Kent Foster Explained
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]
Notes and References
- Chief of army leaps at chance for ceremony: (Final Edition), Bob Gilmour, Journal Staff Writer, Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alta), 6 June 1990: B15.
- http://www.rmcclub.ca/everitaswp/?m=200904 Royal Military College of Canada
- Web site: Airborne Regiment Association of Canada – 1st Annual Airborne Memorial . 2010-04-11 . https://archive.today/20080104175038/http://www.airborneassociation.com/cgi/function/2007-memorial/07-memorial-e.php . 2008-01-04 . dead .
- Web site: Letter to General Rick Hillier . 2010-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719202214/http://www.rusiviccda.org/opinion/cosr/Letter_to_Gen_R_Hillier_26_Feb_2007.pdf . 2011-07-19 . dead .
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=19900829&id=2nwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U4gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2812,6802666 3,000 troops ready to face massive counterattack by Mohawks
- http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/caj/documents/vol_05/iss_1/CAJ_vol5.1_full_e.pdf Operation Broadsword, 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade and the Gulf War, 1990–1991
- http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=1038338&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=36&Ses=1 Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs
- http://www.royalroads.ca/governance/board-of-governors Royal Roads University
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