Major Jeremy MacDonald
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Major Jeremy MacDonald is an Armoured Reconnaissance Officer with the Canadian Forces. He joined the Forces in 1994 and completed training in 1995. At that time he was assigned as a Leopard tank troop leader in the Royal Canadian Dragoons, one of Canada’s armoured regiments. After being employed as a tank troop leader, Major MacDonald then served as a troop leader in a Cougar reconnaissance troop.
In 1998, Major Macdonald transferred from the Regular army to the Reserve force, to complete his post grad diploma in Applied Information Technology. During that time, he was appointed as the Officer Commanding ‘A’ Squadron of the 8th Canadian Hussars, one of Canada’s reserve reconnaissance units.
In 2001 he was posted to the Combat Training Center to the Training Technologies cell. This organization was created to investigate the use of technology, including simulation, web based and distributed learning, for training soldiers within the Combat Training Center’s schools. Major MacDonald completed the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College in 2007. Capt. MacDonald was awarded the Formation Commanders commendation in 2007 for his work in developing new simulations for training Army, Police and Security organizations.
Major MacDonald's work is featured in this CBC News item. (.wmv)
