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Canadian Forces Chief Warrant Officer

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| post = Canadian Armed Forces Chief Warrant Officer

| native_name = {{lang|fr|Adjudant-chef des Forces armées canadiennes}}

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| incumbent = CWO Bob McCann

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| incumbentsince = March 17, 2023

| department = Department of National Defence
Canadian Armed Forces

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| type = Senior enlisted advisor (SEL)

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| abbreviation = CAF CWO

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| formation = July 7, 1978

| first = Robert Osside

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| website = {{Official|https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/organizational-structure/chief-defence-staff/chief-warrant-officer-biography.html}}

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Canadian Armed Forces Chief Warrant Officer (CAF CWO; {{langx|fr|Adjudant-chef des Forces armées canadiennes}}) is the title of the senior non-commissioned member in the Canadian Armed Forces. The post was created in 1978 with the appointment of Chief Warrant Officer Robert Osside. The position is an appointment by the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) to assist in various duties and advise on all issues relating to non-commissioned members (NCMs).{{cite web|url=http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/ranks/tableofranksandappointments.htm|title=Table of Ranks and Appointments|publisher=Canadian Soldiers}}{{cite web|url=https://ml-fd.caf-fac.ca/en/2018/06/14381|title=The Osside Institute: a source of pride for CWO West|author=Bélanger, Yves|date=12 June 2018|publisher=The Maple Leaf|quote=The Institute was renamed in 2014, to honour the memory of the very first Canadian Armed Forces Chief Warrant Officer, CWO Robert Osside.}} CWO Bob McCann has been the CAF CWO since March 17, 2023.

Rank and insignia

The CAF CWO holds the substantive rank of chief warrant officer (if Army or Air Force) or chief petty officer 1st class (if Navy). Even if the incumbent is a Chief Petty Officer, the appointment title remains "Canadian Armed Forces Chief Warrant Officer".

The rank insignia of the CAF CWO is the coat of arms of Canada in coloured thread, surrounded by a wreath of 20 maple leaves in gold thread, worn on the lower sleeve of the service dress jacket. The cap badge is the coat of arms of Canada, in full-colour metallic thread.

List of appointment holders

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! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan=2 class=unsortable | Portrait

! rowspan=2| Name
{{small|(birth–death)}}

! colspan=3| Term of office

! rowspan=2| Defence environment

! rowspan=2 class=unsortable | {{Abbr|Ref.|Refences}}

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1

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| CWO
Robert Peter Angelo Osside {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|OMM|CD}}
{{small|(1930–2010)}}

| July 7, 1978

| July 5, 1982

| {{ayd|1978|07|07|1982|07|05}}

| Army{{efn|name=Army|Officially, the Army was Force Mobile Command of the Canadian Forces until 2011.}}

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2

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| CPO1
Fred Gilbert McKee {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|OMM|CD}}
{{small|(1935–2008)}}

| July 5, 1982

| July 13, 1984

| {{ayd|1982|07|05|1984|07|13}}

| Navy{{efn|name=Navy|Officially, the Navy was named Maritime Command until 2011.}}

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3

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| CWO
Joseph Gilles Jules Turgeon {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|MMM|CD}}

| July 13, 1984

| June 26, 1987

| {{ayd|1984|07|13|1987|06|26}}

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4

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| CWO
John Marr {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|OMM|CD}}

| June 26, 1987

| July 22, 1991

| {{ayd|1987|06|26|1991|07|22}}

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| {{cite web | url=http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/tml/article-eng.asp?id=7&y=2012&m=10 | title=Gathering of the CF Chief Warrant Officers | access-date=23 April 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523005501/http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/tml/article-eng.asp?id=7&y=2012&m=10 | archive-date=23 May 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}|

5

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| CPO1
James D. Carroll {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|OMM|CD}}
{{small|(?–1996)}}

| July 22, 1991

| July 25, 1995

| {{ayd|1991|07|22|1995|07|25}}

| Navy{{efn|name=Navy}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/issues/53/2008-10-20-42.pdf|title=Building renamed for exceptional leader|author=Green, Mary Ellen|date=20 October 2008|publisher=Lookout Newspaper|quote=Volume 53, No.42, p.7}}

6

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| CWO
Guy Parent {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|MMM|CD}}

| July 25, 1995

| June 15, 1999

| {{ayd|1995|07|25|1999|06|15}}

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| CWO
Joseph Jean Louis Maurice Dessureault {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|OMM|CD}}

| June 15, 1999

| June 28, 2001

| {{ayd|1999|06|15|2001|07|28}}

| Army{{efn|name=Army}}

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| CPO1
Richard Lupien {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|MMM|CD}}

| June 28, 2001

| August 20, 2004

| {{ayd|2001|07|28|2004|08|20}}

| Navy{{efn|name=Navy}}

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| CWO
Daniel Gilbert {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|MMM|CD}}

| August 20, 2004

| July 30, 2007

| {{ayd|2004|08|20|2007|07|30}}

| Air Force{{efn|name=Air Force|Officially, the Air Force was named Air Command until 2011.}}

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| CWO
Greg Lacroix {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|MMM|CD}}

| July 30, 2007

| July 12, 2010

| {{ayd|2007|07|30|2010|07|12}}

| Army{{efn|name=Army}}

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| CPO1
Robert Cléroux {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|MMM|CD}}

| July 12, 2010

| July 5, 2013

| {{ayd|2010|07|12|2013|07|05}}

| Navy{{efn|Cléroux was serving as CF Chief Warrant Officer when Maritime Command was renamed the Royal Canadian Navy on 16 August 2011.}}

| {{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130705-906190.html|title=PR-CO|date=5 July 2013|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}|{{dead link|date=September 2018}}

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| CWO
Kevin West {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|MMM|MSM|CD}}

| July 5, 2013

| July 5, 2018

| {{ayd|2013|07|05|2018|07|05}}

| Air Force

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| CWO
Alain Guimond {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|MMM|CD}}

| July 5, 2018

| September 3, 2020

| {{ayd|2018|07|05|2020|09|03}}

| Army

| {{Cite web |url=http://cmfmag.ca/events/combat-engineer-cwo-alain-guimond-appointed-canadian-forces-chief-warrant-officer/ |title=Combat Engineer CWO Alain Guimond appointed Canadian Forces Chief Warrant Officer|author=Rehman, Mishall|date=29 November 2016|publisher=Canadian Military Family Magazine}}

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| CPO1
Gilles Gregoire {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|MMM|CD}}

| September 3, 2020

| April 14, 2023

| {{ayd|2020|09|03}}

| Navy

| {{cite web |title=CAF welcomes CPO1 Gilles Grégoire: 14th CAF Chief Warrant Officer |url=https://www.cmfmag.ca/duty_calls/caf-welcomes-cpo1-gilles-gregoire-14th-caf-chief-warrant-officer/ |website=Canadian Military Family Magazine |access-date=3 March 2021}}

15

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| CWO
Bob McCann {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=75%|sep=,|MMM|MSM|CD}}

| April 14, 2023

| Incumbent

| {{ayd|2023|04|14}}

| Army

| {{cite web |title=Message from the Chief of the Defence Staff on the Appointment of Chief Warrant Officer Bob McCann as the 15th Canadian Armed Forces Chief Warrant Officer |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf/defence/2023/03/message-cds-appointment-caf-chief-warrant-officer.html |website=Government of Canada|date=16 March 2023 |access-date=18 March 2023}}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-13 |title=Canadian Armed Forces Chief Warrant Officer Change of Appointment |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf/defence/2023/04/caf-cwo-change-of-appointment.html |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=www.canada.ca}}

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References

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