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17 July 2016,
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Comments Off on Episode 054 – Capt Terry “Stoney” Burke,
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Author:
Mike Lacroix
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Podcasts
Tags: 1 RCR, 2RCR, 3 Mech Commando, 31 Canadian Brigade Group, 31 CBG, 3RCR, 4 RCR, Army, Brockville Rifles, Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian Army, Commission From the Ranks, Cyprus, Germany, Infantry, Infantry Officer, Israel, Lebanon, LFCA, RCR, Syria, The Royal Canadian Regiment, Wolesly Barracks
Captain Terry (Stoney) Burke joined the Royal Canadian Regiment in October 1964. He completed basic recruit training at the Regimental Depot, in Wolseley Barracks, in London, Ontario. In October 1965, he was posted to the Second Battalion of the RCR, in Fort York, West Germany, where he became a member of the Assault Pioneer Platoon. Over the next three years he completed the Junior NCO Course and was promoted Corporal in December of 1968. In November of 1969 he returned […]
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30 December 2015,
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Comments Off on Episode 049 – BGen Omer Lavoie,
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Author:
Mike Lacroix
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Categories:
Podcasts
Tags: 1 CMBG, 1 RCR, 2 RCR, 4th Canadian Division, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Brigadier General, Croatia, Infantry, Infantry Officer, Kosovo, Land Force Central Area, LFCA, Oka, Operation Medusa, RCR, RMC, Royal Canadian Regiment, Royal Military College, Royal Roads Military College
Brigadier-General Omer Lavoie was born and raised in Marathon, Ontario. He joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1983 as a private soldier in the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment. Upon high school graduation, he transferred to the Regular Force and attended Royal Roads Military College from 1985 – 1989. Upon completion of infantry phase training, he was posted to Second Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment. Brigadier-General Lavoie’s regimental employment includes service with 2RCR, 1 RCR and as the Regimental Adjutant. As […]
