Lieutenant-General Guy Thibault Assumes Role as Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
(firmenpresse) - OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 09/11/13 -- Lieutenant-General Guy Thibault today assumed the role of the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS) from Vice-Admiral Bruce Donaldson, who will be retiring from the Canadian Armed Forces. Lieutenant-General Thibault has been serving the Canadian Armed Forces for 35 years and brings with him extensive operational and leadership experience.
"I offer my best wishes to Lieutenant-General Thibault in carrying out his new functions as Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, and I want to thank Vice-Admiral Donaldson for the leadership he has exercised in that role," said the Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of National Defence. "I am confident Lieutenant-General Thibault will maintain the highest level of professional standards and ethics."
"I want to thank Vice-Admiral Donaldson for the tireless dedication, endless energy and unlimited support he provided as the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff," said General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff. "I also want to extend a very warm welcome to Lieutenant-General Thibault. I know that the Canadian Armed Forces will be well served by his leadership, and will benefit from the wealth of experience he brings to his new appointment."
"I am incredibly honoured and humbled by the trust and confidence being placed in me by the departmental senior leadership to serve as the next Vice Chief of the Defence Staff," said Lieutenant-General Thibault. "I am excited to be re-joining our outstanding defence leadership team and will endeavour to serve the Chief of the Defence Staff and Deputy Minister to the very best of my ability in advancing our Department of National Defence/Canadian Armed Forces strategic agenda in this time of significant changes, challenges and opportunities."
In his new role, Lieutenant-General Thibault serves as the second-in-command of the Canadian Armed Forces, Commander of the VCDS Group, and is responsible and accountable to the Chief of the Defence Staff and the Deputy Minister for the coordination, and when appropriate, direction of the activity necessary to ensure departmental defence policy and strategic objectives are achieved.
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Datum: 11.09.2013 - 09:15 Uhr
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