
Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan to officially take over command of Armed Forces in ceremony
OTTAWA — Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan is set to officially take over command of the Armed Forces this morning in a ceremony at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
Carignan will also be promoted to the rank of general during the change-of-command ceremony.
She was chosen by the federal government to become Canada’s first female defence chief, and she’s no stranger to firsts.
Carignan was also the first woman to command a combat unit in the Canadian military, and her career has included deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Syria.