Canada’s top ranking military man stepping down

Posted Oct 28, 2012 06:55:41 AM.

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This is the last full day on the job for Canada’s top-ranking military officer.

General Walter Natynczyk steps down tomorrow after four years as Chief of Defense staff.

Natynczyk will be succeeded by Lieutenant-General Tom Lawson, a former fighter pilot.

Governor General David Johnston, the Canadian military’s Commander-in-chief, will preside over tomorrow morning’s change-of-command ceremony at the Canadian War Museum here in Ottawa.

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