has studied in Ottawa, London, Toronto, Kingston and at the Harvard Business School. His interests are military history, political science, running and alpine skiing.

File:Leslie MGen Resized.jpg

2006-06-17T00:18:15Z

LenAubin:

People

2006-06-17T00:17:03Z

LenAubin:

* [[General R.J. Hillier]]
* [[Lieutenant-General A.B. Leslie]]
* [[Major-General J.I. Fenton]]
* [[Lieutenant-Colonel W.D. Eyre]]
* [[Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart J. Sharpe]]
* [[Lieutenant Colonel I.C. Hope]]
* [[Lieutenant Colonel B.A. Millman]]
* [[Captain Nichola Kathleen Sarah Goddard ]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Gilbert]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer E. Christensen]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer C.A. White]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer A.M. Kolotylo]]

Foreign Militaries

2006-05-31T00:24:11Z

LenAubin:

== Alliances & Coalitions ==

* [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO)
* [[ABCA]]

== European Forces ==

===United Kingdom===
* [[Royal Navy]]
** [[Royal Marines]]
* [[British Army]]
** [[BATUS]]
** [[The Parachute Regiment]]
** [[29 Commando Royal Artillery]]
** [[59 Independent Commando Squadron Royal Engineers]]
** [[383 Commando Petroleum Troop RLC(V)]]

* [[Royal Air Force]]

* [[Equipment of the British Forces]]

===Ireland===
* [[The Irish Defence Forces]]

===Netherlands===
* [[The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps]]

== North American Forces ==
===United States of America===
* [[US Army]]
* [[US Navy]]
* [[US Marine Corps]]
* [[US Air Force]]
* [[US Coast Guard]]

== Australian & Pacific Forces ==

== South American Forces ==

== Asian Forces ==

== African Forces ==

Chief Warrant Officer E. Christensen

2006-05-28T05:19:30Z

LenAubin:

[[Image:RCWO_Christensen.jpg]] Chief Warrant Officer E. Christensen, MMM, CD

Born in Guelph ON in January 1958, Chief Warrant Officer Christensen left Ontario to join the military in April 1975. He completed his recruit training in Cornwallis NS and on completion, was posted to 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (2RCR) Canadian Forces Base Gagetown NB to attend his Infantry training. He was employed in a variety of jobs from rifleman, reconnaissance patrolman and section commander. He was promoted to Master Corporal in February 1980 and posted to the Infantry School in July 1982 as a section commander.

Chief Warrant Officer Christensen was promoted to Sergeant in July 1983 and posted back to 2RCR. Promoted to Warrant Officer in July 1988, he was employed as a rifle platoon Warrant Officer, Signals Warrant Officer, Anti-Armour Platoon Warrant Officer, Company Quartermaster for Hotel Company and Administrative Company. He was promoted to Master Warrant Officer in June 1992, after which he was employed as the Company Sergeant Major for Hotel Company and Combat Support Company.

Chief Warrant Officer Christensen was posted to the year long French Course in Valcartier QC and on completion, was posted to 3RCR as the Drill Sergeant-Major. He was promoted to his present rank in April 1998 and posted to the Ceremonial Guard in Ottawa. He was the Regimental Sergeant Major of the unit and was responsible for unit training, drill and the daily mounting of the guard on Parliament Hill. Chief Warrant Officer Christensen was appointed as the Regimental Sergeant Major of 2RCR in July 2000 and served in that capacity for three years. He was posted to 3 Area Support Group in Gagetown on 18 July 2003 and formally assumed the duties of Regimental Chief Warrant Officer as of that date. Chief Warrant Officer Christensen has served UN tours in the Golan Heights between Israel and Syria, two tours in Cyprus, one in Yugoslavia, and a tour in Eritrea.

Effective immediately, CWO Christensen has been appointed as the LFCAA Area chief Warrant Officer.

