Kent Foster

Born| 1937 or 1938 (age 87–88)
Coleman, Alberta
Allegiance|  Canada
Branch| Canadian Army/Canadian Forces
Rank| Lieutenant General
Commands| Commander Mobile Command
Awards| Commander of the Order of Military Merit
Canadian Forces' Decoration

Lieutenant General Kent Richard Foster CMM, CD (born c. 1938) was the Commander Mobile Command of the Canadian Forces.[1]

## Military career

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Foster graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1960.[2] He served with the Canadian Airborne Regiment[3] and rose through the Officer ranks to become Commander, Mobile Command in 1989.[4] In that role, during the Oka Crisis in 1990, John de Chastelain, Chief of Defence Staff instructed him to take charge in a crisis over barricades placed by members of the Mohawk nation in a land dispute.[5] Foster also deployed Canadian troops during the Gulf War.[6]

In retirement he became an Assistant Deputy Minister for Health[7] and a Governor of Royal Roads University.[8]

## References

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1. ^ Chief of army leaps at chance for ceremony: (Final Edition), Bob Gilmour, Journal Staff Writer, Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alta), 6 June 1990: B15.
2. ^ Royal Military College of Canada[permanent dead link]
3. ^ "Airborne Regiment Association of Canada – 1st Annual Airborne Memorial". Archived from the original on 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
4. ^ "Letter to General Rick Hillier" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
5. ^ 3,000 troops ready to face massive counterattack by Mohawks Daily Gazette, 29 August 1990
6. ^ Operation Broadsword, 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade and the Gulf War, 1990–1991 Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine The Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin, Volume 5, No.1, Page 24, Spring 2002
7. ^ Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs 29 January 1998
8. ^ Royal Roads University

Military offices

Preceded by

Jim Fox

|  Commander, Mobile Command
1989–1991  | Succeeded by

Jim Gervais

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Commanders of the Canadian Army

General Officers Commanding|

* Edward Smyth
* Richard Luard
* Frederick Middleton
* Ivor Herbert
* William Gascoigne
* Edward Hutton
* Richard Haly
* Earl of Dundonald

Chiefs of the General Staff|

* Percy Lake
* William Otter
* Colin Mackenzie
* Willoughby Gwatkin
* James MacBrien
* Herbert Thacker
* Andrew McNaughton
* Ernest Ashton
* Thomas Anderson
* Harry Crerar
* Kenneth Stuart
* John Murchie
* Charles Foulkes
* Guy Simonds
* Howard Graham
* Samuel Clark
* Geoffrey Walsh

Commanders, Mobile Command|

* Jean Allard
* William Anderson
* Gilles Turcot
* William Milroy
* Stanley Waters
* Jacques Chouinard
* Jean Paradis
* Charles Belzile
* James Fox
* Kent Foster
* Jim Gervais

Chiefs of the Land Staff|

* Gord Reay
* Maurice Baril
* William Leach
* Mike Jeffery
* Rick Hillier
* Marc Caron
* Andrew Leslie

Commanders of the Canadian Army|

* Peter Devlin
* Marquis Hainse
* Paul Wynnyk
* Jean-Marc Lanthier
* Wayne Eyre
* Jocelyn Paul
* Michael Wright

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