CMCEN

Captain Saad Khattak

Signal Officer

Subaltern of the Year

SUMMARY:

To recognize the top C&E Branch Subaltern whose outstanding sense of duty, steadfast dedication to the mission, exceptional loyalty to the chain-of-command, remarkable leadership, and unfaltering professional bearing brought great credit to the Branch, and enabled exemplary Command & Control capabilities to the Canadian Armed Forces.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Communications and Electronics (C&E) Branch SUBALTERN of the Year Award may be awarded to a C&E Branch officer holding the rank of Lieutenant or 2nd Lieutenant.

A Captain may be nominated so long as the officer served as a Lieutenant at some point throughout the reporting period, and only their time as a subaltern may be counted toward the nomination. Beyond the time and rank criteria, the nominee must have performed a deed or activity considered beyond the demands of normal duty and who made an exceptional contribution to the goals and objectives of the C&E Branch in support of the Canadian Armed Forces.

NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS:

Only three (3) submissions are considered and they must come from the following Occupational  Advisors (OAs) based on the Corps or Element of the candidate. All nominations from across the CAF must be channeled to:

1. Director RCCS: The Top Regular Force Signal Officer and the Top Reserve Signal Officer; or

2. Strategic A6: The Top CELE Officer.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 

RCCS / P Res – Submitted to Major Matt Drover at [email protected] – 6 June 2025

CELE – Submitted to Lieutenant-Colonel Travis Loughery at [email protected] – 23 May 2025

HOW TO APPLY

• 01 – C&E Branch Subaltern of the Year – Instruction – 2025
• 02 – C&E Branch Subaltern of the Year – Nomination Letter

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