Chief Warrant Officer Christensen is married to Janice Bourgeois of Moncton NB, and they have four children: Jason, Matthew, Jodey and Marc.

Biography courtesy of DND and The RCR [http://www.army.dnd.ca/RCR_RHQ/English/Organization/chief_warrant_officer/index_e.shtm click here]

File:RCWO Christensen.jpg

2006-05-28T05:16:00Z

LenAubin:

People

2006-05-28T05:15:44Z

LenAubin:

* [[General R.J. Hillier]]
* [[Major-General J.I. Fenton]]
* [[Lieutenant-Colonel W.D. Eyre]]
* [[Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart J. Sharpe]]
* [[Lieutenant Colonel B.A. Millman]]
* [[Captain Nichola Kathleen Sarah Goddard ]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Gilbert]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer E. Christensen]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer C.A. White]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer A.M. Kolotylo]]

File:LCOL MILLMAN .jpg

2006-05-28T05:11:04Z

LenAubin:

People

2006-05-28T05:10:41Z

LenAubin:

* [[General R.J. Hillier]]
* [[Major-General J.I. Fenton]]
* [[Lieutenant-Colonel W.D. Eyre]]
* [[Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart J. Sharpe]]
* [[Lieutenant Colonel B.A. Millman]]
* [[Captain Nichola Kathleen Sarah Goddard ]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Gilbert]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer C.A. White]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer A.M. Kolotylo]]

Major-General J.I. Fenton

2006-05-28T05:07:19Z

LenAubin:

[[Image:BGen_Fenton.jpg]] Major-General J.I. Fenton, OMM, CD

MGen Ivan Fenton enrolled in the Canadian Forces in 1970 while attending York University, Toronto. On graduation in 1972 with a BA in English he was commissioned as an infantry officer into The Royal Canadian Regiment. Key military courses included the CF Command and Staff Course, the UK Joint Warfare Course, and the US Joint Combined Warfare Course. In 1993 MGen Fenton received his Master of War Studies Degree from RMC, Kingston. From January to June 1999 he attended the National Security Studies Course at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto.

Regimental duty has included service in Canada, with NATO in Germany, and with the United Nations in Cyprus. Regimental appointments, all with Third Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment, comprised rifle and reconnaissance platoon commander, intelligence officer, adjutant, company commander, and battalion commander.

Staff appointments have included instructional duty at the CF School of Communications and Electronics, operational training staff at army headquarters, Brigade G3 in 1 Brigade, and Division G3 of the1st Canadian Division. Posted to NDHQ in 1995, he served in J3 Plans and J3 Doctrine and Training, and was Deputy Chief of Staff J3 (Operations) in which he supervised the National Defence Operations Centre and coordinated CF Taskings and support to the RCMP. He was appointed as an officer of the Order of Military Merit for his work there in support of domestic and international operations. Taking over CFB Petawawa in July 1999, he deployed as the Commander of Task Force Kosovo, from December 1999 to June 2000 in command of approximately 1,400 troops. He was promoted to BGen and appointed as the Comd LFWA in the summer of 2001. BGen Fenton was promoted to MGen in May 2004 and appointed to NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium as the Assistant Director of Operations.

MGen Fenton and his wife Sue met and were married in Petawawa and are celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary there in 2000. They have two grown children, Christopher and Angela, and innumerable dogs.

Biography courtesy of DND and The RCR [http://www.army.dnd.ca/RCR_RHQ/English/Organization/ssroyalcanadian_chairsenate/index_e.shtm click here]

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2006-05-28T05:04:25Z

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People

2006-05-28T05:03:54Z

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* [[General R.J. Hillier]]
* [[Major-General J.I. Fenton]]
* [[Lieutenant-Colonel W.D. Eyre]]
* [[Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart J. Sharpe]]
* [[Captain Nichola Kathleen Sarah Goddard ]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Gilbert]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer C.A. White]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer A.M. Kolotylo]]

Chief Warrant Officer C.A. White

2006-05-27T17:26:31Z

LenAubin:

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Chief Warrant Officer White was born and raised in Collingwood, Ontario, where he lived until 1979 when he joined the army at the age of 18. Following the completion of his TQ3 training later that year, he was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Two years later he was posted to 2 Commando of the Canadian Airborne Regiment in Petawawa, Ontario, where he earned promotions to Master Corporal and Sergeant in addition to completing the Jumpmaster and Parachute Instructor courses.

