<div><font color="Navy">Canadian Sikh Assumes Command of British Columbia Regiment
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Lt.-Col. Harjit Singh Sajjan
Vancouver (September 12, 2011): The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) offers its congratulations to Lt.-Col. Harjit Singh Sajjan for becoming the first Canadian Sikh to assume command of a Canadian army regiment.
On Sunday September 11, 2011, Lt.- Col. Harjit Singh Sajjan was given his charge as the Commanding Officer (Designate) of the British Columbia Regiment in a ceremony held at the Beatty Street Armoury in Vancouver. Lt. Col. Sajjan was preceded by Lt.-Col. Bruce Kadanoff who served as commanding officer for the past three years.
Lt.-Col. Sajjan joined the British Columbia Regiment as a Trooper in 1989 and was commissioned in the Regiment in 1991. He was promoted to Captain in 1995 and to Major in 2005. Lt.-Col. Sajjan has served in Bosnia-Herzegovina as wells as three deployments to Afghanistan, most recently in November 2010 he was requested to serve as the Special Assistant to US Army Major-General James Terry, Commanding General of 10th Mountain Division and Commander of Regional Command South.
Lt.-Col. Sajjan has been Mentioned-in-Dispatch and has two Chief of Defence Staff Commendations. He is also the recipient of the Commander-in-Chief's Commendation and the Deputy Minister of National Defence Award for recruiting in the Sikh community.
Lt.-Col. Sajjan is married to Kuljit Kaur, a medical physician and they reside in Vancouver with their daughter, Jeevut, and son Arjun.
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Lt.-Col. Harjit Singh Sajjan
Vancouver (September 12, 2011): The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) offers its congratulations to Lt.-Col. Harjit Singh Sajjan for becoming the first Canadian Sikh to assume command of a Canadian army regiment.
On Sunday September 11, 2011, Lt.- Col. Harjit Singh Sajjan was given his charge as the Commanding Officer (Designate) of the British Columbia Regiment in a ceremony held at the Beatty Street Armoury in Vancouver. Lt. Col. Sajjan was preceded by Lt.-Col. Bruce Kadanoff who served as commanding officer for the past three years.
Lt.-Col. Sajjan joined the British Columbia Regiment as a Trooper in 1989 and was commissioned in the Regiment in 1991. He was promoted to Captain in 1995 and to Major in 2005. Lt.-Col. Sajjan has served in Bosnia-Herzegovina as wells as three deployments to Afghanistan, most recently in November 2010 he was requested to serve as the Special Assistant to US Army Major-General James Terry, Commanding General of 10th Mountain Division and Commander of Regional Command South.
Lt.-Col. Sajjan has been Mentioned-in-Dispatch and has two Chief of Defence Staff Commendations. He is also the recipient of the Commander-in-Chief's Commendation and the Deputy Minister of National Defence Award for recruiting in the Sikh community.
Lt.-Col. Sajjan is married to Kuljit Kaur, a medical physician and they reside in Vancouver with their daughter, Jeevut, and son Arjun.
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