Lieutenant-General Marc Caron, CMM, MSM, CD was born on June 1,1954 and is a former Canadian soldier.
12 Facts About Marc Caron
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Marc Caron was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on June 1,1954.
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Marc Caron holds a baccalaureate in Political Science from the University of Ottawa.
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Marc Caron enrolled in the Canadian Forces in October 1971 and after graduating from the Officer Cadet Training Programme, was commissioned in May 1973.
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Marc Caron became a student at the Royal Military College of Science in Shrivenham, England, in 1981, and then at the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College in Kingston, Ontario in 1982.
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Marc Caron became a company commander in the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22 Regiment in Quebec in August 1982 and then became a student at the Canadian Forces Staff College in Toronto, Ontario in 1984.
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Marc Caron joined the Project Management Office, Anti-Armour Projects at National Defence Headquarters, in Ottawa in June 1985 before becoming Commanding Officer of 3rd Battalion, Royal 22 Regiment in Quebec in 1988.
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Marc Caron was appointed head of operations staff in the Land Force Command Headquarters in July 1990 before becoming a student at the US Army War College in 1994.
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Marc Caron was made Director Force Concepts and Director Land Requirements at NDHQ in July 1994 and then Chief of Staff of the Kosovo Verification Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in November 1998.
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Marc Caron was selected to be Commander, Land Force Quebec Area, in July 2000, and then Assistant Chief of the Land Staff in May 2003.
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Marc Caron became Acting Chief of the Land Staff in November 2003 and then Chief of the Land Staff in February 2005.
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Marc Caron retired from the forces in June 2006 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Andrew Leslie.