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The Canadian Forces senior leadership is facing more turmoil after the second highest officer tendered his resignation Tuesday.

Lt. Gen. Paul Wynnyk, who had been the vice chief of the defence staff, gave his notice to Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance Tuesday that he was leaving the Canadian Forces.

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Wynnyk was asked to stay on beyond his retirement to fill Vice Adm. Mark Norman’s job only to have that decision abruptly changed by Vance in May, who then reversed yet again in June.

A series of documents provided to Postmedia Wednesday outline the ongoing chaos at National Defence headquarters which has seen the retirement of seven lieutenant generals or vice admirals since last year.

Vance had originally asked Wynnyk to postpone his summer 2019 retirement and stay as vice chief of the defence staff until the summer of 2020.

But after the court case against Norman collapsed, Vance told Wynnyk May 13 that he was putting the vice admiral back into his old job and Wynnyk’s “continued service as the VCDS was no longer in the best interests of the CAF,” according to Wynnyk’s resignation letter provided to Postmedia.