Service

Our Sergeant-at-Arms & Advocate

Comrade Brad Mills

Brad Mills was born 4 April 1951 in Windsor, ON. He enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) 10 Mar 1970. Throughout his career he served with the 1st & 2nd Battalions in Calgary, Winnipeg and Baden Soelingen W Germany with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) and 2 Commando (2CDO) in Edmonton & Petawwa ON with the Canadian Airborne Regiment (CAR) and also with the CAF Infantry Sch in Gagetown NB.

Mills completed several international deployments where he received medals to include two tours with the UN in Cyprus (UNICYP) 1972-73 and his second tour in Cyprus 1974 during the Turkish Invasion.
He served with NATO in Baden W Germany from 1985-1988  with 2 PPCLI.
He was deployed in 1992-93 with the Canadian Airborne Battle Group to Op Deliverance in Somalia E Africa with the The Unified Task Force (UNITAF)
He also received the Cdn Peacekeeping Svc Medal (CFPM) for service during UN missions.

Mills achieved the Rank of MWO & Retired from the Canadian Forces 10 Jul 98.
After the Military he was employed as a Water Treatment Tech for 15 years establishing his own Water Treatment Co. Today, Mar 2025 he is an active member of the PPCLI Association and The Royal Canadian Legion Centennial Branch #285 as Sgt-at-Arms in Calgary, Alberta.

He currently lives in Calgary AB

sgt-at-arms@rcl285.ca