Military career
Educated at the University of Western Ontario, Devlin was commissioned into The Royal Canadian Regiment, having joined the Canadian Forces in 1978. [1] Devlin served in an operational role in Cyprus between 1984 and 1985 and in the Former Yugoslavia in 1992, 1996 and 1998. [2] In 1994, following his experiences in the Former Yugoslavia, Devlin published a report which was critical of the fact that the international community "had no International Peacekeeping Training Centre". [3]
He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion of The Royal Canadian Regiment in 1997. [1] Then, in 1998, he was the Canadian Battle Group Commanding Officer in Bosnia. [1]
He became Commander of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in 2002. [1]
He served with the International Security Assistance Force as Commander of the Kabul Multinational Brigade in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2004. [1]
He was appointed Deputy Commanding General of III (US) Corps and Fort Hood, Texas in 2005 and deployed with the Corps to Iraq. [1] He was Deputy Commanding General of the Multi-National Corps – Iraq from 2006 to 2008 [4] [1] – in that capacity he told the Washington Post that the Multi-National Force was giving "greater legitimacy to the effort here in Iraq.". [5] In 2008 he was made Deputy Commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Command. [1]
In March 2010, it was announced that Devlin would be appointed Chief of the Land Staff within the year. [6] The change of command took place on 21 June 2010. [7] [8]
On 6 February 2013, Devlin announced he would be retiring from the service with Lieutenant-General Marquis Hainse to be his replacement. [9]
On 18 October 2024, Devlin was appointed Colonel of The Royal Canadian Regiment during a formal ceremony at Garrison Petawawa, Ontario. [10]
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