Change of Command Parade, Lieutenant Colonel Rod Bell-Irving to Lieutenant Colonel Don Chipman, 27 April 1996 at the Seaforth Armoury. Lieutenant Colonel Donald A. Chipman In 1967 Lieutenant Colonel Donald A. Chipman was accepted as an officer cadet at the College Militaire Royale de Saint-Jean, graduating from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1972. Lieutenant-Colonel Chipman's served in 1st Field Squadron. RCE (later 2 CER) including 3 RCR's AMR (L) Battle Group. In November 1974, he was posted to 2 Combat Group HQ as S03 Pers Adm and in July 1975 to CFB Petawawa as Deputy Base Construction Engineer Officer. In January 1977, Lieutenant-Colonel Chipman was posted to Mobile Command HQ. In the two and a half years he was there, he served as S03 Field Engineer, 503 Ops, and S03 Nat Plans. In 1979, his long awaited ambition to return to BC was realized but he spent less than a year in Tactics Troop at CFSME. In July 1980 he was promoted to major and posted to Cyprus as Force Engineer. On returning to Canada in 1981, he spent a year as Engineer DS Tactics and Development Division at the Combat Training Centre before taking command on 22 Field Squadron in 1982. In June 1984, went as Force Construction Officer at UNDOF HQ in Damascus, Syria where he served for 13 months. He was promoted to Lt Col in 1985. Prior to being posted as Chief of Staff BC District in July 1991, he served five years as a member of the Directing Staff at CLFCSC where, in addition to teaching combat engineering subjects, he was responsible for introducing ADP to the college curriculum, the Reality of Battle Series and Battlefield Tours. Lieutenant-Colonel Chipman holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from RMC and a Masters of Education degree from Queen's University, Kingston. He has attended military schools in Canada, the United States and Germany. He attended CLFCSC in 1977 and CFCSC in 1985-86. He is a trained combat diver and a parachutist. Lt Col Roderick Bell-Irving Lt Col Bell-Irving was born in Vancouver in 1949. He completed his secondary education at Shawnigan Lake School and graduated with a BA in Marine Biology from UBC in 1971. Lt Col Bell-Irving joined the Seaforths in 1981 as a Second Lieutenant. In 1982 he was appointed as an aide de camp to the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. In 1985 he served with 3RCR during RV88. In 1987 he was posted to Militia Area Pacific HQ where he served as G3 Operations. In 1988 Lt Col Bell-Irving moved to Ottawa and transferred to the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa. While serving In Ottawa, he completed the Militia Command and Staff College. Upon his return to Vancouver and the Seaforths he was appointed Deputy Commanding Officer. Lt Col Bell -Irving is a son of Budge and Nancy Bell-Irving. Lt Col Bell-Irving's great grandfather was a founder, his great uncle Major Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving was an original Officer (and KIA in WW I) and he is the third Bell-Irving to command this Regiment. LT Col Bell-Irving is employed with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans as Manager of Aboriginal Affairs.