Intelligence and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (GP) Unit Command Appointments Announced

Above image: Left, LGen Frances Allen, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, right MGen Michael Wright, Commander Canadian Forces Intelligence Command.

Command appointments for the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command (CFINTCOM) and the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff Group Command (VCDS GP) were recently announced.

LGen Frances Allen, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS), and MGen Michael Wright, Commander Canadian Forces Intelligence Command, announced the appointments in two separate CANFORGENS.

Vice Chief of the Defence Staff Group Command

“Congratulations to all of you,” said LGen. Allen, in a heartfelt message conveyed in CANFORGEN 026/24.

The unit command appointments for VCDS GP for active posting season (APS) 2024 are as follows:

• LCol. J. Kuehnle is appointed Commanding Officer TSS for CFSG (O-G)
• LCol. S. Arsenault is appointed Commanding Officer of OUTCAN Coord
• LCol. R.J. Thebault is appointed Commanding Officer of CDLS (W)
• LCol. L.L.F. Harvey is appointed Commanding Officer of RCSU (E)
• LCol. R.R. MacDonald is appointed Commanding Officer of CF MP GP HQ
• LCol. S.M.M. Chateauneuf is appointed Commanding Officer of Casteau South West/DNMR.

Canadian Forces Intelligence Command

MGen. Wright announced the command appointments for CFINTCOM at the beginning of the year in CANFORGEN 004/24.

“The Commander Canadian Forces Intelligence Command (CFINTCOM) is pleased to announce the following unit commanding officer appointments for APS 2024,” stated the CANFORGEN.

The CFINTCOM appointments are as follows:

• LCol F.P. Chouinard, Commanding Officer, Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Centre (CFJIC)
• LCol T.J. Kelley, Commanding Officer, Mapping And Charting Establishment (MCE)
• Maj C.A. Hincke (on promotion to LCol), Director, Joint Targeting Intelligence Centre (JTIC)
• Maj K.J. Gehlert, Commandant, Canadian Forces School Of Meteorology (CFS MET).

CANFORGEN 004/24 closed, “MGen Wright sends his congratulations.”