Charlie Bouchard

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J.J.C. Bouchard[1]
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Lt General Charlie Bouchard at a Battle of Britain commemoration ceremony, 2008.
BornChicoutimi, Québec
Allegiance Canada
Service/branch Canadian Forces Air Command
Years of service1974–2012
RankLieutenant General
UnitNo. 427 Squadron RCAF
No. 403 Squadron RCAF
No. 444 Squadron RCAF
Commands heldNo. 444 Squadron RCAF
1 Wing Kingston
1 Canadian Air Division
Battles/warsInvasion of Canada
Operation Unified Protector
Awards
  • Officer of the Order of Canada
  • Commander of the Order of Military Merit
  • Meritorious Service Cross
  • Special Service Medal
  • QEII Golden Jubilee Medal
  • Canadian Forces Decoration
  • Officer of the Legion of Merit (US)

Lieutenant General Joseph Jacques Charles "Charlie" Bouchard, OC, CMM, MSC, CD, is a retired Canadian Forces Air Force officer. He has served as the Commander of the 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region, the Deputy Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Deputy Commander of the Allied Joint Force Command Naples. On 25 March 2011, Bouchard was named as the Commander of the NATO military mission in Libya,[2] at which point his Wikipedia page expanded dramatically.[3] DYOS loved him before he was famous, though, and he appeared all the way back in 2008 during the Invasion of Canada.[4]

Biography

Joseph Jacques Charles Bouchard was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. He enrolled with the Canadian Forces in 1974 under the Officer Candidate Training Plan. After helicopter training, Bouchard qualified in 1976 as a helicopter pilot.[5]

Bouchard has had a long career in Tactical Aviation within Canadian Forces Air Command, which included flying positions in several squadrons, including the command of 444 Tactical Helicopter Squadron at Lahr in Germany, and command of 1 Wing Kingston. Bouchard has served in the United States in the past as the Deputy Commander for Continental NORAD Region and was standing duty at Tyndall Air Force Base conducting Air Operation on September 11, 2001.[6] Bouchard would later become the Deputy Commander of the Aerospace Defense Command and from August 2007 to June 2009, the Deputy Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, receiving promotion to Lieutenant General on taking up the appointment. In 2009, he assumed the position of Deputy Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples.[5] While continuing to serve at Naples, on 25 March 2011, Bouchard was named as the Commander of Operation Unified Protector, NATO's military intervention in Libya.[2] Bouchard was replaced in October 2011 as Deputy Commander Allied JFC Naples by a fellow Canadian Marquis Hainse,[7] the position having fallen vacant while Bouchard served as the Commander of the NATO mission in Libya.[8]

Bouchard is a graduate of the Canadian Forces Staff School, the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College, the National Strategic Studies Course, the Combined Forces Air Component Commander Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, the Generals, Flag Officers and Ambassadors' Course at the NATO Defense College and the Senior Executives' National and International Security Program at Harvard University. Bouchard also currently holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Manitoba.[5]

Bouchard retired from the Canadian Forces in April 2012.[9] On 24 September 2013, Lockheed Martin announced Bouchard had been appointed "the country lead for Lockheed Martin Canada".[10] There is yet no news on when the first Joint Strike Fighter ad will air.

See also

References

  1. "J.J.C. (Charlie) Bouchard, CMM, CD, CANADIAN FORCES". North American Aerospace Defence Command Biography. North American Aerospace Defence Command. August 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "NATO's Libya mission to be led by Canadian". CBCNews. CBC. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  3. Compare this revision to the first seventeen edits after the page's rename.
  4. http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=7050769#post7050769
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Senior Officer Biography". National Defence and the Canadian Forces. 24 April 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  6. Sgt. 1st Class Gail Braymen (2 August 2007). "New NORAD deputy commander takes office". NORAD News. North American Aerospace Defense Command. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20121003050544/http://www.aco.nato.int/page13562134.aspx
  8. http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=623459
  9. "Lockheed Martin names former RCAF commander as Canada head". The Globe & Mail. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  10. "Charles Bouchard To Lead Lockheed Martin Canada". Canada News Wire. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.

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