Chief Warrant Officer White’s first overseas tour commenced in 1984, when he was posted back to 2 PPCLI as part of 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in Baden Soellingen, the Federal Republic of Germany. He remained there until 1986, at which time he was posted to the Canadian Airborne Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. After spending two years in Parachute Training Wing as a Parachute Instructor and course Warrant Officer, he was tasked as the Team Warrant Officer of the Sky Hawks, the Canadian Forces Parachute Team, and worked in this capacity for an additional two years.

Chief Warrant Officer White returned once again to 2 PPCLI in 1990, serving as a Platoon Warrant Officer in Winnipeg, Manitoba. During this Regimental posting Chief Warrant Officer White completed two operational tours, first with 3 PPCLI for OP HARMONY (Croatia) in 1992/93, and then with 2 PPCLI for OP PALLADIUM (Bosnia) in 1997. He remained with 2 PPCLI until 2001, attending a year-long French course and completing appointments as the Company Sergeant Major of C Company, Combat Support Company, and Administration Company, and also as the Quarter Master Senior Instructor (QMSI).

Upon his promotion to Chief Warrant Officer in 2001, Chief Warrant Officer White was posted to the Tactics School at the Combat Training Centre in Gagetown, New Brunswick. During his time at the Tactics School, he assisted in the design and production of the Army Tactical Operations Course, a war-fighting tactics course for Combat Arms and Combat Service Support Arms Officers.

Chief Warrant Officer White is married to Melanie Melton. They have two children, Christopher, age 8, and Hanna, age 6.

Biography and photo courtesy of DND and http://www.army.dnd.ca/3PPCLI/Command.htm

Chief Warrant Officer C.A. White

2006-05-27T17:25:58Z

LenAubin:

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Chief Warrant Officer White was born and raised in Collingwood, Ontario, where he lived until 1979 when he joined the army at the age of 18. Following the completion of his TQ3 training later that year, he was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Two years later he was posted to 2 Commando of the Canadian Airborne Regiment in Petawawa, Ontario, where he earned promotions to Master Corporal and Sergeant in addition to completing the Jumpmaster and Parachute Instructor courses.
Chief Warrant Officer White’s first overseas tour commenced in 1984, when he was posted back to 2 PPCLI as part of 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in Baden Soellingen, the Federal Republic of Germany. He remained there until 1986, at which time he was posted to the Canadian Airborne Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. After spending two years in Parachute Training Wing as a Parachute Instructor and course Warrant Officer, he was tasked as the Team Warrant Officer of the Sky Hawks, the Canadian Forces Parachute Team, and worked in this capacity for an additional two years.

Chief Warrant Officer White returned once again to 2 PPCLI in 1990, serving as a Platoon Warrant Officer in Winnipeg, Manitoba. During this Regimental posting Chief Warrant Officer White completed two operational tours, first with 3 PPCLI for OP HARMONY (Croatia) in 1992/93, and then with 2 PPCLI for OP PALLADIUM (Bosnia) in 1997. He remained with 2 PPCLI until 2001, attending a year-long French course and completing appointments as the Company Sergeant Major of C Company, Combat Support Company, and Administration Company, and also as the Quarter Master Senior Instructor (QMSI).

Upon his promotion to Chief Warrant Officer in 2001, Chief Warrant Officer White was posted to the Tactics School at the Combat Training Centre in Gagetown, New Brunswick. During his time at the Tactics School, he assisted in the design and production of the Army Tactical Operations Course, a war-fighting tactics course for Combat Arms and Combat Service Support Arms Officers.

