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[[Lieutenant-General]] '''Kent Foster''' [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]] [[Canadian Forces Decoration|CD]] was the [[Commander, Mobile Command|Commander, Force Mobile Command]] of the [[Canadian Forces]]. |
[[Lieutenant-General]] '''Kent R. Foster''' [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]] [[Canadian Forces Decoration|CD]] was the [[Commander, Mobile Command|Commander, Force Mobile Command]] of the [[Canadian Forces]]. |
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Revision as of 16:34, 11 April 2010
Lieutenant-General Kent R. Foster CMM CD was the Commander, Force Mobile Command of the Canadian Forces.
Military career
Foster served with the Canadian Airborne Regiment.[1] He rose through the Officer ranks to become Commander, Force Mobile Command in 1989.[2] In that role, during the Oka Crisis in 1990, John de Chastelain, Chief of Defence Staff instructed him to take charge in a crisis over barricades placed by members of the Mohawk nation in a land dispute.[3] He also had to deploy Canadian troops during the Gulf War.[4]
In retirement he became an Assistant Deputy Minister for Health[5] and a Governor of Royal Roads University.[6]
References
- ^ Airborne Regiment Association of Canada - 1st Annual Airborne Memorial
- ^ Letter to General Rick Hillier
- ^ 3,000 troops ready to face massive counterattack by Mohawks Daily Gazette, 29 August 1990
- ^ Operation Broadsword, 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade and the Gulf War, 1990-1991 The Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin, Volume 5, No.1, Page 24, Spring 2002
- ^ Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs 29 January 1998
- ^ Royal Roads University