1. WE ANNOUNCE THE RETIREMENT OF SGT D. LEROUX AFTER MORE THAN 41 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN SIGNAL CORPS AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES.

2. DURING HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER, HE JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN DECEMBER 1981. A GRADUATE OF THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS AND A SPECIALIST IN RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES MARINE COMMUNICATIONS STATION MILCOVE IN NOVA SCOTIA FROM MAY 1983 TO JULY 1988.

3. THE SECOND ASSIGNMENT WAS TO QGET AT VALCARTIER FOR THREE YEARS, FROM JULY 1988 TO JULY 1991, AND TO THE “5E AMBULANCES” DE CAMPAGNE FOR TWO YEARS, FROM JULY 1991 TO JULY 1993.

4. HE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO BAGOTVILLE WITH THE 12TH RADAR SQUADRON FOR SIX YEARS, FROM JULY 1993 TO JULY 1999. ON HIS RETURN TO VALCARTIER, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH GENERAL SUPPORT BATTALION FROM JULY 1999 TO JULY 2002. HE TOOK PART IN THE OPERATIONAL THEATER IN BOSNIA IN 2002 WITH 2R22R.

5. FINALLY, HIS LAST REGULAR MILITARY ASSIGNMENT WAS MAINTENANCE AT CFB SAINT-HUBERT FROM NOVEMBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2005, FOR A TOTAL OF 23 YEARS. CHOOSING A NEW CHALLENGE, HE WORKED FOR 5 YEARS AT AIR CANADA AS AN AVIONICS TECHNICIAN AND AS A TECHNICAL INSTRUCTOR ON THE SAP COMPUTER SYSTEM.

6. HE THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE RESERVE FORCES AT THE 34TH SERVICE BATTALION, WHERE HE SERVED FOR 14 YEARS, WHILE WORKING AS A FULL-TIME CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE AT CMSEA À LONGUE-POINTE MONTRÉAL AS A GROUND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM TECHNICIAN AND PERIODICALLY AS A FLOOR SUPERVISOR.

7. AT THE 34TH SERVICE BATTALION IN 2008, HIS MAIN DUTIES WERE TO DEVELOP BATTALION MEMBERS IN THE FIELD OF MILITARY TACTICAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ACT AS TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM TECHNICIAN, INSTALL AND CONFIGURE THE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, PC 8 COMMAND POST AND TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM DURING BATTALION EXERCISES, ACT AS OPERATIONS SERGEANT AND SIGNAL SERGEANT DURING UNIT EXERCISES.

8. SGT LEROUX PARTICIPATED IN TWO OPERATIONS – LENTUS IN 2017 IN MONTRÉAL AND 2019 IN LAVAL – AND SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAINED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FOR THE LOGISTICS OF THE OPERATION IN A STATE OF CRISIS.

9. SGT D. LEROUX WAS AWARDED THE BATTALION’S “CALDWELL” TROPHY IN 2017-2018 FOR HIS WELL-DESERVED WORK AS SENIOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE YEAR.

10. ON BEHALF OF THE 34TH SERVICE BATTALION, WE THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND DEDICATION TO QUALITY WORK THAT YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT YOUR TIME WITH US. THANK YOU SGT DANIEL LEROUX. A DIGNIFIED FAREWELL CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 1, 2025, FROM 4:30 P.M. TO 6:00 P.M. AT THE 34E BON SVC BATTALION MESS IN SAINT-HUBERT, QUEBEC. TO RSVP, TO RECEIVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE CEREMONY OR TO PROVIDE MESSAGES OF CONGRATULATIONS, BEST WISHES AND CAREER ANECDOTES, PLEASE CONTACT ADJ PL POIRIER – [email protected].