Marquis Hainse

Marquis Hainse
Lt. Gen Hainse (left) meets U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Canadian Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	1st Bn Royal 22^e Régiment 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan
Awards	Commander of the Order of Military Merit Meritorious Service Cross Canadian Forces Decoration

Military career

Hainse joined the Canadian Forces in 1977 and was commissioned into the Royal 22^e Régiment in 1980.^[1] He was deployed during the Oka Crisis in 1990 and again during the North American Ice Storm of 1998.^[1] He became Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion Royal 22^e Régiment at Port-au-Prince in Haiti in 1996, Chief of Staff of Land Force Quebec Area in 2001 and Commander of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Task Force in April 2002.^[1] He went on to be senior officer in charge of international operations at the National Defence Headquarters later in 2002, Commander of 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in September 2004 and Chief of Staff of Canada Command in Ottawa in July 2006.^[1] He then served in Afghanistan as Deputy Commander Regional Command South in 2007 and became Commander of Land Force Doctrine and Training System in May 2008 before becoming Chief of Programme at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa in August 2010 and then Deputy Commander Allied Joint Force Command Naples in 2011.^[1]

Hainse became Chief of the Army Staff and Commander of the Canadian Army in July 2013.^[2] It was announced on 19 January 2016 that Hainse would be replaced as Commander of the Canadian Army and would serve as the military representative at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. His replacement would be Major-General Paul Wynnyk.^[3]

1 2 3 4 5 "Lieutenant-General J.M.M. Hainse, CMM, MSC, CD". Canadian Army. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
↑ "Hainse to lead army". Vanguard. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
↑ Tasker, John Paul (19 January 2016). "Top ranks of Canadian Forces get shake-up with new army, navy commanders". CBC News. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

Military offices
Preceded by Peter Devlin	Commander of the Canadian Army 2013–2016	Succeeded by Paul Wynnyk

Commanders of the Canadian Army

General Officers Commanding	Edward Smyth Richard Luard Frederick Middleton Ivor Herbert William Gascoigne Edward Hutton Richard Haly Earl of Dundonald

Chiefs of the General Staff	Percy Lake William Otter Colin Mackenzie Willoughby Gwatkin Arthur Currie James MacBrien Herbert Thacker Andrew McNaughton Ernest Ashton Thomas Anderson Harry Crerar Kenneth Stuart John Murchie Charles Foulkes Guy Simonds Howard Graham Samuel Clark Geoffrey Walsh

Commanders, Mobile Command	Jean Allard William Anderson Gilles Turcot William Milroy Stanley Waters Jacques Chouinard Jean Paradis Charles Belzile James Fox Kent Foster Jim Gervais

Chiefs of the Land Staff	Gord Reay Maurice Baril William Leach Mike Jeffery Rick Hillier Marc Caron Andrew Leslie

Commanders of the Canadian Army	Peter Devlin Marquis Hainse Paul Wynnyk

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