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SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT OF CANADIAN FORCES CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER
1. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER GREG LACROIX,
MMM, CD, WILL BE APPOINTED CANADIAN FORCES CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER
EFFECTIVE APS 2007, SUCCEEDING CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER DANIEL GILBERT,
MMM, CD
2. CWO G. LACROIX, A COMBAT ENGINEER, ENROLLED IN THE CF ON 17 FEB
77 IN MONTREAL, AND HAS SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN A VARIETY OF
UNITS AND BASES. AS A CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER, HE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED IN
ENGINEER STANDARDS AT COMBAT TRAINING CENTRE GAGETOWN, AS REGIMENTAL
SERGEANT-MAJOR OF 2 COMBAT ENGINEER REGIMENT, AS SCHOOL CHIEF
WARRANT OFFICER AT CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF MILITARY ENGINEERING
GAGETOWN, AS THE MULTI NATIONAL DIVISION SOUTH-WEST DIVISION
SERGEANT-MAJOR IN BOSNIA, AS THE DCDS GROUP CWO AND, FOR THE LAST 4
YEARS, AS THE ARMY SERGEANT-MAJOR. I WELCOME HIS EXTENSIVE
EXPERIENCE AND HIS PROVEN LEADERSHIP ABILITY IN THIS MOST
CHALLENGING AND IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT
3. POSTING INSTRUCTION WILL BE ISSUED SEPARATELY
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