Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) 

Chief Warrant Officer D.J. Pintal, CD

Director General Conflict Solutions and Services Chief Warrant Officer

Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Dominic Pintal embarked on his Canadian Armed Forces career in 1989 as a Reservist. He initially served with the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa as an infantry soldier and later with HMCS Carleton as a Boatswain. During his time in the reserves, he earned diplomas from Algonquin College in Photography and from Seneca College in Underwater Skills (Commercial Diving).

On March 1, 1997, he transitioned to the Regular Force as a Marine Electrician, serving on HMCS Winnipeg in Esquimalt following his trade qualification. Although he enjoyed life at sea and Ship Diving duties, he re-mustered to the Geomatics Technician occupation in August 2000.

In 2003, CWO Pintal was deployed on OP PALLADIUM as part of the NATO Stabilisation Force in Sarajevo, Bosnia. In 2006, he was deployed on OP AUGURAL, contributing to the African Mission in Sudan from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while working with the African Union. Upon returning from Africa, he had the exceptional opportunity to pursue full-time studies in 2007-08 at Sir Sandford Fleming College in the Geographic Information Systems – Cartographic Specialist graduate program. In 2009, he was employed on OP ATHENA, working in the Kandahar Intelligence Fusion Center as part of the International Security Assistance Force Afghanistan.

As a Geomatics team lead, CWO Pintal has held roles with the Strategic Joint Staff in the Joint Information and Intelligence Fusion Capability Detachment and in the intelligence cell (J2) at the Canadian Joint Operations Command Headquarters. He was subsequently posted to the Mapping and Charting stablishment as a Squadron Sergeant Major, followed by a position at the Assistant Deputy Minister – Materiel, Director General Land Equipment Program Management as a Life Cycle Material Manager. In 2019, he was appointed Regimental Sergeant Major of the Mapping and Charting Establishment.

During the 2022-23 academic year, he attended the Non-Commissioned Members Executive Professional Development Program at the Royal Military College of Canada, graduating with a Certificate of Advanced Military Studies. In 2023, CWO Pintal served as the Canadian Army Professional Military Education Chief Warrant Officer at the Canadian Army and Command Staff College. In 2024, he was posted to Chief Professional Conduct and Culture (CPCC) as the Leadership Support Team Chief Warrant Officer.

CWO Pintal is presently employed as a senior appointed CWO at Director General Conflict Solutions and Services at CPCC and is currently completing a bachelor’s degree in military arts and science.