Ray Henault
Raymond " Ray" Roland Joseph Henault, CMM, CD ( born April 26, 1948 in Winnipeg, Manitoba ) is a Canadian Forces Air Command General of the Canadian Forces. It was June 2001 to February 2005 Chief of Staff (Chief of the Defence Staff ) of the Canadian Forces and was from June 16, 2005 to June 27, 2008 Chairman of Militärausschussses NATO in Brussels.
Military career
Henault in 1968 was in the service of the Canadian Forces and served according to his training as a pilot and flight instructor, taking over 4,500 flight hours on the aircraft T-33 " Silver Star ," CF -101 "Voodoo" and on the types of helicopter UH -1 " Huey " and OH -58 " Kiowa " graduated. He also served as air traffic control guide ', flight staff officer in a brigade headquarters and as a project director for the purchase of light helicopters.
From June 1987 to 1989, he commanded the 444th Tactical Helicopter Squadron on the Canadian air base in Lahr, Germany. In June 1989, he was then transferred to the headquarters of the Canadian Forces Air Command in Winnipeg and served as a senior staff officer for procurement. In July 1990 he was promoted to Colonel and assumed command as a base commander in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, and led Canada's first flight training center, which is responsible for basic flying training and the helicopter and instructor courses. In July 1992 he was appointed deputy commander of the 10th Tactical Squadron at Canadian Forces Base Montreal, Quebec, appointed. In August 1993, Henault, was transferred to the National Defence College in Kingston, Ontario and graduated from the 47th course. In May of the following year he was promoted to Brigadier - General and took command of the 10th Tactical Squadron in Montreal. In July 1995, he was finally reinstated at the headquarters of the Air Command and served as chief of staff for operations. From June to December 1996 he was transferred to Ottawa in the National Defence Headquarters and served as Chief of Staff J3 planning and operations. In October of next year Henault was appointed deputy chief of staff ( Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff ) and was promoted on 1 April 1997 to Major - General. From September 1997 to September 1998 served as Assistant Chief Henault of the Air Staff. On August 15, 1998 Henault was then promoted to Lieutenant - General and was used until June 2001 to the post of deputy chief of staff for operations. While this use is Canada involved with air components in the Kosovo war and other NATO missions, such as the Stabilization Force (SFOR ) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On 28 June 2001 Henault was promoted to General and took over until February 2005 the post of Chief of Staff (Chief of the Defence Staff ) of the Canadian Forces. During his tenure, the Canadian Forces experienced the highest operation squad since the Second World War. Since 11 September 2001, more than 17,000 Canadian soldiers were sent abroad. In addition to the contribution to the International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF) in Afghanistan Canadian troops as part of coalition and UN missions in Haiti, Ethiopia and Eritrea, on the Golan Heights, in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone were used. Under Henault, extensive efforts have been made to transform the Canadian Forces in order to use them flexibly.
In November 2004, Henault was then nominated for the post of Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, and then took over this position in June 2005 by the German General Harald Kujat.
Henault is fluent in English and French and is a graduate of the École supérieure de guerre aérienne ( ESGA ) in Paris and the Canadian National Defence College. He has a Bachelor of Arts and an honorary doctorate in law from the University of Manitoba. Him an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Military Science from the Royal Military College of Canada in 2006 and an honorary professorship at the University of Pécs in Hungary was awarded in 2005.
Henaults Awards include, inter alia: the Commander of the Canadian Order of Military Merit (CMM ), and Commander in The Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Commander of the French Legion of Honor, the Legion of Merit in the Commander level and the Czech merit, First class.