The Command Team

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CWO Marcel Chenier, who began his military career in 1989, is originally from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. 

 After completing basic training at Canadian Forces Recruiting School Cornwallis, and trades training at Combat Training Centre Gagetown, he arrived at the Armoured Regiment of the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians).   

A career “Strathcona”, over the next thirty years, CWO Chenier has served in every Squadron within the Regiment, and in all capacities, typical of an armoured soldier.  These included all crew positions, as well as crew commander of numerous Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV’s), Troop Warrant Officer, Squadron Quarter-Master, Squadron Sergeant-Major, and Technical Quarter-Master Sergeant.

His postings include the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School (RCACS), where he was employed as an Instructor on courses ranging from DP1 (recruits) to DP4 (sergeant-majors), and covering all aspects of gunnery, driving and mechanics, crew commanding and leadership.  He also spent time with the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre (CMTC) as an Observer Controller Trainor (OCT).  where he assisted in the mentoring and development of soldiers and senior leadership.  CWO Chenier was both promoted to his current rank, and appointed as the Base Regimental Sergeant-Major (BRSM) of CFB Suffield in June 2019.  At the end of this tenure, he component transferred from the Regular Force to the Primary Reserve and was appointed as the RSM of the South Alberta Light Horse effective 10 September 2022. 

CWO Chenier’s operational experience is a mix of international and domestic Aid to Civil Power deployments, such as: Op MARQUIS in Cambodia 1993; Op CAVALIER in Bosnia 1994; Op ASSISTANCE to the Winnipeg flood of 1997; Op PALLADIUM in Bosnia for 1997, 2000, and 2002; Op GRIZZLEY G-8 Summit in 2002; Op PEREGRIN for BC wildfires in 2003; Op ATHENA in Afghanistan 2009; Op LUSTRE of the Manitoba flood of 2011; Op LENTUS 13-1 for the South Alberta flood of 2013; and Op LENTUS 18-03 for the BC flood of 2018.

CWO Chenier is married to Erin, and they are blessed with three children who are all either tenaciously stubborn or stubbornly tenacious, only time will tell.