Marc Caron

Marc Caron
Born	(1954-06-01) June 1, 1954
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Canadian Forces
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Chief of the Land Staff
Battles/wars	Kosovo War
Awards	Commander of the Order of Military Merit Meritorious Service Medal Canadian Forces Decoration

Lieutenant-General Joseph Henri Paul Marc (Marc) Caron, CMM, MSM, CD (born June 1, 1954) was a Canadian infantry officer and the former Chief of the Land Staff of the Canadian Forces.

Early life

Caron enrolled in the Canadian Forces in October 1971 and after graduating from the Officer Cadet Training Programme, was commissioned in May 1973. As a junior officer he served with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22^e Régiment in Quebec from May 1973, with the 1st Airborne Commando in Cyprus from April 1974, with the 1st Battalion, Royal 22^e Régiment in Lahr, Germany from August 1976 and with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in Lemgo, Germany from January 1978. He became a student at the Royal Military College of Science in Shrivenham, England in 1981 and then at the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College in Kingston, Ontario in 1982.

Caron became a Company Commander in the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22^e Régiment in Quebec in August 1982 and then became a student at the Canadian Forces Staff College in Toronto, Ontario in 1984. He joined the Project Management Office, Anti-Armour Projects at National Defence Headquarters (NDHQ), in Ottawa in June 1985 before becoming Commanding Officer of 3rd Battalion, Royal 22^e Régiment in Quebec, Canada in 1988. He was appointed Head of operations staff in the Land Force Command Headquarters in July 1990 before becoming a student at the U.S. Army War College in 1994. He was made Director Force Concepts and Director Land Requirements at NDHQ in July 1994 and then Chief of Staff of the Kosovo Verification Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in November 1998.

Caron was selected to be Commander, Land Force Quebec Area in July 2000^[1] and then Assistant Chief of the Land Staff in May 2003.^[2] He became Acting Chief of the Land Staff in November 2003 and then Chief of the Land Staff in February 2005.^[3]

He retired from the forces in June 2006 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Andrew Leslie.^[4] Today he works for the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), within its International Security Sector Advisory Team (ISSAT).^[5]

Military offices
Preceded by Rick Hillier	Chief of the Land Staff 2005–2006	Succeeded by Andrew Leslie

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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