Chief Warrant Officer White is married to Melanie Melton. They have two children, Christopher, age 8, and Hanna, age 6.

Biography and photo courtesy of DND and http://www.army.dnd.ca/3PPCLI/Command.htm

Chief Warrant Officer C.A. White

2006-05-27T17:25:41Z

LenAubin:

[[Image:CWO._C.A._White,.jpg]]

Chief Warrant Officer White was born and raised in Collingwood, Ontario, where he lived until 1979 when he joined the army at the age of 18. Following the completion of his TQ3 training later that year, he was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Two years later he was posted to 2 Commando of the Canadian Airborne Regiment in Petawawa, Ontario, where he earned promotions to Master Corporal and Sergeant in addition to completing the Jumpmaster and Parachute Instructor courses.
Chief Warrant Officer White’s first overseas tour commenced in 1984, when he was posted back to 2 PPCLI as part of 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in Baden Soellingen, the Federal Republic of Germany. He remained there until 1986, at which time he was posted to the Canadian Airborne Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. After spending two years in Parachute Training Wing as a Parachute Instructor and course Warrant Officer, he was tasked as the Team Warrant Officer of the Sky Hawks, the Canadian Forces Parachute Team, and worked in this capacity for an additional two years.

Chief Warrant Officer White returned once again to 2 PPCLI in 1990, serving as a Platoon Warrant Officer in Winnipeg, Manitoba. During this Regimental posting Chief Warrant Officer White completed two operational tours, first with 3 PPCLI for OP HARMONY (Croatia) in 1992/93, and then with 2 PPCLI for OP PALLADIUM (Bosnia) in 1997. He remained with 2 PPCLI until 2001, attending a year-long French course and completing appointments as the Company Sergeant Major of C Company, Combat Support Company, and Administration Company, and also as the Quarter Master Senior Instructor (QMSI).

Upon his promotion to Chief Warrant Officer in 2001, Chief Warrant Officer White was posted to the Tactics School at the Combat Training Centre in Gagetown, New Brunswick. During his time at the Tactics School, he assisted in the design and production of the Army Tactical Operations Course, a war-fighting tactics course for Combat Arms and Combat Service Support Arms Officers.

Chief Warrant Officer White is married to Melanie Melton. They have two children, Christopher, age 8, and Hanna, age 6.

Biography and photo courtesy of DND and http://www.army.dnd.ca/3PPCLI/Command.htm

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2006-05-27T17:24:25Z

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People

2006-05-27T17:23:16Z

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* [[General R.J. Hillier]]
* [[Lieutenant-Colonel W.D. Eyre]]
* [[Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart J. Sharpe]]
* [[Captain Nichola Kathleen Sarah Goddard ]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Gilbert]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer C.A. White]]
* [[Chief Warrant Officer A.M. Kolotylo]]

Colonel W.D. Eyre

2006-05-27T03:54:06Z

LenAubin:

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Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre was born in Wadena, Saskatchewan, in 1966, and spent most of his youth on a nearby farm before completing high school in Medicine Hat, Alberta. He attended Royal Roads Military College in Victoria followed by Royal Military College in Kingston, graduating in 1988.

After completing infantry officer's training, LCol Eyre was posted to 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, where he served as a rifle platoon commander, including a
peacekeeping tour in Cyprus, and as the reconnaissance platoon commander second-in-command.

Following employment as the Adjutant of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, he returned to 2 PPCLI and spent two and a half years as the unit’s reconnaissance platoon commander. In this position he deployed with 2 PPCLI to Croatia in 1993 as part of the United Nations Protection Force, and was in the Medak Pocket operation with the platoon.

