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Author: David Redman
David Redman has worked with all orders of government and extensively with the private sector to develop emergency management in Alberta, Canada and North America.
Prior to working in EMA, he had a 27 career as an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces. His military experience was predominately in command appointments in operational field positions, including three tours as a Commanding Officer, responsible for massive strategic, operational and tactical international logistical operations (i.e. the withdrawal of all Canadian personnel and resources from Canadian Forces Europe in Lahr following the end of the Cold War, the withdraw of all Canadian United Nations personnel and resources from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia during the 1995 War and the deployment of Canadian NATO Forces into Bosnia).
During his military career, he served in 19 geographic locations, including three NATO postings to Germany, a posting to California, and postings or employment in most provinces and territories in Canada. He also was deployed on operational tours in support of the United Nations and NATO in Egypt in 1978, Croatia in 1995 and Bosnia in 1996.