{{Short description|Canadian general officer}} {{Use Canadian English|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox military person | name = Stephen Kelsey | image = Vice Chief of the Defence Staff Lieutenant-General Stephen Kelsey.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Kelsey in 2025 | nickname = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | allegiance = Canada | branch = Canadian Army | service_years = 1985–present | rank = Lieutenant-General | service_number = | unit = | commands = Vice Chief of the Defence Staff | battles = | awards = Commander of the Order of Military Merit<br/>Canadian Forces' Decoration | relations = | other_work = }} Lieutenant-General '''Stephen Kelsey''', {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100|sep=,|CMM|CD}} is a senior officer serving in the Canadian Army. On August 1, 2024, he assumed office as Vice Chief of the Defence Staff.
==Military career== Kelsey joined the Canadian Army in 1985 and was commissioned in 1988. He became commander of the Western Area Training Centre in 2010, Director of Armour in 2013 and commander of CFB Kingston in 2015. After being deployed to Iraq, he became Canadian Army Director General Land Capability Development and Chief of Staff Strategy in 2017, Chief Force Development in 2020 and deputy commander at Allied Joint Force Command Naples in June 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shape.nato.int/upcoming-events/nato-communicators-conference-2022/biographies/jfc-naples-deputy-commander|title=JFC Naples - Deputy Commander|publisher=Shape|access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref> On August 1, 2024, he assumed office as Vice Chief of the Defence Staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2024/08/lieutenant-general-stephen-kelsey-assumes-the-role-of-vice-chief-of-the-defence-staff.html|title=Lieutenant-General Stephen Kelsey assumes the role of Vice Chief of the Defence Staff|date=1 August 2024|publisher=Government of Canada| access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.miragenews.com/lt-gen-kelsey-named-vice-chief-of-defence-staff-1288180/|title=Lt. Gen. Kelsey Named Vice Chief of Defence Staff|publisher=Mirage News| access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref>
==Honours and decorations== Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.strathconas.ca/uploads/thumbnails/Kelsey2022.jpg.eeaf097b.jpg|title=Photo of Stephen Kelsey}}</ref> <div class= "center"> <br /> x30pxx30pxx30px <br />x30pxx30pxx30px <br />x30pxx30pxx30px <br />x30pxx30pxx30px
{| class="wikitable" |- style="background:silver;" align="center" |Ribbon || Description || Notes |- |40px ||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |Order of Military Merit (CMM) ||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |Commander 2022; Officer 2019 |- |40px ||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |General Campaign Star||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |South-West Asia |- |40px||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |General Campaign Star||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |Expedition |- |40px ||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |Special Service Medal||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" | |- |40px||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" | |- |40px||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |UN Military Observer Mission in Prevlaka (Croatia)||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |With "2" Numeral |- |40px||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |UN Special Service Medal||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" | |- |40px||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" | |- |40px ||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD) ||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |2 Clasps, 32 years of Canadian Forces service |- |40px||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |Legion of Merit||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |United States of America, Degree of Officer |- |40px||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |Meritorious Service Medal||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |United States of America |- |40px||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |National Defence Medal||style{{=}}"text-align:left;" |France, Degree of Gold |- |} </div>
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