MAGAZINE
FALL 2019
I FEEL EXTREMELY FORTUNATE AND I AM HUMBLED BY THE EXPERIENCE AND EXCELLENCE OF THE WARRIORS THAT MAKE UP OUR TEAM AT LAND COMMMAND .
Mathers during his last tour of Afghanistan , in Kandahar fall 2009 . Pictured with his Squadron Commander , Major Mark Popov
CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER KEVIN J . MATHERS
Chief Warrant Officer Kevin Mathers joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1985 and upon graduation from Crewman training was posted to the Lord Srathcona ’ s Horse ( RC ) in Calgary . In 1988 he was deployed to Cyprus and over the course of the next thirty years took part in a number of Operational Deployments in the Golan Heights , Bosnia and two to Afghanistan , amongst others .
In 2011 Mathers was invested into the Order of Military Merit and later the same year was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his contributions and performance during his time serving as the Sergeant Major of his Reconnaissance Squadron , part of Task Force 3-09 , in Afghanistan .
During his thirty three year career Mathers has been posted to 15 different units and has served in all three of the Canadian Armoured Regiments , the Directorate of Military Careers as part of the Crewman Career Management Team , Land Force Central Area Training Centre Meaford , Canadian Forces Training Development Centre CSM Borden and the Armour School in Gagetown . On promotion to Chief Warrant Officer in 2013 , Mathers attended RMC Kingston for a year of studies before being appointed as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the Armour School . After completing his RSM posting he occupied key appointments as the Senior Army Mentor at the Royal Military College St . Jean and recently completed a tour as the Chief Instructor of the CWO Robert Osside Institute .
Mathers is the proud father of two children and grandfather to four grandsons and two granddaughters .
In preparation to assume his role as the Command Senior Enlisted Leader in 2019 , Mathers completed the NATO CSEL course and the Keystone Joint Senior Enlisted Command Course in Washington DC . LC
CWO Kevin Mathers training with his crew in his Leopard main battle tank in the early 2000s .
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