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Peter Devlin Allegiance Canada Service/branch 
Canadian Forces/Land Force CommandRank Lieutenant General Commands held 1st Bn Royal Canadian Regiment
2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade GroupBattles/wars Bosnian War
War in Afghanistan
Iraq WarAwards Commander of the Order of Military Merit
Meritorious Service Cross
Canadian Forces DecorationLieutenant General Peter John Devlin CMM, MSC, CD is the Chief of the Land Staff in the Canadian Forces.
Military career
Educated at the University of Western Ontario, Devlin was commissioned into The Royal Canadian Regiment, having joined the Canadian Forces in 1978.[1] Devlin served in an operational role in Cyprus between 1984 and 1985 and in the Former Yugoslavia in 1992.[2] In 1994, following his experiences in the Former Yugoslavia, Devlin published a report which was highly critical of the fact that the international community "had no International Peacekeeping Training Centre".[3]
He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion of The Royal Canadian Regiment in 1997.[1] Then, in 1998, he was the Canadian Battle Group Commanding Officer in Bosnia.[1]
He became Commander of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in 2002.[1]
He served with the International Security Assistance Force as Commander of the Kabul Multinational Brigade in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2004.[1]
He was appointed Deputy Commanding General of III (US) Corps and Fort Hood, Texas in 2005 and deployed with the Corps to Iraq.[1] He was Deputy Commanding General of the Multi-National Corps – Iraq from 2006 to 2008[1] - in that capacity he told the Washington Post that the Multi-National Force was giving "greater legitimacy to the effort here in Iraq.".[4] In 2008 he was made Deputy Commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Command.[1]
In March 2010, it was announced that Devlin would be appointed Chief of the Land Staff within the year.[5] The change of command took place on 21 June 2010.[6][7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Senior Officer Biography
- ^ What's New April 11, 2010
- ^ Devlin, P.J., An International Peacekeeping Training Centre Canadian Forces College Command & Staff Course New Horizons Paper, 1994
- ^ Canadian General Takes Senior Command Role in Iraq Article by Jon Elmer and Anthony Fenton, January 24, 2008
- ^ Canada to get new army boss Windsor Star, March 31, 2010
- ^ Canadian Army To Get New Commander
- ^ Devlin named Canada's new army chief CBC.ca, June 21, 2010
Military offices Preceded by
Andrew LeslieChief of the Land Staff
2010-Succeeded by
IncumbentGeneral Officers Commanding Edward Selby Smyth • Richard Luard • Frederick Dobson Middleton • Ivor Herbert • William Julius Gascoigne • Edward Hutton • Richard Hebden O'Grady Haly • Earl of Dundonald
Chiefs of the General Staff Percy Lake • William Otter • Colin Mackenzie • Willoughby Gwatkin • James MacBrien • Herbert Thacker • Andrew McNaughton • Ernest Ashton • Thomas Anderson • Harry Crerar • Kenneth Stuart • John Murchie • Charles Foulkes • Guy Simonds • Howard Graham • Samuel Clark • Geoffrey Walsh
Commanders, Mobile Command Jean Victor Allard • William Anderson • Gilles Turcot • William Milroy • Stanley Waters • Jacques Chouinard • Jean Jacques Paradis • Charles Belzile • James Fox • Kent Foster • Jim Gervais
Chiefs of the Land Staff Gord Reay • Maurice Baril • William Leach • Mike Jeffery • Rick Hillier • Marc Caron • Andrew Leslie • Peter Devlin
Categories:- Living people
- Canadian generals
- Recipients of the Meritorious Service Decoration
- Recipients of the Canadian Forces Decoration
- University of Western Ontario alumni
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