Admiral McDonald’s Flag Hoist Signal:
“Teammates, the sacred responsibility that I have undertaken is to advocate for, empower, and lead you. I look forward to navigating through these interesting and exciting waters with you. We got this.” https://t.co/7fErGS99KBpic.twitter.com/7QwmFHMgM0
Admiral Art McDonald was appointed Canada’s new Chief of the Defence Staff during a change of command ceremony held virtually today in Ottawa.
The event was presided over by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, and marked the official transfer of command of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) from General Jonathan Vance to Admiral Art McDonald.
Regina 2003-2005, and as Commanding Officer in
Halifax 2007-2009. In so doing, he deployed repeatedly - including three Arabian Gulf and one Adriatic Sea tours - and also circumnavigated the globe (Calgary, 1995). As a Capt(N), he was the Maritime Component Commander of Canadian Joint Task Force (Haiti), leading sea-based humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. He then commanded a seven-ship combined, multi-national Task Group in the High Arctic later in 2010 during the annual Op NANOOK. Later, as a RAdm, he also led the CAF s recurring Op LENTUS responses to historic fires and floods in BC while commanding Joint Task Force Pacific 2016-2018.
Author of the article: David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Jan 07, 2021 • January 7, 2021 • 1 minute read FILE: Vice-Admiral Art McDonald. Photo by Andrew Vaughan /THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Vice Admiral Art McDonald will take over as the Chief of the Defence Staff next Thursday. He will be promoted to full admiral for his new position.
McDonald replaces Gen. Jon Vance who has been CDS since July 2015. Vance announced last year that he was retiring.
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