Alain Parent

Alain Parent
Branch
Royal Canadian Air Force[a]
Service years
1979-2018
Rank
Lieutenant General
Commands

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]

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:

Rcaf Flight wings


Ribbon Description Notes
Order of Military Merit (CMM)
  • Appointed Commander (CMM) on 17 October 2012[6]
  • Appointed Officer (OMM) on 28 November 2008[6]
125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal
  • Decoration awarded in 1992
Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD)
  • with two Clasp for 32 years of services
Meritorious Service Medal
  • United States
  • Rcaf Flight wings He was a qualified RCAF Pilot and as such wore the RCAF Flight wings
  • Command Commendation

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. ^ a b "Order of Military Merit List". The Governor General of Canada.
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