The appointment of Jennie Carignan as Canada’s new chief of the defense staff has made her the first woman to hold the Canadian military’s top job. Glenn Miller, president of Lethbridge United Services Institute, and veteran member of the Royal Canadian Legion, applauded the recent announcement made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Carignan joined the Canadian military in 1986. She also led NATO Missions in Iraq in 2019 and 2020. She is married, and a mother of four children, two of whom proudly serve in the Canadian Armed Forces.