After attending the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College he was employed as a staff officer in Land Force Western Area Headquarters, in both the G1 branch and as Executive Assistant to the Commander. Following this posting and promotion to Major, he spent the next two years as a rifle company commander with 3rd Battalion PPCLI. This included a tour with NATO’s Stabilization Force in Bosnia in 2000, where LCol Eyre was award the Chief of Defence Staff Commendation for the removal of a Bosnian-Croat Guards Brigade from his contentious area of responsibility. Following this tour, he commanded the Battalion’s Administration Company.

In 2001, LCol Eyre was promoted to his current rank and was posted to Quantico, Virginia, as the Canadian student at the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College. He was subsequently selected by the Marines to attend the USMC School of Advanced Warfighting for the following year, a course focused on developing operational planners. On return to Canada he was employed as a section head in the Directorate of Defence Analysis at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, where he led the team that developed the Canadian Forces’ first Strategic Operating Concept. He became Commanding Officer of 3 PPCLI in June of 2004.

Among other military qualifications, Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre is a graduate of the Canadian Advanced Reconnaissance Patrolman course and the US Army Special Forces Qualification Course. Academically, he has a bachelor’s degree in Science from RMC, and a master’s degree in Military Studies and a master’s degree in Operational Studies, both from Marine Corps University. He is married to Jennifer (nee Thompson) from Ormstown, Quebec, and they have two children, Alexander (1998) and Breanna (2001).

Biography and photo courtesy of DND and http://www.army.dnd.ca/3PPCLI/Command.htm

Colonel W.D. Eyre

2006-05-27T03:53:42Z

LenAubin:

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Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre was born in Wadena, Saskatchewan, in 1966, and spent most of his youth on a nearby farm before completing high school in Medicine Hat, Alberta. He attended Royal Roads Military College in Victoria followed by Royal Military College in Kingston, graduating in 1988.

After completing infantry officer's training, LCol Eyre was posted to 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, where he served as a rifle platoon commander, including a
peacekeeping tour in Cyprus, and as the reconnaissance platoon commander second-in-command.

Following employment as the Adjutant of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, he returned to 2 PPCLI and spent two and a half years as the unit’s reconnaissance platoon commander. In this position he deployed with 2 PPCLI to Croatia in 1993 as part of the United Nations Protection Force, and was in the Medak Pocket operation with the platoon.

After attending the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College he was employed as a staff officer in Land Force Western Area Headquarters, in both the G1 branch and as Executive Assistant to the Commander. Following this posting and promotion to Major, he spent the next two years as a rifle company commander with 3rd Battalion PPCLI. This included a tour with NATO’s Stabilization Force in Bosnia in 2000, where LCol Eyre was award the Chief of Defence Staff Commendation for the removal of a Bosnian-Croat Guards Brigade from his contentious area of responsibility. Following this tour, he commanded the Battalion’s Administration Company.

In 2001, LCol Eyre was promoted to his current rank and was posted to Quantico, Virginia, as the Canadian student at the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College. He was subsequently selected by the Marines to attend the USMC School of Advanced Warfighting for the following year, a course focused on developing operational planners. On return to Canada he was employed as a section head in the Directorate of Defence Analysis at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, where he led the team that developed the Canadian Forces’ first Strategic Operating Concept. He became Commanding Officer of 3 PPCLI in June of 2004.

Among other military qualifications, Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre is a graduate of the Canadian Advanced Reconnaissance Patrolman course and the US Army Special Forces Qualification Course. Academically, he has a bachelor’s degree in Science from RMC, and a master’s degree in Military Studies and a master’s degree in Operational Studies, both from Marine Corps University. He is married to Jennifer (nee Thompson) from Ormstown, Quebec, and they have two children, Alexander (1998) and Breanna (2001).

Biography and phot courtesy of DND and http://www.army.dnd.ca/3PPCLI/Command.htm

Colonel W.D. Eyre

2006-05-27T03:53:12Z

LenAubin:

[[Image:LCol._W.D._Eyre.jpg]]

Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre was born in Wadena, Saskatchewan, in 1966, and spent most of his youth on a nearby farm before completing high school in Medicine Hat, Alberta. He attended Royal Roads Military College in Victoria followed by Royal Military College in Kingston, graduating in 1988.

