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LCol Cliff Jamison

(DND)

 

Lieutenant-Colonel Cliff Jamieson was born in Chilliwack, BC in 1959 and grew up in a military family. As a military brat, he lived all over western Canada and spent six years with the Royal Canadian Army Cadets culminating as a CLI course platoon commander at VACC in 1979. Immediately after, he joined the Regular Force on the Officer Candidate Training Program and, after completing Basic Infantry Officer Training, he was posted to the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) in Victoria.

Lieutenant-Colonel Jamieson’s first 24 years of service life was spent principally in operational settings as an infantry officer. He has served in all three battalions of the PPCLI, including being stationed with the 2nd Battalion, PPCLI in Germany, as part of our NATO forces. While on regimental duty, he has served as a company commander, company second-in-command, battalion training officer, reconnaissance platoon commander and rifle platoon commander. He is a qualified paratrooper and rappelmaster, who has a diverse operational background that includes jungle, desert, amphibious, arctic and domestic operations. Two of his four years as a company commander were spent with the Canadian Scottish Regiment, where he commanded a mixed company of Regular and Reserve Forces under the 10/90 Project.

Outside regimental duty, Lieutenant-Colonel Jamieson has been a Commanding Officer of a Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre, an Aide-de-Camp to a general officer, a NATO Arms Control Verification Officer, a United Nations Public Information Officer and the G3 Plans at the Land Force Western Area Headquarters. While serving with in the latter position, he was selected as the Head of the Organization Committee and G3 for the 2002 Pacific Armies Management Seminar – a 33-nation seminar that was jointly planned and conducted by the Canadian and the US Armies over an 18-month period.

Lieutenant-Colonel Jamieson transferred to the British Columbia Dragoons in 2003. Since joining the Regiment, he has been a Squadron Commander and the Regimental Second-in-Command. During his career he has served on peacekeeping missions in Iraq, Croatia and Cyprus. He is a graduate of the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College and the Canadian Forces Staff School. He holds Bachelor of Military Arts and Science degree from the Royal Military College of Canada and he is presently pursuing a second bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

In his civilian life, Lieutenant-Colonel Jamieson is a Certified Human Resource Professional, who works for the City of Kelowna as their Occupational Health and Safety Advisor. He plays hockey, baseball and golf – none of which he claims to excel in – and is an avid runner and a military history buff. His wife, Heather, is an elementary school teacher and they have two children – Megan and Joel.

(source: Okanagan Military Museum)