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RETIREMENT – WARRANT OFFICER MANDY CLAIROUX, CD – 00385, SIG TECH

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Retirement Date: December 6, 2024

 

1. WARRANT OFFICER MANDY CLAIROUX IS RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 6 DECEMBER 2024 AFTER 17+ YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS (RCCS).

2. WO CLAIROUX JOINED THE CAF ON THE 29 AUGUST 2007 IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF KINGSTON ONTARIO. THIS IS WHERE SHE BEGAN HER JOURNEY AS A LAND COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATIONS TECHNICIAN, ARGUABLY THE BEST TRADE TO HAVE EXISTED BEFORE THE MANY DIFFERENT UNSUCCESSFUL MILITARY EMPLOYMENT RESTRUCTURE ATTEMPTS. AFTER POET AND QL3 TRAINING SHE WAS THEN POSTED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE), LAND MAINTENANCE. THIS IS WHERE, DUE TO HER EXCELLENT LEADERS, SHE DEVELOPED THE FOUNDATION OF HER SKILLS AND RECEIVED A CO COMMENDATION AND THE LAND FORCE DOCTRINE AND TRAINING (LFDTS) COMD COMMENDATION. IN 2011 WO CLAIROUX WAS POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT (CFJSR) WHERE SHE DEPLOYED ON OP ATTENTION AFGHANISTAN IN 2012 AND RECIEVED TASK FORCE COMD COMMENDATION, FOLLOWED BY OP IMPACT KUWAIT 2015, RECEIVING CJOC COMD COMMENDATION, AND OP UNIFIER UKRAINE IN 2018. IN 2019 WO CLAIROUX COMPLETED THE IRON WARRIER COMING IN THIRD PLACE FOR HER CATEGORY. SHE WAS THEN POSTED TO CFB TRENTON FROM 2020 TO 2023 AS THE COMSEC CUSTODIAN DEPLOYED SYSTEMS IC. SHE WAS THEN POSTED TO CFSCE 3 SQN F AS A COURSE DIRECTOR FOR A YEAR BEFORE RELEASING DURING HER FINAL POSTING AT 21 ELECTRONIC WARFARE.

3. WO CLAIROUX PLANS TO REMAIN IN THE KINGSTON AREA TO BUILD HER DREAM HOME AND WORK TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE LIVING LIFESTYLE WITH HER MANY DOGS AND GOAT. SPECIAL THANKS GOES OUT TO WO CLAIROUX’S FAMILY FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY HER MOTHER AND BROTHER, DEBRAGH CLAIROUX AND JEFF CLAIROUX, AND TO HER THREE CHILDREN NATHAN, LYNDSAY AND SAM CLAIROUX FOR BEING AMAZING HUMANS. SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE SHE HAS HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH AND LEARNING FROM.

4. A DEPART WITH DIGNITY CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE ON 5 DEC 2024 AT 1200HRS AT THE ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE, 317 GORE RD, KINGSTON, ONTARIO.

5. TO RECEIVE FURTHER DETAILS ON THE FUNCTION, OR TO PROVIDE CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, BEST WISHES, PICTURES, AND CAREER ANECDOTES, PLEASE CONTACT MWO JEAN-FRANCOIS TRUDEL AT EMAIL [email protected]

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Helen Hawes
7 months ago

How many Commanders Commendations can one human get?!!! Congratulations Mandy. Your humour and compassion are only outpaced by that big beautiful brain full of weird trivia facts