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Lt.-Gen. Lucas joined the Canadian Forces in 1969 as
an Air Navigator and has served in key positions in
Edmonton, Goose Bay, Ottawa and Winnipeg, where he was
the Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division.
In August 1969, Lieutenant-General
Lucas joined the Canadian Forces. After receiving his
engineering degree from RMC in May 1973, he undertook
air navigator training at the Canadian Forces Air
Navigation School in Winnipeg, receiving his wings in
February 1974.
Promoted to Major in 1981,
Lieutenant-General Lucas was posted to National
Defence Headquarters (NDHQ), Ottawa, in the
Directorate of Air Plans.
On promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel in
July 1986, he was posted to CFB Edmonton as Base
Operations Officer. During that period he was named as
commander for OPERATION NILE, a UN-sponsored
humanitarian food lift in Ethiopia. In July 1989, he
assumed command of 435 (T) Squadron, then located in
Edmonton. After one year in this position, he was
promoted to Colonel and assumed command of Canadian
Forces Base Goose Bay.
In 1993, he was posted to NDHQ as
Director of Joint |
Requirements within the Force
Development Branch. In August of 1996, he became
Director of Aerospace Planning Coordination within the
Aerospace Development Division. Promoted to
Brigadier-General effective December 1996, he assumed
the position of A4 Support at 1 Canadian Air Division
Headquarters in the summer of 1997. In December 1997,
he moved laterally to the position of A3.
Lieutenant-General Lucas was promoted
Major-General in July 2000 and assumed command of 1
Canadian Air Division/Canadian NORAD Region until July
2002 at which point he was appointed Chief of Staff,
Assistant Deputy Minister (Human Resources – Military)
at NDHQ.
In March 2003, he assumed the position
of Chief of Staff Joint Force Generation within the
DCDS Group. Lieutenant-General Lucas was promoted to
his current rank in April 2004 and was appointed
Special Advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff for
Defence Policy Review and Homeland Security Issues. In
May 2005, he assumed the position of Chief of the Air
Staff.
Lieutenant-General Lucas is a graduate
of the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College and
the National Defence College. |
