Commanding Officer
Lieutenant-Colonel David Quick enrolled in the Canadian Forces under the Officer Candidate Training Program and departed for training in January 1994. Upon completing his training he was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Regiment in August 1995. His first regimental tour was with 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (1 RCR) where he commanded a rifle platoon, reconnaissance platoon and was second in command of Combat Support Company. While serving with 1 RCR he deployed twice; Bosnia in 1998 and Kosovo in 1999.
In the spring of 2000, he was posted to Land Force Central Area Headquarters Toronto in various staff roles until he was selected for the Army Officer Degree Program. He graduated from Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) with a Bachelor of Military Arts and Science degree and was subsequently posted in Jun 2003 to 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (2 RCR).
While posted to 2 RCR, Lieutenant-Colonel Quick was employed as the Acting Operations Officer (A/Ops O), officer commanding Combat Support Company and lastly, as officer commanding I Company Group. He deployed twice while serving with 2 RCR; Haiti as part of the Multinational Interim Force and to Afghanistan as part of TF 1-07 which saw him awarded the Star of Military Valour upon his return.
Lieutenant-Colonel Quick was posted to National Defence Headquarters upon redeployment in 2007 where he worked for DLFD within the Army structure for 2014 and later attended Staff College in Toronto where he completed his Masters of Defence Studies. Upon graduation, Lieutenant-Colonel Quick was posted to Canadian Special Operations Regiment in Petawawa as Chief of Operations. Upon promotion to his current rank in 2010, he was posted to Ottawa as J3 (Joint Operations) of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command. In June 2011, he assumed his current appointment as commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment.
Lieutenant-Colonel Quick holds an undergraduate degree (Leadership) with a Master's degree in Defence Studies (Psychology of Killing in Combat), from RMC. He is a graduate of Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College as well as the CFCSC.
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