Chief Warrant Officer Renee J. Hansen, MMM, CD
A proud wife, mom, step-mom, and grandmother, Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Renee Hansen was born and raised in Brandon, Manitoba, and joined the Primary Reserve in 1992 as an administration clerk. In 2001, CWO Hansen component transferred to the Regular Force where she was subsequently posted to the Armour School at Combat Training Centre (CTC) Gagetown.
In 2004, she was appointed to the rank of Master Corporal and was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) in Shilo, Manitoba, where she would spend the next five years. CWO Hansen deployed twice to Afghanistan—in 2006 as the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team Chief Clerk, and again in 2008 with Task Force 1-08 as the Battle Group Orderly Room Sergeant where her efforts earned her a Commander Canadian Expeditionary Force Command (CEFCOM) Commendation.
In 2009, CWO Hansen was posted to the Canadian Army Headquarters in Ottawa. Then, in 2010, after a short nine months in the position of Headquarters Chief Clerk, she was promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer and posted to Director Military Career Support Services Personnel Evaluation Report (PER) Processing. In 2013, she was posted to Director Senior Appointments as Director Senior Appointments Coordinator.
Promoted to the rank of Master Warrant Officer in 2015, and named a member of the Order of Military Merit, CWO Hansen was posted to 8 Wing Trenton as the Wing Superintendent Clerk. Then, in 2017, she eagerly accepted the challenge of fulfilling the Station Warrant Officer position in CFS Alert, and upon her return from Alert was posted to Ottawa as part of the Director Air Staff Coordination team.
Promoted to her current rank in 2019, she was selected as the Squadron Chief Warrant Officer at 426 Transport Training Squadron at 8 Wing Trenton, followed by a year at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) where she would earn a Certificate in Advanced Military Studies. In July 2022, CWO Hansen was privileged to serve as the 8 Wing Chief Warrant Officer.
CWO Hansen was appointed to her current position as the 7th Command Chief Warrant Officer of the Royal Canadian Air Force on 21 August 2024.
