1. AFTER 23 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MWO ERIC BORDELEAU WILL RELEASE ON 12 AUGUST 2024.

2. MWO BORDELEAU JOINED THE CAF IN JUL 2001 AT THE RECRUIT CENTER IN TROIS-RIVIERES, QC. FOLLOWING HIS RECRUIT TRAINING IN ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, HE WAS POSTED TO CFB KINGSTON WAITING FOR HIS QL3 SIG OP IN SEP 2001. WHILE HE WAS WAITING FOR HIS SIG OP CRSE, HE WAS EMPLOYED AS BTL IN MULTIPLE UNITS WITHIN KINGSTON AND HAD THE EXPERIENCE TO DEPLOY FOR HIS FIRST TIME AS DRIVER TO CALGARY IN SUPPORT OF THE G8 SUMMIT IN KANANAKIS, AB. FOLLOWING THIS TASK, HE WAS AFTER SENT TO QGET, VALCARTIER ON OJT UNTIL HIS SIG OP QL3 STARTED IN OCT 2002. ONCE HIS QL3 SIG OP COMPLETED, HE WAS POSTED TO QGET VALCARTIER FROM MAR 2003 TO APR 2005. DURING HIS POSTING WITH QGET, HE HAD THE OPPORNUNITY TO DEPLOY ON HIS FIRST MISSION IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN AS RAD OP FROM JAN TO JUL 2004. HE WAS AFTER POSTED TO 2R22ER AS A CP SIG FROM APR 2005 TO OCT 2007. AFTER HIS PROMOTION TO MCPL, HE WAS MOVED TO B COY, 2R22ER AS COY SIG MCPL (PRONTO) FROM OCT 2007 TO FEB 2010. DURING HIS TIME AS PRONTO, HE WAS DEPLOYED WITH THE BG 2R22ER, B COY SIG MCPL IN KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN FROM MAR TO OCT 2009. MWO BORDELEAU WAS AFTER POSTED TO 5TH SVC BN, VALCARTIER WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED AS QM MCPL FROM FEB 2010 TO JUL 2011. HE WAS SUPPORTING THE TRG OF THE ROTO 10 DURING HIS TIME WITH THE SVC BN BY DEPLOYING HIS QM WITH THEM FOR THEIR TRAINING IN WAINWRIGHT OR ANYWHERE ELSE. IN JUL 2011, MWO BORDELEAU WAS PROMOTED TO SGT AND WAS POSTED TO 12 RBC AS SIG TP SGT UNTIL AUG 2014. HE WAS THEN POSTED TO QGET VALCARTIER FROM AUG 2014 UNTIL HIS PROMOTION TO WO AND POSTING TO CFJSR KINGSTON, IN JUL 2015. DURING HIS POSTING WITH CFJSR, HE WAS EMPLOYED AS TP WO IN THE HEAVY DET SATCOM, F TP UNTIL HIS DEPLOYMENT IN KUWAIT FROM MAY TO NOV 2016 AS TP WO. AFTER HIS MISSION HE WAS SENT AS THE HR TP WO IN E TP FROM NOV 2016 TO MAY 2017. IN MAY 2017, HE CHANGED POSITION AGAIN TO BECOME THE 3 SQN OPS WO UNTIL HIS DEPLOYMENT ON OP PRESENCE, AFRICA IN DAKAR FROM MAY TO SEP 2019. AFTER HIS DEPLOYMENT, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE POSITION OF REGT OPS WO UNTIL HIS PROMOTION TO MWO AND POSTING TO CFSCE IN AUG 2020. FROM AUG 2020 TO JUN 2021, HE WAS EMPLOYED AS THE SCHOOL CCO. FROM JUN 2021 TO MAY 2023 HE WAS EMPLOYED AS SP SQM SM AND FINALLY MOVED TO 1 SQN AS SQN SM IN MAY 2023 UNTIL HIS RELEASE DATE.

3. ERIC‘S IMMEDIATE PLANS ARE TO STAY IN KINGSTON AND ENJOY SOME TIME OFF. HE WILL ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. HIS MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITY WILL BE TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS SPOUSE, BUNYISA AND HIS STEP DAUGHTER, JASMINE. A LOT OF PROJECTS ARE ON THE TABLE SUCH AS THEIR FUTUR LIFE LIVING IN THAILAND AND CANADA.

4. A DEPART WITH DIGNITY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE RAXX BAR & GRILL, 665 DEVELOPMENT DR, KINGSTON, ON, K7M 4W6 AT 12:00 ON 2ND AUG 2024. DINNER WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A GET TOGETHER TO REMEMBER GOOD TIME.

5. YOUR STORIES, ANECDOTES AND/OR WELL WISHES CAN BE SENT BY EMAIL TO [email protected] BEFORE THE 20 JUL 2024.