RMR Master Door Gunner

Sergeant Brigitte O’Driscoll serving as a door gunner on her basic training course in 2019.

Westmount, Quebec – 15 January 2021: Congratulations to Sergeant Brigitte O’Driscoll of The Royal Montreal Regiment, who in September 2020, in Valcartier, Quebec, became the first woman in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to be certified as a Master Door Gunner.

In addition to her time at 438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, Sergeant O’Driscoll is a firefighter with the Hudson Fire Department, as well as a section commander with Bravo Company, RMR.

You can learn more about her original training course here.

Door gunner
Sergeant Brigitte O’Driscoll after receiving her new door gunner badge on May 10, 2019. PHOTO: Corporal Laura Landry

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