Marcel Duval

J. Marcel Duval, CMM, CD is a retired Canadian Forces Air Command general. His senior appointments were as the Commander of the 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region and the Deputy Commander of NORAD.

J. Marcel Duval
Official portrait of Lt. Gen. J. Marcel Duval
BornBaie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada
AllegianceCanada
Service/branchCanadian Forces Air Command
Years of service1975 – 2011
RankLieutenant-General
Commands held1 Canadian Air Division
AwardsCommander of the Order of Military Merit

Career

Duval was born in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada. He joined the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in 1975. After graduating from flight training in 1977, he specialized as a pilot of the CH-135 Twin Huey utility helicopter. On 30 January 2009, Duval was made a Commander of the Order of Military Merit.[1]

Duval was appointed as Deputy Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) on July 10, 2009.[2] He was previously Commander of the 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region.[3] On 15 August 2011, Duval was succeeded as Deputy Commander by Thomas J. Lawson and retired from the Air Force.[4]

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References
  1. Governor General presents the Order of Military Merit
  2. Marcel Duval Archived 2010-01-08 at the Wayback Machine NORAD
  3. "New Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division/Canadian NORAD Region, July 18, 2007". Canada's Air Force. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
  4. Lawson becomes Deputy Commander Archived 2011-08-18 at the Wayback Machine NORAD News, 2011
Military offices
Preceded by
Charles Bouchard		 Commander of the 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region
17 July 2007 - 9 July 2009		 Succeeded by
Yvan Blondin
Preceded by
Charles Bouchard		 Deputy Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command
9 July 2009 - 15 August 2011		 Succeeded by
Thomas Lawson


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