Marcel Duval
{{Short description|Canadian military personnel}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name = J. Marcel Duval
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| birth_place = Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada
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| image = Marcel Duval.jpg
| caption = Duval
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| allegiance = Canada
| serviceyears = 1975–2011
| rank = Lieutenant-General
| branch = Canadian Forces Air Command
| commands = 1 Canadian Air Division
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| awards = Commander of the Order of Military Merit
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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.
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.[http://www.voxair.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=991:governor-general-presents-the-order-of-military-merit-&catid=57:issue-2-2009&Itemid=3 Governor General presents the Order of Military Merit]
Duval was appointed as Deputy Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) on 10 July 2009.[http://www.norad.mil/leaders/Duval_EN.pdf Marcel Duval] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108041243/http://www.norad.mil/leaders/Duval_EN.pdf |date=8 January 2010 }} NORAD He was previously Commander of the 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region.{{cite web |url=http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/nr-sp/index-eng.asp?id=3910 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216010637/http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/nr-sp/index-eng.asp?id=3910 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 December 2012 |title=New Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division/Canadian NORAD Region, July 18, 2007 |accessdate=12 January 2010 |publisher=Canada's Air Force}}
On 15 August 2011, Duval was succeeded as Deputy Commander by Thomas J. Lawson and retired from the Air Force.[http://www.norad.mil/News/2011/081511.html Lawson becomes Deputy Commander] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818093832/http://www.norad.mil/News/2011/081511.html |date=18 August 2011 }} NORAD News, 2011
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100108041243/http://www.norad.mil/leaders/Duval_EN.pdf NORAD Biography of Lieutenant-General J. M. (Marcel) Duval, CMM, CD] (English)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612082138/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dsa-dns/sa-ns/ab/sobv-vbos-eng.asp?mAction=View&mBiographyID=504 Canadian Forces Biography of Biography of Lieutenant-General J. M. (Marcel) Duval, CMM, CD] (English)
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{{s-bef|before=Charles Bouchard}}
{{s-ttl|title=Commander of the 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region|years=17 July 2007 - 9 July 2009}}
{{s-aft|after=Yvan Blondin}}
{{s-bef|before=Charles Bouchard}}
{{s-ttl|title=Deputy Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command|years=9 July 2009 - 15 August 2011}}
{{s-aft|after=Thomas Lawson}}
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Category:Canadian Forces Air Command generals
Category:People from Baie-Saint-Paul
Category:Commanders of the Order of Military Merit (Canada)
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Canadian military personnel from Quebec
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