1. SGT MATTHEW RANGER WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 14 JAN 2025 AFTER OVER 14 YEARS OF SERVICE.

2. SGT RANGER ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 23 NOV 2010. FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING, SGT RANGER WAS POSTED TO KINGSTON, ON, TO COMPLETE HIS DP1 ACISS TRAINING. FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF DP1, SGT RANGER WAS POSTED TO CFJSR. DURING HIS TIME AT JSR, SGT RANGER DEPLOYED TO KUWAIT IN 2014 AND EGYPT IN 2016. IN 2017 HE WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL AND POSTED TO 76 COMM REGT IN OTTAWA, ON. SGT RANGER SPENT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS IN OTTAWA AND IN 2021 HE WAS OFFERED A POSTING TO 768 COMMUNICATIONS DETACHMENT EUROPE IN GEILENKIRCHEN, GERMANY. DURING HIS POSTING IN GERMANY, SGT RANGER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT NUMEROUS TAVS THROUGHOUT EUROPE. IN 2024 SGT RANGER WAS PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK.

3. SGT RANGER HAS ACCEPTED A NATO POSITION AT THE NATO AWACS BASE IN GEILENKIRCHEN GERMANY WHERE HE WILL REMAIN WITH HIS FAMILY.

4. NO DEPARTMENT WITH DIGNITY WILL BE HELD AT THE MEMBERS REQUEST. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES AND WELL WISHES CAN BE SENT TO MCPL CORY PAQUET. [email protected].