|
Mike
Jeffery has over 39 years service in the Canadian Forces. He started
military service as a Rifleman in the Essex and Kent Scottish, but
soon joined the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery under the
Canadian Army Soldier Apprentice Programme. After his commissioning in
1967, he served in a variety of command and staff positions both in
Canada and overseas. These included Commanding Officer of Third
Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, Canadian Contingent Commander
to the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) in Namibia,
Commandant of the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College and
Commander of the lst Canadian Division. He served as Chief of the Land
Staff from August 2000 to May 2003. He retired from the CF, in the
rank of Lieutenant General, on 1 August 2003.
Mike is a graduate of the Long Gunnery Staff Course (Field and
Locating) (UK), the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College,
The US Army Command and General Staff College and the National Defence
College. In 2000, he was promoted in the Order of Military Merit to
the grade of Commander. In 2004 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate
Degree from the Royal Military College.
Mike runs his own consulting business, focusing on defence,
security and strategic planning. He is also the Honorary Campaign
Chairman for the Royal Canadian Artillery Heritage Campaign.
Keywords: Strategic planning, change management, Canadian
defence policy, Canadian forces/army, defence management, Canadian-US
security relations.
|
