Bgen denis thompson biography

Major-General (Retired) Denis Thompson served 39 years in the Canadian Army deploying on multiple operations at home and abroad in Cyprus, Germany, Bosnia....

60 seconds with Major-General Denis Thompson, former Commander, Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Culture, history and sport.

A Canadian general was selected today to become the next Force Commander for the Multinational Force and Observers, an independent.

Major-General (Retired) Denis Thompson served 39 years in the Canadian Army deploying on multiple operations at home and abroad in Cyprus, Germany, Bosnia.

Prior to assuming command of JTF-Afg, Brigadier-General Thompson held the position of Commander, 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, in.

Thompson, who was a brigadier-general in the Canadian Forces prior to this new role, will be the force commander of the Multinational Force and.

SITREP: were not losing in Afghanistan: BGen. Denis Thompson hits back at American claims.

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That the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is losing to the Taliban in southern Afghanistan is "a myth" according to Brigadier-General Denis Thompson, in an exclusive interview with Esprit de Corps.

The Canadian commander hit back at claims in the United States that unless 21,000 more American troops are sent to Afghanistan the "downward spiral" will continue and the war will be lost.

BGen Denis Thompson was the commander of Task Force Kandahar from May 14, 2008 to February 19, 2009.

"We are certainly taking our hits," he admitted, but denied this foretold a collapse in Afghanistan.

"I would also opine that if you are in the process of deploying 21,000 troops, there's that old expression 'every fire brigade needs a fire.' So there is a bit of painting the picture as black as possible in order to justify to the American public tha