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Episode 049 – BGen Omer Lavoie

• 30 December 2015,
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• Author: Mike Lacroix
• Categories: Podcasts
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  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 […]