After completing infantry officer's training, LCol Eyre was posted to 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, where he served as a rifle platoon commander, including a
peacekeeping tour in Cyprus, and as the reconnaissance platoon commander second-in-command.

Following employment as the Adjutant of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, he returned to 2 PPCLI and spent two and a half years as the unit’s reconnaissance platoon commander. In this position he deployed with 2 PPCLI to Croatia in 1993 as part of the United Nations Protection Force, and was in the Medak Pocket operation with the platoon.

After attending the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College he was employed as a staff officer in Land Force Western Area Headquarters, in both the G1 branch and as Executive Assistant to the Commander. Following this posting and promotion to Major, he spent the next two years as a rifle company commander with 3rd Battalion PPCLI. This included a tour with NATO’s Stabilization Force in Bosnia in 2000, where LCol Eyre was award the Chief of Defence Staff Commendation for the removal of a Bosnian-Croat Guards Brigade from his contentious area of responsibility. Following this tour, he commanded the Battalion’s Administration Company.

In 2001, LCol Eyre was promoted to his current rank and was posted to Quantico, Virginia, as the Canadian student at the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College. He was subsequently selected by the Marines to attend the USMC School of Advanced Warfighting for the following year, a course focused on developing operational planners. On return to Canada he was employed as a section head in the Directorate of Defence Analysis at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, where he led the team that developed the Canadian Forces’ first Strategic Operating Concept. He became Commanding Officer of 3 PPCLI in June of 2004.

Among other military qualifications, Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre is a graduate of the Canadian Advanced Reconnaissance Patrolman course and the US Army Special Forces Qualification Course. Academically, he has a bachelor’s degree in Science from RMC, and a master’s degree in Military Studies and a master’s degree in Operational Studies, both from Marine Corps University. He is married to Jennifer (nee Thompson) from Ormstown, Quebec, and they have two children, Alexander (1998) and Breanna (2001).

Biography and phot courtesy of DND and http://www.army.dnd.ca/3PPCLI/Command.htm

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2006-05-27T03:51:20Z

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People

2006-05-27T03:51:00Z

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Chief Warrant Officer A.M. Kolotylo

2006-05-27T03:47:47Z

LenAubin:

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CWO Kolotylo was born in Willingdon, AB on 20 DEC 1960. Upon enrollment into the Canadian Armed Forces, 04 Sep 1980 in Edmonton AB, he proceeded to Basic Training in Cornwallis, NS. He completed his QL 3 training at the PPCLI Battle School in Wainwright AB in March 1981 and was posted to 3 PPCLI.

Promoted to MCpl in 1981, he served within the Bn with C Coy, Adm Coy and Cbt Sp. In 1985 he was promoted to Sgt and posted to D Coy 2PPCLI in Germany. In 1987 he completed the year long French course and was posted back to 3PPCLI. He deployed to Cyprus with the Bn in 1988 and was promoted to WO in 1989. He was posted to the PPCLI Battle School in 1992 and was promoted to MWO in 1994. In 1996 he was posted to 1PPCLI in Edmonton and deployed to Bosnia as B Coy Sergeant Major in 1997. He was then posted to Victoria B.C. and joined the Canadian Scottish Regiment in 1998. In 1999 he was posted to the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa and deployed to Sierra Leone in 2000. Upon returning from Africa in 2001 he was posted back to 1 PPCLI in Edmonton as Cbt Sp CSM. In 2002 he was posted to 3 PPCLI in Edmonton as the QMSI and promoted to CWO in 2004. He was then posted to the MOSART Project in Ottawa.

CWO Kolotylo was appointed RSM 2 PPCLI in June 2004

courtesy of DND

Chief Warrant Officer A.M. Kolotylo

2006-05-27T03:47:13Z

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