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Revision as of 00:07, 3 April 2014
Kent Foster | |
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| Allegiance |  Canada |
| Service | Canadian Army/Canadian Forces |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | Commander, Mobile Command |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of Military Merit Canadian Forces Decoration |
Lieutenant-General Kent R. Foster, CMM, CD was the Commander, Force Mobile Command of the Canadian Forces.
Military career
Foster graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1960.[1] He served with the Canadian Airborne Regiment[2] and rose through the Officer ranks to become Commander, Force Mobile Command in 1989.[3] 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.[4] Foster also deployed Canadian troops during the Gulf War.[5]
In retirement he became an Assistant Deputy Minister for Health[6] and a Governor of Royal Roads University.[7]
References
- ^ Royal Military College of Canada
- ^ 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