Col David Grebstad
Col Grebstad was born in Dryden, ON, and joined the CAF as an NCM reservist with 116 Independent Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery in 1990. He became an officer in 1992 and completed a component transfer to the Regular Force in 1999.
Since joining the Regular Force he has served in numerous regimental, school and staff positions at the operational and strategic level, Director of Peacekeeping Policy in the Director General International Security Policy group, CA G1, and he is currently the Deputy Commander of the CAF Transition Group.
Col Grebstad has completed operational tours in 2002 in Afghanistan on Op APOLLO, in 2014 on Op REASSURANCE in NATO Joint Forces Command Naples; and in 2018 in Egypt on Op CALUMET. His command billets were Battery Commander Y Battery, 2 RCHA and CO Administration Branch, CFB Borden.
He is a graduate of the University of Manitoba, the University of New Brunswick and the Royal Military College of Canada. An avid amateur historian, he has been published in several peer reviewed academic journals.
Col Grebstad is a proud citizen of the Metis Nation of Canada, and he and his wife, a Health Services Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces, reside in Ottawa. He served as Regimental Colonel RCA 2022-2024.
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