Cadets and Junior Canadian Rangers Group Command Team
Brigadier-General D.N. Brais, CD
Commander, Cadets and Junior Canadian Rangers Group
Brigadier-General (BGen) Dominique Brais enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1991 through the Regular Officer Training Plan at the Collège militaire royal de St-Jean. Following completion of the Bachelor of Administration in 1995, she was commissioned as an Air Combat Systems Officer and completed training at the Canadian Forces Air Navigation School in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Upon receiving her Navigator’s Wings in 1996, she was posted to 14 Wing’s 405 Long Range Patrol Squadron in Greenwood, Nova Scotia, where she served in CP-140 Aurora flying positions as an Acoustic Sensor Operator and Squadron Deputy Flight Commander. In 2001, she was posted to 404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron as an Instructor, Simulator Operator, and Squadron Deputy Operations Officer.
Following a transfer from the Regular Force to the Supplementary Reserve in 2004, BGen Brais moved to Ottawa and returned to full-time service, this time as a reservist in 2008. She served within the Military Personnel Command’s (MILPERSCOM) Director Reserve Support Management in a variety of roles supporting the administration and career management of the members of the National Defence Headquarters and MILPERSCOM Primary Reserve.
In 2014, she was selected to attend the Joint Command and Staff Programme following which she was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and selected for employment within the Directorate Force Management of the Canadian Special Operations Command (CANSOFCOM). She held three simultaneous roles, appointed as the Commanding Officer of the CANSOFCOM Primary Reserves, and responsible for both the CANSOFCOM Selection program, occupation management, and during which she led the creation of a SOF occupation.
Promoted to Colonel in 2019, BGen Brais was appointed to the position of CANSOFCOM’s Director Force Management, where she assumed the wide portfolio and responsibilities for the Command’s military and civilian personnel management.
BGen Brais was promoted to her current rank in 2023 upon completion of the National Security Programme at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto.
BGen Brais is from Chapleau and Sudbury Ontario. She currently resides in Ottawa with her spouse where they enjoy spending time with their blended family of five adult children and two granddaughters.
Appointed to the position of Commander of the Cadets and Junior Canadian Rangers Group, BGen Brais is honoured to be entrusted with the leadership of one of Canada’s foremost youth programs.
Chief Warrant Officer W.A. Arndt, CD
Formation Chief Warrant Officer of the Cadets and Junior Canadian Rangers Group
Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Alex Arndt was born in Kitchener, Ontario. He joined the Canadian Armed Forces in September 1990 as a Reserve Infanteer with the Highland Fusiliers of Canada. In October 1992, he was given a component transfer to the Regular Force as a Communicator Research Operator. Upon completion of his initial training in June 1994 at the Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics (CFSCE) in Kingston, Ontario, he began his first post at Canadian Forces Station Leitrim. His foray into Cyber Operations began in May 1999, after which he was posted to the Canadian Forces Information Operations Group (CFIOG) Information Protection Centre (IPC) in 2001, where he was promoted to Master Corporal. He was posted to the Canadian Forces Network Operations Centre (CFNOC), where he was promoted to Sergeant, from the unit’s stand up in September 2004 until 2007.
CWO Arndt was posted to the 21 Electronic Warfare Regiment in 2007 and subsequently deployed to Afghanistan in 2009. He posted back to CFNOC in 2010 and was promoted to Warrant Officer in 2011. He was posted to CFIOG Headquarters in 2014, then the Land Electronic Warfare Centre (LEWC) under Director Land Command and Information (DLCI) in 2015. During his time at the LEWC, he planned and executed several operational trials and evaluations in support of interoperability with Canada’s allies. Promoted to Master Warrant Officer (MWO) in December 2016, he returned to CFNOC, where he served as the B Squadron Sergeant Major until his promotion to CWO.
CWO Arndt converted to Cyber Operator in October 2017, becoming the first MWO in the occupation and the Senior Operator. Promoted to his current rank in May 2019, he served as the Senior Occupation Advisor for the Cyber Operator occupation until his appointment as the CFNOC Unit CWO, where he served from August 2019 until his appointment as the Communications & Electronics (C&E) Branch CWO position in July 2022. CWO Arndt served as the C&E Branch CWO until his appointment as the Digital Service Group CWO in June 2024, where he served until July 2025.
CWO moved to the Cadet Organization Administration and Training Service (COATS) on 1 August 2025, where he currently serves as the Cadets and Junior Canadian Rangers Group Formation CWO.
CWO Arndt completed the Army Technical Warrant Officer Programme in 2014, earning the title of Master Gunner. He is married and has three sons.
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