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Mike Blais
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Congratulations.
Kingston general goes west, takes charge
Brig.-Gen. Mike Jorgensen of Kingston, assumed command of all Canadian army troops from Thunder Bay to the Pacific Ocean from Brig.-Gen. Kelly Woiden during a parade Aug. 22 in Edmonton.
In addition to heading up the Land Force Western Area, Jorgensen also assumed command of Joint Task Force West, responsible for all domestic military operations in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
“I am proud to be taking command of the largest and busiest area in the Canadian army,” said Jorgensen.
Jorgensen has served in the Canadian Army since 1980 in a variety of appointments. He served with the Canadian Airborne Regiment at Petawawa, commanded a rifle company in Germany, served as the Deputy Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Canadian Regiment in Croatia and was the Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Canadian Regiment at Petawawa from 1997 to 2000. He also served on the faculty of the Canadian Forces Staff School and the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College and commanded the Combat Training Centre at Gagetown, N.B.
Land Force Western Area, one of four area commands of the Canadian Army, commands all regular and reserve army units in Western Canada. LFWA consists of three Reserve Brigade Groups, one Regular Mechanized Brigade Group, an Area Support Group and the Western Area Training Centre.
LFWA includes more than 6,000 regular force and 5,700 reserve force members, and 1,200 civilian employees.
Upon request from provincial authorities, the troops may respond to forest fires, floods, environmental hazards and terrorist actions.
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Congrats to you General, and may you and the Army have a great tour of duty..ranrad
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Uncle Bill
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Good on Mike! Congratulations!
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Buzz Gomes
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Congratulations Brig-Gen. Jorgensen,on taking command of the largest and busiest area in the Canadian Army. Pro Patria. Good luck.
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congrats jorgy,just hope you don,t need a compass.mike was my platoon commmander from cornwallis ( 2lt)thru pet to h-coy gagetown.at the reunion i talked to mike and told him my son was going to carry on my legacy next year when he turns 17.mike told me to drop him a line and he would have myself and my dad also
rcr ipperwash 1962 hand him his cap badge. so in closing i guess its nice to have friends in high places . ps hope my son has what it takes
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Mike Blais
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Reporting for duty
Former CFB Kingston officer now commands 5,000 troops
Posted By IAN ELLIOT WHIG-STANDARD MILITARY REPORTER
Posted 9 hours ago
The new commander of the Canadian Army west of the Manitoba border is from Kingston.
Brig-Gen. Mike Jorgensen, who spent more than a decade at CFB Kingston and eastern Ontario, late last month officially took over Land Force Western Area, commanding all army troops from Thunder Bay to the Pacific, and western Navy and Air Force personnel in case of natural disaster.
Based in Edmonton, he has 5,000 troops under his command and is responsible for what the military calls "force generation" - training soldiers for deployment in places such as Afghanistan. Also, like the signals regiment, Canadian armour deploys everywhere the army does, and those units are based in the west.
Driving home that responsibility, one of his first official duties was to travel to Medicine Hat this past weekend to attend the funeral of Sapper Stephan Stock, who was among three 1 Combat Engineer Regiment troops based in Edmonton who were killed Aug. 20 in Afghanistan when a roadside bomb exploded near their armoured vehicle.
While the western area is much more spread out than Kingston's garrison - it has nearly 12,000 regulars and reserve members and 1,200 civilian employees, or just more than twice the number of people as CFB Kingston alone - he said he has already been impressed by the support he has seen for the troops.
"There's a sense of genuine affection out here for the military," he said from his headquarters in Edmonton.
"People in the West are very, very supportive of the military."
If training will be a large part of his duties, he's used to it. Jorgensen was attached to the staff college, the land force doctrine centre and the Canadian Defence Academy at CFB Kingston for eight years. Those institutions are considered the intellectual centre of the forces and provide training across branches of the service.
"We have a good system of training and professional development in the Canadian Forces," he said.
"I'm seeing it from both sides now, and it's a nice pair of bookends - one system complements the other."
Before coming to Kingston, Jorgensen served at Petawawa for three years, during which time the regiment was deployed to provide disaster relief during the 1998 Ice Storm. He also commanded a rifle company in Germany, served as the Deputy Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment in Croatia and was the Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Canadian Regiment at Petawawa from 1997 to 2000.
He also commanded the Combat Training Centre at Gagetown, N. B.
"The more I see of the Canadian army, the more I realize that while they might be a product of their geography, there's a great deal of similarity across the country - they have a lot more in common than differences."
He and his wife still have a house in Kingston and plan to return here when his two-year posting is over. Jorgensen was involved in coaching girls hockey and soccer during his time here, and, like many military members, he sees Kingston as an ideal retirement setting when his military career comes to an end.
"My wife and I have a lot of great memories of Kingston and we will be coming back there."
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1RCR 1977-79 Depot (Italy PL), B Coy, Mortars, Pioneers, D Coy (CFB London)
3RCR 1979-82 M Coy, Pipes & Drums, Sigs, Mortars. (CFB Baden-Soellingen)
1RCR 1982-88 Mortars. Dukes, Cyprus-Welfare NCO 84-85, Injured, WO&Sgts Mess, (CFB London)
1988-92 Med-remuster to HELL/ 35 DU, CFB Baden
1992 Medical release. God Bless you all!
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