http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/tag/daniel-menard/
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=3091037
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...5--general-toppled-by-a-corporal-s-revelation
I'm not quite sure what to make of this. Originally I thought he was fired for firing his weapon:
http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/l...urt-martial-100525/20100525/?hub=EdmontonHome
(Wonder what the other general's misuse of a computer involved?)
Interesting that a general was fired for alleged sexual misconduct. And yet, civilian police charges of alleged sexual assault and murder (including a soldier under his command) allow a Colonel to retain his title and paycheque, albeit while forfeiting command of a base. Does this have to do with locale, or are civilian charges subject to lower standards of scrutiny? I don't understand. Will this one keep his paycheque and title, too, since "it's a personal thing"?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...andal-leaves-military-reeling/article1586122/
I see the term "rising star" is no longer being used by the military (media still uses it) to describe those who climb the ladder quickly. Maybe a quick rise means a quick fall for those shooting stars.
Just in case:
"BRIGADIER-GENERAL MENARD J.B.D. , CD
COMMANDER
Brigadier-General Daniel Ménard joined the Canadian Forces in 1984. Upon completion of basic officer training, he was posted to the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment, as a platoon commander. In 1987, during this first regimental tour, he served as aide-de-camp to the Colonel of the Royal 22e Régiment, General Jean-Victor Allard. Promoted to Captain in 1988, he was posted to Britain to serve as an exchange officer with the Royal Welch Fusiliers. During this tour, he completed the All-Arms Tactics Course and the Support Company Commander's Course at the School of Infantry in Warminster, England, and served in Britain, Germany and some operational theatres as deputy commander and, later, commander of a rifle company.
In August 1991, BGen Ménard was posted to National Defence Headquarters as a career manager. A few months later, he returned to a British working environment, serving in reconnaissance and staff appointments in Germany and Bosnia-Herzegovina under the command of North Army Group Headquarters. Returning to Canada in 1993, he was posted to Land Force Command Headquarters as Executive Assistant to the Army G3. He returned to regimental duty in 1995, commanding a rifle company of the 1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment, at home and in Haiti. During that regimental tour, he commanded the battalion's Administration Company in Valcartier and Montreal during Operation RECUPERATION, the Canadian Forces effort in response to the 1998 ice storm. In 1999, having graduated from the Command and Staff College in Toronto, he was posted to Land Force Quebec Area Headquarters as G5 Plans.
Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 2001, he served for one year as Chief of Joint Military Affairs at Multinational Division (South-West) Headquarters in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In 2002, he was posted to Valcartier as Deputy Commander of 5 Area Support Group. In August 2004, BGen Ménard assumed command of the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment. Over the next two years, he took his unit through 18 months of intense high-readiness training followed by five months of designation as the Canadian Forces' high-readiness infantry battalion. In July 2006, he returned to the Land Staff as Army G3 Operations; becoming Army G3 in June 2007 on promotion to the rank of Colonel. On 2 September 2008, he became the 24th commander of 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, based in Valcartier.
BGen Ménard holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in international management. He is also a graduate of the Land Force Command and Staff College at Fort Frontenac in Kingston, and the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College in Toronto.
In November 2009, BGen Menard deployed to Afghanistan as Commander of Joint Task Force Afghanistan."
From:
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dsa-dns/sa-ns/ab/sobv-vbos-eng.asp?mAction=View&mBiographyID=773
Still listed as a commander here
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dsa-dns/sa-ns/ab/cc/index-eng.asp?mLetter=M:
"BRIGADIER-GENERAL J.B.D., MENARD, CD
COMMANDER
JOINT TASK FORCE AFGHANISTAN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND ASSISTANCE FORCE HQ
PO BOX 5113 STN FORCES
BELLEVILLE ON K8N 5W6"
Oh, look, so is someone else:
"COLONEL D.R., WILLIAMS, CD
CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF
101 COLONEL BY DR
OTTAWA ON K1A 0K2"
For more on the "vandoos" from which Menard rose:
http://www.espritdecorps.ca/index.p...ways-a-bad-thing&catid=39:personnel&Itemid=82