St-Amand commanded 441 Tactical Fighter Squadron between 2003 and 2005 . He attended and graduated from the Air War College with a Masters degree in Strategic Studies and a certificate of Practitioner of Joint Warfare . In 2005 and was promoted to colonel . St-Amand became Combined Forces Air Component Commander Forward in 2006 . In 2007 , he became commander of 4 Wing . In 2009 , St-Amand became Senior Advisor to the Chief of the Defense Staff . He received the Alberta Centennial Medal in May 2009 . In January 2010 he became Director of Strategic Plans at NATO headquarters and was promoted to Brigadier general . During his tenure at SHAPE , St-Amand directed strategic planning for NATO 's 2010 Pakistan floods relief operation and Operation Unified Protector
2010 Pakistan floods
2010 Pakistan floods
Pierre St-Amand