Retirements
1. AFTER 20 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND TO THE SIGNAL TECHNICIAN (SIG TECH) OCCUPATION, WARRANT OFFICER W. SMART WILL RETIRE ON 7TH OF AUGUST 2023. 2. WO SMART JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS A SIGNAL TECHNICIAN FORMERLY LCIS TECH ON 31ST OCTOBER 2002, AS A DIRECT ENTRY, FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF HIS COLLEGE EDUCATION DIPLOMA AT LOYALIST COLLEGE IN BELLEVILLE ONTARIO. UPON COMPLETING HIS BASIC MILITARY QUALIFICATION IN SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, QUEBEC, HE WAS POSTED TO CFB PETAWAWA, 1ST NATO SIGNAL BATTALION IN GERMANY, CFB SHILO AND FINALLY IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION WHERE HE SPENT HIS LAST 5 YEARS WITH THE CANADIAN FORCES NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTRE (CFNOC). HE ALSO DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN FOR OP ATHENA ROTO 3 AND FOR OP ACTIVE FENCE IN TURKEY. 3. WO SMART IS EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE PEOPLE HE HAS WORKED WITH AND RELATIONSHIPS HE HAS BUILT THROUGHOUT THESE YEARS. ONCE RETIRED, WO WAYNE SMART WILL REMAIN IN THE NCR AND WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE WITHIN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. 4. AS PER THE MEMBERS WISH, AN INFORMAL RETIREMENT FUNCTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY 14 JULY 2023 @ 12H00 AT THE GREENFIELD’S PUBLIC HOUSE, […]
1. AFTER MORE THAN 36 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, CWO G. PHILIBERT WILL HANG UP HIS UNIFORM FOR THE LAST TIME ON 4 JULY 2023. 2. G. WAS BORN IN JOLIETTE, QC AND ENROLLED IN THE CAF AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR (AKA SIGINT SPEC) IN MAY 1987 TO BECOME A RUSSIAN LINGUIST/ANALYST. OVER THE PAST 36 YEARS, HE HAS ENJOYED A MYRIAD OF POSTINGS IN CANADA AND ABROAD SUCH AS GANDER, NL; CFS LEITRIM AND CHIEF OF DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE (CDI) IN OTTAWA; 21 ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) RGMT IN KINGSTON; NAVAL SECURITY GROUP ACTIVITY (NSGA) NORTHWEST & NORFOLK IN VIRGINIA; AS WELL AS DETACHMENT SERGEANT-MAJOR AT CFIOG DETACHMENT FT. MEADE IN MARYLAND, USA TO NAME A FEW. CWO PHILIBERT ALSO COMPLETED TWO TOURS AT CFS ALERT, NWT; AND ONE IN AFGHANISTAN. CWO PHILIBERT’S EMPLOYMENT IN THE SIGINT SPEC OCCUPATION INCLUDED MANY OF THE TRADITIONAL AND NOT SO TRADITIONAL SPECIALIZED TRADE EMPLOYMENT AREAS SUCH AS: MORSE CODE OPERATOR, FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPECIALIST, HIGH FREQUENCY DIRECTION FINDING (HFDF) OPERATOR, PROCESSING & REPORTING ANALYST, INSTRUCTOR AT NAVAL BASE NORFOLK, SPACE SYSTEM ANALYST AS WELL AS SEVERAL SERGEANT MAJOR ROLES. PROMOTED TO […]
