Lieutenant-Colonel A. Nitu, CD

Commanding Officer

LCol Alex Nitu joined the Canadian Armed Forces as an Armour Officer in 2003.  In 2008, he deployed as Tank Troop Leader in B Sqn as part of the 2 PPCLI Battle Group on Task Force 1-08.  Upon his return, he served with Reconnaissance Sqn as both Battle Captain and Sqn second-in-command.  Concurrent to this time, he initiated a unit relationship between Strathcona Recce Sqn and 4^th Squadron, 3^rd U.S. Cavalry Regiment. 

LCol Nitu completed a year as Regimental Operations Officer then Brigade Current Ops Officer from 2014/16.  He was posted back to the Regiment in June 2016 as Officer Commanding B Sqn.  In 2017 he was chosen to become the Deputy Task Force Commander for Op UNIFIER, the Canadian Army security force capacity building mission to the Ukrainian armed forces.  Upon his return to Canada in the fall of 2017, he resumed his post as OC B Sqn.  In the summer of 2018, he attended the Joint Command and Staff Programme at Canadian Forces College in Toronto.

In 2019, LCol Nitu was posted to Ottawa to be the Chief of Staff of JTF 2.  He then held the post of Deputy Chief of Staff at Chief of Programme.  Subsequently, he was posted to the Army Training Authority to manage international training engagements.  During this time he participated in numerous national “army to army” level diplomatic talks, to include the Australian and New Zealand armies, and the Japanese ground self defence force.

Before taking Command of his Regiment, LCol Nitu was a core member of the Army Modernization Team within the Army HQ. 

He has two daughters, Livia and Gwen.