1. Ray Henault was the Chief of the Defence Staff of Canada from June 28,2001 to June 17,2005 and then Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 2005 until 2008, when he retired.
22 Facts About Ray Henault
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Ray Henault graduated from both the Ecole superieure de guerre Aerienne in Paris and the National Defence College of Canada in Kingston.
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Ray Henault holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, and an honorary Doctor of Laws, from the University of Manitoba.
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On completion of pilot training at CFB Borden, Ontario, and CFB Gimli, Manitoba, Ray Henault was transferred to CFB Bagotville, Quebec, where he served as a CF-101 Voodoo pilot with 425 Squadron.
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In 1976, Ray Henault was posted to 408 Squadron at CFB Edmonton, Alberta, to fly the CH-135 Twin Huey helicopter.
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Ray Henault was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in June 1985, and appointed Project Director for the Canadian Forces Light Helicopter Project at NDHQ.
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In June 1987, Ray Henault was appointed the Commanding Officer of 444 Tactical Helicopter Squadron at CFB Lahr, Germany.
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Ray Henault was promoted to the rank of colonel in July 1990, and appointed Base Commander of CFB Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
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Ray Henault was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in May 1994, and assumed command of 10 Tactical Air Group headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.
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From January to October 1997, Ray Henault was appointed Acting Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff.
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Ray Henault was promoted to the rank of major-general on 1 April 1997.
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From September 1997 to September 1998, Ray Henault served as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff.
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Ray Henault was promoted to his present rank and appointed Chief of the Defence Staff on 28 June 2001.
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Ray Henault holds the rank of Commander of the Order of Military Merit, The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and Commander of the French Legion of Honour.
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Ray Henault was elected to the position of Chairman of the NATO Military Committee in November 2004 and assumed that position at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium in June 2005.
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Ray Henault held that position until 2008, when he finally retired from the military and returned to Canada.
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Ray Henault was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Military Science from the Royal Military College of Canada in 2005, and in 2006 an Honorary Professorship at the University of Pecs in Hungary.
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Ray Henault was awarded the Order of Military Merit, and received the Meritorious Service Cross in November 2009.
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Ray Henault was awarded United States Legion Of Merit at the rank of Commander; French Legion of Honour at the rank of Commander; Czech Cross of Merit at the rank of Commander; Belgian Order of the Grand Croix at the rank of Commander; and the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary.
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Ray Henault has been awarded: the Ukrainian Medal of Honour, NATO Meritorious Service Cross, Commander of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
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Ray Henault was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2023.
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In 2013, Ray Henault joined the board of directors of the Pearson Centre.