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL R. THOMPSON WILL RELEASE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 5 JULY 2023 AFTER 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. HE FIRST JOINED THE CANADIAN FORCES AS A NAVAL RESERVIST AND LATER RE-ENROLLED IN THE REGULAR FORCE AS A SIGNAL OFFICER IN MARCH OF 2003. HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS CAREER INCLUDE EXTENSIVE TIME WORKING WITH THE ARMY OF THE WEST. FIRST AT 1 CMBG HQ AND SIG SQN AS A TP COMD AND LATER (MUCH LATER!) AS THE COMMANDING OFFICER, AS WELL AS AT 742 SIG SQN, DURING WHICH TIME HE CAPTAINED THE LFWA OP NIJMEGEN TEAM TWICE AND DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN IN 2008 AS PART OF THE OPERATIONAL MENTORING AND LIAISON TEAM. HE ALSO FONDLY REMEMBERS HIS TIME AT CFSCE AS 2 AND 3 SQN OC AND LATER CHIEF INSTRUCTOR, (MIS)SHAPING YOUNG MINDS AND (PERHAPS UNDULY) INFLUENCING THE FUTURE OF THE C&E BRANCH. HE IS INTENSELY GRATEFUL FOR THE MANY SOMETIMES TRYING BUT ALWAYS INTERESTING EXPERIENCES HE HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE HE HAS HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO MEET THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. 20 YEARS IS FAR TOO SHORT A TIME TO SPEND AMONG SUCH EXCELLENT AND ADMIRABLE CANADIANS. LCOL THOMPSON […]
AFTER MORE THEN 33 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNAL, CAPTAIN D. GILLAM WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 14 JULY 2023. PTE GILLAM ENROLLED IN CORNER BROOK NL 30 NOVEMBER IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. HE COMPLETED BASIC TRIANING IN CORWALLIS, NS AND THEN FOUND HIMSELF IN CFB KINGSTON WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS RADIO OPERATOR TRADE QUALIFICATION AND POSTED TO 4 SQN, 1CDHSR IN NOVEMBER 1990. PROMOTED TO CPL IN NOVEMBER 1992, AND THEN SENT TO CFB EDMONTON ON A BASIC PARA COURSE. CPL GILLAM DEPLOYED TO RWANDA IN 1994 UNDER UNITIED NATIONS, AS A UCRATTZ OPERATOR. JULY 1996 HE WAS POSTED TO 72 COMMUNICATION GROUP HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT GREAT VILLAGE, NS. AUGUST 2000 HE WAS THEN POSTED TO 4TH ENGINEER SUPPORT REGIMENT IN CFB GAGETOWN. DECEMBER 2000, HE DEPLOYED TO OP ECLIPSE IN ERITREA, AFRICA. UPON RETURNING HE WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL IN JULY 2001. JANUARY 2004 HE ONCE AGAIN DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN UNDER OP ATHENA AND PROMOTED TO SGT JUNE 2005. JULY 2006 HE WAS POSTED TO CFS ST. JOHN’S, NL AS THE STIS SUPERVISOR. PROMOTED TO WARRANT OFFICER […]
1. AFTER 25 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, COLONEL DAN MCKINNEY WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 3 JULY 2023. HIS MILITARY CAREER HAS BEEN THE GREATEST OF ADVENTURES AND EVEN THE LONGEST RETIREMENT MESSAGE WOULD NOT FULLY CAPTURE HOW IT HAS IMPACTED HIM AS A PERSON AND THE GRATITUDE HE FEELS TOWARDS THE CAF, THE CANADIAN ARMY (CA), AND MOST OF ALL, THOSE HE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING THE ADVENTURE WITH. 2. DAN DID NOT WANT TO HAVE A DWD BUT AFTER SOME URGING FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS HE HAS AGREED TO HOLD A SPECIAL GATHERING AT 1300 HRS, 30 JUNE 2023, AT THE THREE BREWERS, 565 KANATA AVE, WHICH MAY TURN OUT TO LOOK A LOT LIKE A DWD. FAREWELL MESSAGES CAN BE SENT TO LCOL BAHIR ALI WHO WILL ACT AS MC FOR THE GATHERING. – OK, SO THAT WAS VERSION 1.0, BUT AFTER SENDING IT FOR REVIEW, PEOPLE GOT UPSET WITH ME, CALLED ME ALL KINDS OF NAMES, AND TOLD ME THAT AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS (RCCS) I SHOULD TAKE THE TIME TO WRITE MY STORY. SO IF YOU WANT THE […]