Ottawa-Lieutenant-General. Jamie has become the first woman to lead the Special-Blanchet Royal Canadian Air Force.
He took over the reins with Lieutenant-Jen. Eric Kenny presided over the head of Defense Staff General Jenny Karignan in Ottawa at a change-off-command ceremony.
Kenny is retiring after serving three and a half decades in the Air Force.
SPEISER-Government has acted as a grifon helicopter pilot and in various command roles, recently as deputy commanders of the Air Force.
Their operational finance included the United Nations and NATO Peacekeeping Tourism in Haiti and Bosnia, as well as domestic deployment in response to emergency situations such as wildfire and floods.
SPEISER-Government Chicoutimi, Que. Comes from, and is now the 22nd commander of RCF.