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词条 Jacques Chouinard
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  1. Military career

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|name=Jacques Chouinard
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|rank=Lieutenant General
|branch= Canadian Army/Canadian Forces
|commands=Commander, Mobile Command
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|allegiance={{flag|Canada}}
|birth_date=1 October 1922
|death_date=28 July 2008
|birth_place=Montreal, Quebec, Canada
|death_place=Quebec, Canada
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|laterwork=
|awards=Commander of the Order of Military Merit
Canadian Forces Decoration
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Lieutenant General Jacques Chouinard CMM CD (1 October 1922 – 28 July 2008) was the Commander, Mobile Command of the Canadian Forces.

Military career

Educated at a College in Saint-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Chouinard was commissioned into Royal 22e Régiment in 1941.[1] He served in World War II with his regiment in England and Italy.[1]

He was made commandant of the School of Parachuting during the Korean war and went on to be commanding officer of the Royal 22e Régiment in 1962.[1] He was appointed commandant of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean in 1968.[1] He was then made commander of CFB Valcartier and of the 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in 1970.[1] He took command of Canadian Forces on the streets of Montreal in October 1970 during the October Crisis when the Front de libération du Québec initiated kidnappings.[2]

In 1971 he took command of the 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in Lahr in Germany.[1]

In 1972 he returned to Canada and was appointed Commander of the Mobile Command in Saint-Hubert, Quebec. In 1973 he became Assistant to the Associate Deputy Minister (Policy) at National Defence Headquarters.[1] In 1975 he was promoted to Lieutenant-General and made Commander, Mobile Command.[1] He retired in 1977.[1]

In retirement he became International Marketing Manager and then President of Industries Valcartier, a munitions business.[1]

References

1. ^Royal Military College of Canada{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19701016&id=EZIuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OKEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=934,3901681 Army started moving within half an hour] Montreal Gazette, 16 October 1970
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