Lest We Forget.Lieutenant-Colonel Bruno Plourde was born in Lévis, Quebec. He join the Army Reserve with the Régiment de la Chaudière in 1980 as an infantryman and commissioned in 1983.During his service, he represented Canada at the NATO Military Pentathlon Competition of the Allied Confederacy of Officers of the Reserve (CIOR). He successively deployed in CFB Goose Bay Protection Company as part of the OP UNIQUE, in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2001 as SFOR Senior Regional Liaison and Disarmament Officer with the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 2004 Chief of Staff - Sector 2 in Kisangani to the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) and 2008/2009 as in the dual role of NATO Regional Command (South) Liaison Officer with the Afghanistan National Security Forces and Deputy commander of the Regional Police Advisory Command -South (OP ENDURING FREEDOM).When not deployed, he served, on full time service, in various junior and senior staff officer appointments, mainly in operations, planning and institutional transformation in Brigade and Divisional Headquarters from 1989 to 2017.Lieutenant-Colonel Plourde commanded the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada from November 2009 to May 2013 and the 2nd Canadian Rangers Patrol Group from December 2013 to March 2017. He came back to the Black Watch for a second assignment in September 2017.In his civilian employment, he is the Director General of Maison Bieler, a non-for-profit organization that provides transition housing and reintegration support for Military Veterans in need.

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