Join us for a special pre-season TGIT Speaker Series event on Thursday, August 20 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm, featuring a presentation by LCol Kevin Barry of The Royal Regina Rifles who will presenting: Army Modernization
Admission: Free (suggested $5 donation to help cover food)
Registration: Please email lynn@hjlinnen.com so we can prepare the appropriate amount of food
Location: Senior Ranks Mess, Regina Armoury, 1600 Elphinstone St, Regina, Saskatchewan
Bio:
Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Andrew Barry, MMM, CD was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
He joined the army 27 November 1986 as a Private and was posted to the Third Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI). He was then posted to 2 Commando, the Canadian Airborne Regiment in 1994 where he was promoted to Sergeant. He went to Edmonton with the rest of the PPCLI Parachute Company in 1995, and with the re-formation of 3 PPCLI, was employed as a Section Commander and Platoon 2IC. In 1999 he was commissioned from the ranks, and was posted to 1 PPCLI where he was a Platoon Commander, LAV Captain and a Coy 2IC. Posted to HQ 1 CMBG in 2005, he served as G3 Plans and G3 Ops and was promoted to Major in 2008. He was posted to 3 PPCLI as an OC, he became DCO in June 2010, and assumed command as Commanding Officer March 2011 to June 2012. After French Language Training he was posted to 3rd Canadian Division Headquarters as the G37 and later G5 Force Development. He assumed command of The Royal Regina Rifles on 16 Aug 2025.