Commissionaire Profiles
Commissionaire Gilles Arcand
Peacekeeping, stability operations and nation-building. These are honourable callings providing invaluable help in a sometimes unstable world. But their greater purpose can overshadow the challenges and stress inherent in their undertaking at an individual level. Few Canadians can begin to understand the sacrifices of a life in active service. Nor can we appreciate the resilience needed to operate effectively under significant and unrelenting danger or in the wake of human suffering. Read more
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Commissionaire Beau Banks
Commissionaires figured out pretty quickly they’d uncovered a prize with Beau Banks. Just nineteen years old and a Commissionaires’ recruit without military or police background, Beau had scarcely the time to take his uniform out of the packaging before he received the Commissionaires Meritorious Service Medal that recognized not one, but two situations where Beau’s quick thinking, cool- headedness and courageous action shone through. Read more
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Commissionaire Norm Marner
Norm’s distinctive Nova Scotia accent remains true despite a career of military postings that have taken him across the country and around the world. He’s a soft-spoken, laid-back kind of guy. Or rather he comes across that way. You’d have to be to do what he does. Read more
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Commissionaire Raina Neville
To say that Raina Neville has enjoyed a groundbreaking career is to say the very least. Indeed, together with standards of excellence, breaking new ground has been a theme that has followed Raina throughout her career in both the Military Police and Commissionaires. Starting in basic training, she was awarded the Commandant’s Shield of Excellence and the Skill at Arms Trophy. Read more
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Commissionaire David Serduk
The way he sees it, Dave Serduk has lived a blessed life. You can hear it in his voice. See it in the twinkle of this Prairie boy’s eye. Not that there haven’t been challenges along the way. “My parents gave me an ultimatum; they figured military training would put me on track.” They understood. Read more
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Commissionaire Rick Taylor
Rick Taylor may be a salt-of-the-earth kind of guy but it’s his ability to take a bird’s eye view of any situation that sets him apart. An air traffic controller for over thirty years, Rick’s territory was the great Canadian North. His work entailed brushing shoulders with the military on numerous occasions. During the Cold War, he assisted in the US cruise missile testing out of Cold Lake, Alberta. He was involved in Arctic Response Missions to resupply military stations along the DEW line and in Alert Bay. And, Rick was on duty during 9/11 in the hours following the US border closures. “It was as if every airplane was in a state of emergency because they couldn’t land at their designated destination,” says Rick. Read more
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