General Rick Hillier Biography

Former Chief of the Defence Staff for Canadian Forces – the Canadian Forces’ Highest Rank
Born in Newfoundland and Labrador General Rick Hillier joined the Canadian Forces as soon as he could. Having enrolled in the Canadian Forces in 1973 through the Regular Officer Training Plan program he graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. After completing his armour officer classification training he joined his first regiment the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise’s) in Petawawa Ontario. Subsequently he served with and later commanded the Royal Canadian Dragoons in Canada and Germany.
Throughout his career General Hillier has had the privilege and pleasure of commanding troops from the platoon to multi-national formation level within Canada Europe Asia and the United States. He has worked as a staff officer in several headquarters first at the Army level in Montreal and later at the strategic level in Ottawa.
In 1998 General Hillier was appointed as the first Canadian Deputy Commanding General of III Corps US Army in Fort Hood Texas. In 2000 he took command of NATO’s Stabilization Force’s (SFOR) Multinational Division (Southwest) in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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