1. ON 23 OCTOBER 2024, CAPTAIN ISRAËL ST-GEORGES WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 30+ YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMY, THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, THE COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND CANADA.
2. IN MARCH 1994, AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD IN THE RESERVE WITH 6ER22ER AND FUSILIER DE SHERBROOKE, CAPT ST-GEORGES TOOK A COMPONENT TRANSFER TO THE REGULAR FORCES, JOINING AS A GUNNER WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY (RCA). AFTER MONTHS OF QL3 FUN AT CFB SHILO, RCA BATTLE SCHOOL, HE WAS POSTED TO 5E RÉGIMENT D’ARTILLERIE LÉGÈRE DU CANADA (5 RALC), CFB VALCARTIER. DURING HIS TIME WITH 5 RALC, HE DEPLOYED: TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (1995), HAITI (1996-97), AND AT CFS ALERT (1999).
3. AFTER ALMOST SEVEN YEARS AS A GUNNER, IN 2001, HE CHOSE TO VOLUNTARILY TRANSFER TO LAND COMMUNICATION INFORMATION SYSTEM TECHNICIAN (LCIS TECH) OCCUPATION. THIS WAS HIS FIRST TIME AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE), WHERE HE COMPLETED BOTH THE PERFORMANCE ORIENTED ELECTRONIC TRAINING AND THE LCIS TECH QL3. UPON COMPLETION, IN 2002, HE WAS POSTED TO 5E QUARTIER GÉNÉRAL ET ESCADRON DES TRANSMISSIONS (5E QGET), CFB VALCARTIER. IN 2004, HE DEPLOYED WITH 5E QGET ON ROTO 1 OF OP ATHENA, IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN. PROMOTED TO MCPL IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004, HE WAS POSTED TO 12E RÉGIMENT BLINDÉ DU CANADA, CFB VALCARTIER, WHERE HE SPENT LESS THAN A YEAR BEFORE VOLUNTEERING FOR A POSTING TO CFSCE. FROM 2005 TO 2009, HE INSTRUCTED BOTH ENGLISH AND FRENCH LCIS TECH QL3, UNTIL HE WAS PROMOTED TO SGT.
4. IN 2009 HE WAS POSTED TO 2 ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) SQN AS THE SGT FOR TECHNICAL MAINTENANCE, WHICH MARKED HIS FIRST TIME WITHIN THE EW REALM. AFTER TAKING PART OF THE STANDING UP OF 21 EW REGIMENT, HE MANAGED TO RE- DEPLOY TO KABUL, AFGHANISTAN AGAIN, THIS TIME ON A MENTORING MISSION (OP ATTENTION, 2011-12). IN SUMMER 2012, HE WAS PROMOTED TO WARRANT OFFICER AND WAS POSTED TO DIRECTOR LAND COMMAND SYSTEM PROJECT MANAGEMENT / EW – INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, TARGET ACQUISITION AND RECONNAISSANCE, AS SENIOR TECHNICIAN. AFTER FOUR YEARS ON IMPOSED RESTRICTION, WORKING ON DELIVERING EW EQUIPMENT, ALONG WITH SEVERAL ITERATIONS OF EXERCISE STORM FORCE, HE WAS PROMOTED TO MWO. AS MWO HE WAS HOPING TO BE POSTED BACK TO 21 EW REGIMENT AS THE FOREMAN OF SIGS, BUT THE CAREER MANAGER HAD OTHER PLANS AND SO DID THEN MWO ST-GEORGES. IN 2016, HE DECIDED TO COMMISSION FROM THE RANKS.
5. WHILE WAITING TO COMPLETE BOTH DP1.1 AND 1.2 OF THE BASIC SIGNAL OFFICER COURSE, HE SPENT TIME WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY INTELLIGENCE REGIMENT HQ, AS WELL AS THE CANADIAN FORCES JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT. IN DECEMBER 2018, UPON GRADUATING DP1.2, HE WAS POSTED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES EW CENTRE. THERE, HE ALTERNATELY OCCUPIED THE POSITION OF ELINT O AND OPS O UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.
6. CAPTAIN ST-GEORGES WILL BE RETIRING IN THE NCR WITH HIS WIFE CATHERINE, AND THEIR TWO KIDS, BENJAMIN, AND ANNA. HE MIGHT BE HANGING UP HIS BERET, BUT HE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR DND AS A PUBLIC SERVANT WITHIN THE DIRECTOR GENERAL MARITIME EQUIPMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.
7. A LUNCHEON WAS HELD ON 18 OCT 24 PLACE AT THE BREW TABLE (308 MOODIE DR, NEPEAN, ON K2H 8G3). ANY CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE CAN BE SENT TO CAPT BRENTON AT [email protected].