Commander CADTC

MAJOR-GENERAL HUET, MSM

MGen Huet joined the Canadian Armed Forces as a student at the Collège Militaire Royal (CMR) Saint-Jean and graduated as an Armoured Officer in 1994 with a Bachelor of Business Administration. He started his career with the 12e Régiment blindé du Canada (RBC) in Valcartier, Québec, and then continued as an instructor at the Armoured School in Gagetown, NB. He has held several command positions including Squadron Commander at the Royal Military College of Canada, ‘A’ Squadron Commander 12e RBC, Commanding Officer 12e RBC, Commanding Officer Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre, and Acting Commander of the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre (CADTC).

Over the course of his career, MGen Huet has held various staff positions including the J3 Expeditionary position at Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC) HQ, the Executive Assistant to the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, Director Land Force Development, Chief of Staff of CADTC HQ and Deputy Commanding General – Operations XVIII Airborne Corps of the United States Army in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

He has five operational deployments: a tour in Bosnia-Herzegovina as a Reconnaissance Troop Leader; a tour in Afghanistan as Reconnaissance Squadron Commander where he received the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) for his leadership and guidance in the creation of the first Joint District Coordination Centre; a tour to the Democratic Republic of Congo as the Canadian Task Force Commander and Deputy Chief of Staff Operations and Plans for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) for which he was awarded a second MSM and the French National Defence Medal, Gold grade; and finally 2 tours with the XVIII Airborne Corps of the US Army: one in Wiesbaden, Germany during the start of the war in Ukraine and another in Stuttgart, Germany during the Sudan crisis.

MGen Huet has two Master’s Degrees from the Royal Military College of Canada: a Master’s in Defence Studies and a Master’s in Public Administration. He has also completed the Joint Command and Staff Program and the National Security Program at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto.

He was promoted to his current rank in August 2026 and served as Director General Operations at the Strategic Joint Staff since July 2024 until his current position as Commander of the CADTC.