Sgt Iain Kinkaid CD (Ret) joined the 48th Highlanders of Canada as a Pte in 1992, completing basic training and infantry trade training that same summer. He was promoted to Corporal in 1995 after completing the Basic Machine Gun course, and deployed on OP Palladium Roto 13 to Bosnia with C Coy RCD BG SFOR in 2003/04.
In 2009 he was promoted to Master Corporal 2009. The following year he deployed to Afghanistan on OP Athena Roto 09 with the Operational Mentor Liaison Team, Kandak One. Sgt Kinkaid was promoted to Sergeant 2013. He served as the Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant, and retired in 2020 after 19 years of service.