Alain Parent

Alain Parent
Service / branch	Royal Canadian Air Force[a]
Years of service	1979-2018
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (acting)

Lieutenant General Joesph Alain Jacques Parent^[1] CMM CD is a retired senior Royal Canadian Air Force officer, who served as acting Vice Chief of the Defence Staff from May 2017 until his retirement in June 2018.^[2]

Parent joined the Canadian Forces in 1979. Following certification of his pilot training in 1985, he flew a variety of Air Command helicopter and accrued over 4900 hours of flying on the CH-136 Kiowa, CH-135 Twin Huey and the CH-146 Griffon.^[3]

Parent became Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division in July 2011. He served as the Deputy Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) from 2012^[4] and was appointed acting Vice Chief of the Defence Staff on 30 May 2017.^[5]

He is married and has two children.

Parent's personal awards and decorations include the following:

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Order of Military Merit (CMM)	Appointed Commander (CMM) on 17 October 2012[6] Appointed Officer (OMM) on 28 November 2008 [6]
	125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal	Decoration awarded in 1992
	Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD)	with two Clasp for 32 years of services
	Meritorious Service Medal (United States)

• He was a qualified RCAF Pilot and as such wore the RCAF Flight wings
• Command Commendation

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