1. JUST SHORT OF 30 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MWO MORNEAU IS RETIRING FROM THE CAF ON 12 FEBRUARY 2025.
2. PASCAL ENROLLED 2 MAY 1995 AS A RESERVIST WITH 713 COMMUNICATION REGIMENT IN BEAUPORT, QC, SERVING AS A RADIO AND TELETYPE OPERATOR (RTOP). DURING THIS NEARLY 8 YEAR PERIOD, PASCAL SERVED MOSTLY ON CLASS B WITH 711 COMM SQN, 5 SCV BN AND 5 QGET IN CFB VALCARTIER. ADDITIONALLY, HE PARTICIPATED ON OP RECUPERATION (ICE STORM ’98) AND OP ABACUS (Y2K – 2000). FOLLOWING THEIR TIME AS AN RTOP, THEY COMPLETED A VOLUNTARY OCCUPATIONAL TRANSFER AS A LINEMAN, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING LINE TRAINING BETWEEN THE SUMMER OF 1998 AND 1999 BEFORE BEING DEPLOYED TO OP PALLADIUM IN BOSNIA WITH THE 3rd VANDOOS IN 2001-02, AS WELL AS HAVING THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING TASKED WITH THE PRIME MINISTERS OFFICE (PMO) IN PARIS, FRANCE AS THE VISIT ADMINISTRATION OFFICE SECURITY. IN MARCH OF 2003, PASCAL RECEIVED HIS COMPONENT TRANSFER (CT) TO THE REGULAR FORCE BEFORE BEING POSTED TO CFSU OTTAWA WITH 76 COMM GP WITHIN THE 765 SQN AS A LINE DET MEMBER. DURING HIS TIME IN OTTAWA, PASCAL WORKED ON A CABLE PROJECT AT THE EUREKA WEATHER STATION AND GEILENKIRCHEN IN GERMANY AS WELL AS VOLUNTEERING TO DEPLOY TO AFGHANISTAN WITH 2 RCR. AFTER COMPLETING WORK UP TRAINING, HE WAS DEPLOYED TO OP ARCHER IN KANDAHAR FROM FEB TO AUG 2007. PASCAL WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MCPL IN 2008 AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED TO CFSCE AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE LINE TRAINING FACILITY WHERE HE OCCUPIED VARIOUS POSITIONS UP TO AND INCLUDING COURSE DIRECTOR BEFORE GETTING HIS SENTENCE REDUCED TO 4 YEARS FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR, RECEIVING A POSTING IN JUNE 2012 TO CFJSR WHERE HE WAS IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN FOR A 2ND TIME AS A CREW 2I/C. DURING THEIR TOUR WITH OP ATTENTION, PASCAL WAS PROMOTED IN AFGHANISTAN TO THE RANK OF SGT AND UPON THEIR RETURN OCCUPIED THE ROLE OF ANTENNAE PROJECT FOREMAN FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS (BEST JOB EVER) WITHIN 1 LINE SQN. AS PROJECT FOREMAN PASCAL WAS SENT ON MULTIPLE AE PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM GANDER NL TO MATSQUI BC AND NOT FORGETTING THE BEAUTIFUL CFS ALERT IN WHICH HE SPENT HIS SUMMER 2015. IN 2016 HE WAS POSTED TO CFB BAGOTVILLE AS THE DET LCF WITHIN THE NEWLY FORMED REGIMENT CALLED 77 LINE WHERE PASCAL WAS DEPLOYED TWICE TO FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION (FOL) IQALUIT, TASKED TO OP CADENCE 18 FOR THE G7 SUMMIT WHERE 9 MONTHS OF WORK CULMINATED IN 36 HOURS OF ACTIVITIES. IN 2018 HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF WO AND POSTED TO CFB PETAWAWA WITH 2 CMBG HQ & SIG SQN AS THE BRIGADE LCF WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN MORTE THAN A FEW EXERCISES, MOST NOTABLY JOINT WARFIGHTER ASSESSMENT (JWA 19) IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON. DODGED THE MIGHTY EX MAPLE RESOLVE BULLET IN 2020 BECAUSE OF THIS THING CALLED COVID-19… LUCKILY, HE GOT HIS BEEF JERKY PRE-ORDER IN DURING THE EX MR “TECH RECCE” IN LATE 2019. IN 2021 PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MWO AND POSTED TO 77 LINE REGIMENT, 4 LINE SQN FOR HIS SECOND STINT WITH THE REGIMENT AS THE SQN LCS. DURING THIS TIME, HE WAS DEPLOYED ON HIS 4TH AND FINAL TOUR IN RIGA, LATVIA FOR OP REASSURANCE AS THE TFL HQ LCS. IN 2024 PASCAL WAS POSTED TO THE ESTEEMED POSITION OF REGIMENTAL LCS FOR 77 LINE REGIMENT BEFORE SECURING A PUBLIC SERVANT POSITION EFFECTIVELY HANGING UP HIS SPURS IN WHERE HE NOW CALLS HOME PETAWAWA. PASCAL WISHES TO EXTEND HIS SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUALS HE HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING WITH AND IS GRATEFUL FOR THE LASTING FRIENDSHIPS FORMED THROUGHOUT HIS SERVICE WITHIN THE CAF.
3. MWO MORNEAU INTENDS TO RETIRE IN PETAWAWA WITH HIS BELOVED WIFE MELANIE AND HIS 2 BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS EVE AND JULIETTE.
4. A DWD LUNCHEON WITH BAR SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT THE CFB KINGSTON WARRANTS AND SEARGEANTS MESS, FROM 1300-1600HRS, 27 MARCH 2025, AT A COST OF 27$ PER PERSON. MENU ITEMS ARE BEEF/CHICKEN/VEGGIE BURGER AND FRIES. RSVP AND PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE BY CONTACTING WO LAFRAMBOISE AT 613-639-2281 NLT EOB 06 MAR 2025.
5. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES AND ANECDOTES ARE TO BE SENT TO [email protected].