Jennie Carignan to take command of Canadian Armed Forces in historic ceremony

Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan is group to officially return complete bid of nan Canadian Armed Forces this greeting successful a ceremonial astatine nan Canadian War Museum successful Ottawa.

Carignan will besides beryllium promoted to nan rank of wide during nan change-of-command ceremony.

She was chosen by nan national authorities to go Canada’s first female defence chief, and she’s nary alien to firsts.

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Carignan was besides nan first woman to bid a combat portion successful nan Canadian military, and her profession has included deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Syria.

For nan past 3 years, she has been nan main of master behaviour and culture, a occupation created arsenic a consequence of nan intersexual misconduct ungraded successful 2021.

Gen. Wayne Eyre is group to discontinue from nan Armed Forces later successful nan summertime aft starring nan subject for astir 3 years.