Guy Laroche

Who is Guy Laroche?

J.R.M.G. Laroche is a Brigadier-General in the Canadian Forces.

Laroche enlisted in the Canadian Forces in 1979. By 1980 he had completed his training as an infantry officer and was posted to the Royal 22e Régiment at CFB Valcartier, near Quebec City. Laroche is a graduate of Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College, Kingston, Ontario; the Canadian Forces Staff College in Toronto, Ontario; and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, DC. Guy also holds a BA in Business Administration from the Université du Québec and a M.Sc. from the National Defence University, Washington, DC.

Throughout his career, Laroche served with three battalions of the Royal 22e Régiment in a variety of positions and commanded the 1st Battalion. Laroche also served as a Squad Commander while attending the Royal Military College, in Ottawa as a Staff Officer for the Directorate of Land Information Resources in NDHQ, in Kingston, Ontario where he took a position with the Directing Staff at the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, and in Valcartier as Base Personnel Services Officer and G3 of 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group.

Laroche served on two occasions under the auspices of the United Nations in Cyprus. He also served in Bosnia-Herzegovina twice as Battle Group Commander and as Chief of Staff of the 5th Canadian Multinational Brigade. Finally, he served as a commander during the 1990 Native American crisis in Kahnawake, Canada.