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[[Lieutenant General]] '''Kent Richard Foster''' [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]], [[Canadian Forces Decoration|CD]] was the [[Commander of the Canadian Army|Commander Mobile Command]] of the [[Canadian Forces]]. |
[[Lieutenant General]] '''Kent Richard Foster''' [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]], [[Canadian Forces Decoration|CD]] (born c. 1938) was the [[Commander of the Canadian Army|Commander Mobile Command]] of the [[Canadian Forces]].<ref>Chief of army leaps at chance for ceremony: [Final Edition] |
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BOB GILMOUR Journal Staff Writer. Edmonton Journal [Edmonton, Alta] 06 June 1990: B15.</ref> |
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==Military career== |
==Military career== |
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Revision as of 00:10, 5 April 2015
Kent Foster | |
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| Born | 1937 or 1938 (age 86–87) Coleman, Alberta |
| 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 Richard Foster CMM, CD (born c. 1938) was the Commander Mobile Command of the Canadian Forces.[1]
Military career
Foster graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1960.[2] He served with the Canadian Airborne Regiment[3] and rose through the Officer ranks to become Commander, Mobile Command in 1989.[4] 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.[5] Foster also deployed Canadian troops during the Gulf War.[6]
In retirement he became an Assistant Deputy Minister for Health[7] and a Governor of Royal Roads University.[8]
References
- ^ Chief of army leaps at chance for ceremony: [Final Edition] BOB GILMOUR Journal Staff Writer. Edmonton Journal [Edmonton, Alta] 06 June 1990: B15.
- ^ 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