Chief Warrant Officer G.R. Lacroix, MMM, CD
Chief Warrant Officer of Land Force Command
Chief
Warrant Officer Lacroix was born on 1 October 1958, in Saint Mard,
Belgium. As the son of a military man—who later became a contractor—he
spent his childhood years moving within Europe, Canada and the United
States. He enrolled in the Canadian Forces on 17 February 1977 in
Montreal, following the example of his two brothers.
After completing his basic and QL3 training, he was posted to
3 Field Squadron, Canadian Forces Base in Chilliwack, British Columbia.
He remained in Chilliwack long enough to complete his basic parachutist
course, and was subsequently posted to 2 Combat Engineer Regiment
Petawawa in 1978, where he enjoyed all of the adventures associated
with 2 Troop (Parachute).
Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix then returned to Europe in 1980
to 4 Combat Engineer Regiment, Lahr, Germany, where he spent four
excellent years as a section member, an Armoured Engineer Operator,
an Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge Crew Commander, and as a field
section IC. Lahr proved to be an enriching experience both professionally
and personally for Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix, who married in
May 1983.
In 1984, Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix returned to the Canadian
Forces School of Military Engineering as an instructor with the
Roads Airfields Water Supply and Accommodations Troop, and the
Bridging Rafting Watermanship and Rigging Troop. This rewarding
experience encompassed a myriad of successful projects.
Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was then posted to 5e Régiment
du génie de combat, Base des Forces canadiennes in Valcartier,
Québec, where he served as Field Troop Warrant Officer,
Field Squadron Operations Warrant Officer, Regimental Operations
Warrant Officer, and as Squadron Sergeant-Major of 51 Field Squadron
during his last year.
Promoted to Master Warrant Officer in 1992, he returned to the
Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering Chilliwack, to serve
as Bridging Rafting Watermanship and Rigging Troop Commander and
as the Squadron Sergeant-Major of Field Engineer Training Squadron.
Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was promoted to his present rank
in July 1996. As a Chief Warrant Officer, he has been employed:
with Engineer Standards at Combat Training Centre in Gagetown;
as Regimental Sergeant-Major of 2 Combat Engineer Regiment, in
Petawawa; as School Chief Warrant Officer at Canadian Forces School
of Military Engineering in Gagetown (in 1999), and he also did
a tour of duty as the Multi National Division South-West Division
Sergeant-Major in Bosnia. Chief Warrant Officer Lacroix was appointed
Deputy Chief of Defence Staff Group Chief Warrant Officer in May
2001.
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