During the Persian Gulf War Don served for 16 months as the Chief of Liaison Systems/Chief of Staff/Deputy Force Commander with the Middle East-based Multinational Force & Observers, a US sponsored 'Confidence-building' Force in support of the US-brokered Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt.

Don's last tour of international service was as the Canadian Head of Mission to the European Community's Military Mission to the former Yugoslavia during the wars of 1992 in both in Croatia and Bosnia.

Between a series of overseas tours, from 1987 until 1990, Colonel Ethell served in Canadian National Defence Headquarters as the Director of Peacekeeping Operations (DPkO). As DPkO his duties encompassed Canadian Forces' activities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and Namibia. Included in this timeframe were a series of Canadian initiatives, and secondments to the United Nations, activities associated with Arias Peace Plan for the five countries of Central America. The Ethell-led comprehensive on-site reconnaissance and operational plan was subsequently accepted and adopted as the Deployment and Operational Plan for the UN Force in Central America. His plan was also tabled in the Canadian House of Commons.

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