CLS MA 10-01 - June 18, 2010
OTTAWA – Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie will hand over command of Canada's Army to Lieutenant-General Peter Devlin at a ceremony that will take place at the Canadian War Museum on Monday, June 21, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.
The Honourable Peter MacKay , Minister of National Defence, and General Walter Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff, will preside over the ceremony. Lt.-Gen. Devlin is the former deputy commander of Canadian Expeditionary Force Command. Lt.-Gen. Leslie will assume the duties and responsibilities of Chief of Transformation.
Location: Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa
Date: Monday, June 21, 2010
Time: 10:00 a.m. Media are requested to be in place no later than 9:30 a.m.
On completion of the parade, there will be a media opportunity with both Lt.-Gen. Leslie and Lt.-Gen. Devlin.
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Note to news editors/news directors: In order to facilitate access to the ceremony, members of the media are asked to confirm their attendance with Army Public Affairs, Major Dale MacEachern at 613-943-5257 or dale.maceachern@forces.gc.ca no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, June 18, 2010.
