Major-General C.I. Oberwarth, OMM, MSM, CD

Chief of Staff – Digital Services Group

Major-General Oberwarth enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1994. A graduate of The Royal Military College, he was commissioned as an officer in The Royal Canadian Regiment.

Major-General Oberwarth has served with the Second and Third Battalions of The Royal Canadian Regiment and has seen deployments to the former Yugoslavia, East Africa, Afghanistan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

His key staff experiences include service with the Canadian Army HQ as the Business Planner and the Strategic Joint Staff as Director General Operations. He has also had the pleasure to serve two years with the United States Army as the Deputy Command General – Operations of America’s First Corps (I Corps).

His senior command tours include command of the Infantry School, the Combat Training Centre, and the 4th Canadian Division and Joint Task Force Central.

Major-General Oberwarth assumed the duties of Chief of Staff – Digital Services Group and Canadian Armed Forces J6 on 29 August 2025.