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Harvey, Frederic

Major Harvey has over 20 years of experience in the Canadian Armed Forces, having joined the reserves in 1992. While serving in the reserves and completing his university education, Major Harvey was deployed as a part of Canada’s peacekeeping missions in Haiti (1996) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (1999). In 2000, Maj. Harvey transferred to regular forces as an infantry officer. Since joining the regular forces, Maj. Harvey has been deployed to Afghanistan, trained with the Brazilian army, and returned to Haiti to assist with reconstruction. In February of 2016, Major Harvey visited Crestwood as part of a delegation from the Canadian Forces College, where he was studying at the time. He spoke with students about his various deployments, and the opportunities provided by a career in the military.

 

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