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General Joseph Édouard Jean Boyle, CMM, CD (born November 23, 1947) is a former Canadian Chief of Defence Staff. He resigned in disgrace less than a year after his appointment, when it was revealed that he was involved in "almost every facet" of the attempt to manage the aftermath of the Somalia Affair, including the alteration of documents released to the media.〔 ==Military career== Boyle joined the military in 1967, entering the Royal Military College of Canada as student #8790 and training under Brigadier General William Kirby Lye, whom he characterised as a "crusty old codger".〔〔 He spent his first year at school in Fort Champlain, sharing a room with Brian D. Pashley, before moving on to spend his next three years living in the Stone Frigate; he participated in varsity football, handball and judo. He graduated with his Honours degree in Economics in 1971.〔〔 He became Commanding Officer of 4 Fighter Wing and Base Commander of CFB Baden-Soellingen in 1988.〔(Commanding Officers: CFB Baden-Soellingen )〕 He returned to the RMC as Commandant in 1991 and served for two years.〔Royal Military College of Canada, (Flashback: Jean Boyle )〕〔(Jean Boyle )〕 As a jet fighter pilot, he commanded 1 Canadian Air Division in Germany.〔 In 1995, he was made a Commander of the Order of Military Merit. As a General, Boyle fought against Canada's participation in the Ottawa Treaty to ban landmines.〔CBC, (Canada's military tried to stop landmine ban ), November 10, 2000〕〔Pugliese, David. Ottawa Citizen, "Troops could be charged for landmine violations", January 30, 2002〕 Boyle was appointed the Chief of Defence Staff in January 1996, at the relatively young age of 48, being chosen ahead of more senior officers who were expected to be picked for the job.〔Trueheart, Charles. The Washington Post, "Canada Can't Shake Somali Scandal; New Military Chief Quizzed on Troops' 1993 Torture-Killing", December 29〕 General Lewis MacKenzie later described Boyle's ascension, noting that he was "obviously out of his depth as (of Defence Staff )".〔MacKenzie, Lewis. "Soldiers Made Me Look Good", p. 271 In a possibly apocryphal remark, MacKenzie wondered how he as a General officer, one of about 100, had never met Boyle until his ascension to CDS.〕 As the Somalian scandal was just beginning to make headlines, some suggested he was appointed specifically in the hopes that he would draw away the majority of public wrath onto himself.〔McCandless, Henry E. "A Citizen's Guide to Public Accountability", p. 64.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean Boyle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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