Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Colonel Schreiber was commisioned into the Canadian Forces upon graduation from Royal Military College (RMC) Kingston with a degree in History and Political Science in 1988. He served as a Platoon Commander in The Second Battlion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light INfantry from 1988 to 1991, including a peacekeeping tour as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in 1990. He was subsequently posted to the Combat Training Centre in Gagetown, New Brunswick from 1991-1993 as a tactics instructor as both the Infantry and Artillery Schools. Upon completion of his Master's Degree in War Studies at RMC Kingston in 1995, Schreiber was posted to 3 PPCLI in Chilliwack B.C. and Edmonton, Alberta, and served in Battalion Staff and Company Command roles, including a peace support mission tour with the NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR) as Officer Commanding (OC) A (Parachute) Company in Bosnia in 2000. In 2002 , Schreiber deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan as a Company Commander with the 3 PPCLI BG attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team (3BCT) 101st Airborne Division (TF Rakkasan) as part of the US-led OP ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) After completing Staff College in Toronto, and a brief posting to Director General Land Combat Development in Kingston, LCol Schreiber became Chief of Staff for Operations for Land Forces Western Area/ Joint Task Force West in Edmonton, Alberta.

In addition to his Masters Degree in War Studies, LCol Screiber also holds a Masters Degree in Defence Studies from RMC. His thesis on the Canadian Corps in the final hundred days of World War One, entitled "Shock Army of the British Empire" was published in 1997 by Praeger Publishing, New York, to much critical acclaim. He was also the recipient of the Canadian Forces College George Bell Award for Military Writing in 2004 for his work on Canada's involvment in Vietnam. He us a frequent contributor to both the Canadian Army Journal and the Canadian Military Journal, and has appeared in several First World War documentaries.

LCol Schreiber has been awarded the US Army Bronze Star for his work in Afghanistan as part of TF Rakkasan in 2002, and was recently awarded both the Canadian and NATO Meritorious Service Medals for his work as the Chief Operations Officer of ISAF RC South in 2006.

LCol Schreiber and wife Kelly have three children.

Past Commanding Officers:

Lieutenant Colonel Gordon D. Corbould April, 2007- June, 2009