Colonel (Ret'd) David Barr, MSM, CD, Bronze Star (US), served thirty-eight years in the Canadian Forces (PPCLI, Cdn Airborne Regt, JTF2, CANSOFCOM, and the United Nations). He had three operational command tours abroad: Company Commander in Croatia (1992–93); Battalion Commander in Bosnia (2000); and CANSOF Task Force Commander in Afghanistan (2006). He was the Founding Commander of CANSOFCOM. David concluded his military service as the Chief of Military Plans (J5) in the Dept of Peacekeeping Operations in UN HQ, New York (2011–14). In recent years he has been contracted by the US State Department Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) as part of a multinational team that trains and mentors African Battalions prior to UN Peacekeeping Missions. Since 2020, he has also concurrently been the Military Advisor, Reviewer, and Co-Interviewer for this Veterans Affairs Canada/Canadian Virtual Hospice Veterans’ Project.
