Alain Parent

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Alain Parent
Lieutenant-General J A J Parent.jpg
Branch Royal Canadian Air Force [a]
Years of service1979-2018
Rank Lieutenant General
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Lieutenant General Joseph Alain Jacques Parent [1] CMM CD is a retired senior Royal Canadian Air Force officer, who served as acting Vice Chief of the Defence Staff from May 2017 until his retirement in June 2018. [2]

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Military career

Parent joined the Canadian Forces in 1979. Following certification of his pilot training in 1985, he flew a variety of Air Command helicopter and accrued over 4900 hours of flying on the CH-136 Kiowa, CH-135 Twin Huey and the CH-146 Griffon. [3]

Parent became Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division in July 2011. He served as the Deputy Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) from 2012 [4] and was appointed acting Vice Chief of the Defence Staff on 30 May 2017. [5]


Personal life

He is married and has two children.

Awards and decorations

Parent's personal awards and decorations include the following:

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CAN Order of Military Merit Commander and Officer.png
Canada125 ribbon.png CAN Canadian Forces Decoration ribbon with two bars.svg Meritorious Service Medal ribbon.svg


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RibbonDescriptionNotes
CAN Order of Military Merit Commander and Officer.png Order of Military Merit (CMM)
  • Appointed Commander (CMM) on 17 October 2012 [6]
  • Appointed Officer (OMM) on 28 November 2008 [6]
Canada125 ribbon.png 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal
  • Decoration awarded in 1992
CAN Canadian Forces Decoration ribbon with two bars.svg Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD)
  • with two Clasp for 32 years of services
Meritorious Service Medal ribbon.svg Meritorious Service Medal (United States)
  • Flag of the United States.svg

Notes

  1. ↑ Known as Air Command until 2011

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "About Us | CDA Institute" (PDF). cdainstitute.ca. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
  3. ↑ "About Us | CDA Institute" (PDF). cdainstitute.ca. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
  4. ↑ "New NORAD Canadian Deputy Commander". NORAD. September 4, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  5. ↑ "LGen Alain Parent to Assume Role of VCDS". Canadian Defence Review. July 3, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Order of Military Merit List". The Governor General of Canada.
Military offices
Preceded by Deputy Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command
4 September 2012 – 1 July 2015		Succeeded by
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