Biography Command Senior Enlisted Leader
Marc A. Corriveau
Chief Warrant Officer (OR-9)
Royal Canadian Air Force
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As the Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Corriveau serves as an advisor to the Commandant and the staff element leadership. He provides recommendations to the Commander on all matters pertaining to NCO ranks. He leads the NCOs and enlisted personnel of the school, ensures policy compliance, adherence to standards in performance and maintenance of good order and discipline.
After completing basic training, CWO Corriveau was posted to the Air Traffic Control unit at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Bagotville, Quebec. In 1990, a posting to CFB Lahr, Germany ensued and shortly thereafter he was transferred to CFB Baden-Soellingen. After three years in Germany, he was assigned to Base Operations in Ottawa and in mid-1994, took part in a six-month deployment to Sinai, Egypt, as part of the Multinational Force and Observers mission. In 1995, he was assigned to 15 Wing Moose Jaw’s Air Traffic Control unit.
In 2000, he was posted to the United States Air Force's 2nd Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base (AFB), Colorado and in 2005 was assigned to the 533rd Training Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, California where he became a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System instructor. In June 2006, he was promoted and transferred to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, where he was employed as a Battle Director Technician aboard the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft where he accumulated over 500 flying hours in support of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Operation Enduring Freedom.
From 2010 to 2013 he was employed as Chief Instructor and Unit Master Warrant Officer for 16 Wing’s Air Command Academy. In July 2013 he was promoted to his current rank and became the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the NORAD Deputy Commander as well as Superintendent for NORAD/USNORTHCOM’s Inspector General at Peterson AFB, Colorado.
From 2016 to 2018, CWO Corriveau served as Wing Chief Warrant Officer at CFB Bagotville/3 Wing.
Prior to assuming the duties of Command Senior Enlisted Leader at the NATO School Oberammergau, CWO Corriveau served as Instructor, Course Director and Department Director for the Non-commissioned Officer Programmes Department at the NATO School Oberammergau.
He and his wife, Emma, have one son, Zachary.