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vents
Captain JasonComeauandSergeantNoraLarocque
facedmanychallengesduring thisoperation, as their
campwas locatedonly four kilometres from the
Macedonia/Kosovoborder.When theNATO
air campaign started inMarch1999, the riskof the
campbeinghitwithbothenemyand friendlyfire
was very real.
Adental technician,MasterWarrantOfficer Leslie
Burton,was chosenas thefirstCanadian tobe
namedSquadronSergeant-Major at theRoleThree
Multinational IntegratedMedical Unit inŠipovo, a
position traditionallyfilledbyDutchmedical forces.
Shewas also thefirstDental Corpsmember of this
rank level todeployoverseas sinceKorea.
a
CDA isplayingacentralrole incommemoratingthe100th
anniversaryoftheRCDC inMay2015,reflectingCDA’srole
inestablishingamilitarydentalservice inCanadaandtheclose
partnershipbetweenCDAandRCDCsincethattime.
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MasterWarrantOfficer
LeslieBurton (l.)withAllied
colleagues inŠipovo.
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ACanadianNavyauxiliary
oil replenishment vessel
conductsa simultaneous
jack-stay transferduring the
GulfWar.
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Captain JasonComeauand
SergeantNoraLarocque,
in the formerYugoslav
republicofMacedonia (Op
GUARANTOR).
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