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NATIONAL VETERANS WEEK.DOCX VETERANS’ WEEK, FROM NOVEMBER 5 TO 11, IS A TIME TO RAISE AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR VETERANS AND CURRENT SERVICE MEMBERS. IT IS ALSO A CHANCE TO INSPIRE AND EDUCATE OUR YOUTH AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR VALUES AND OUR HISTORY. THE NATIONAL VETERANS’ WEEK SPEAKERS PROGRAM (NVWSP) AIMS TO RECOGNIZE CANADIAN VETERANS, AS WELL AS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CAF MEMBERS IN DEFENDING PEACE, SECURITY, AND CANADIAN VALUES DURING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, WHILE CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN DND/CAF’S RELATIONSHIP WITH CANADIANS. CAF MEMBERS OF ALL RANKS AND LEVELS, INCLUDING RESERVISTS, ARE ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER AS A NVWSP SPEAKER, ONCE THEY HAVE APPROVAL FROM THEIR SUPERVISOR. D4589-em.Pdf HOW TO BECOME A CAF SPEAKER ASK YOUR SUPERVISOR FOR PERMISSION REGISTER AS A CAF SPEAKER VIA THE ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM (MIL.CA) (FORM DND 4589-E) TELL YOUR LOCAL PA OFFICER / NVWSP POINT OF CONTACT CONTACT THE NVWSP COORDINATOR AT [email protected] IF YOU HAVE BEEN CONTACTED DIRECTLY BY A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OR A LEARNING INSTITUTION TO GIVE A PRESENTATION (IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY), BEFORE ACCEPTING THE INVITATION, YOU MUST CHECK WITH YOUR CHAIN OF COMMAND TO OBTAIN APPROVAL. ONCE YOU HAVE APPROVAL, PLEASE COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION FORM AND PROVIDE THE PERTINENT […]
1. JUST SHORT OF 39 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MWO JAMES NAULT (AKA NICK) WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 15 JANUARY 2025. 2. BORN AND RAISED IN THE GREATER SUDBURY AREA ONTARIO, MWO NAULT WAS RECRUITED BY CFRC SUDBURY. AFTER SIGNING THE DOTTED LINE 10 APR 1986, HE WAS OFF TO CORNWALLIS NS 03 MAY 1986 AS AN ARTILLERYMAN. AS THE ONLY MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY TO JOIN THE CAF, NICK HAD NO CLUE WHAT HE WAS GETTING HIMSELF INTO. HOWEVER, REFLECTING BACK, THIS LIFE-CHANGING CAREER CHOICE WAS AND REMAINS NICK’S PASSION AS HE CONTINUOUSLY PROMOTES THE CAF IDENTITY TO FAMILY, FRIENDS, OTHER CAF MEMBERS AND TO THE PUBLIC. 3. AFTER THE 12 WEEKS OF LIFE ALTERING EXPERIENCES IN BASIC TRAINING AND THE BEGINNING OF LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS, MWO NAULT WAS OFF TO SHILO MB FOR TQ3 FOLLOWED BY A POSTING TO 3 RCHA “H” BTY AS A DETACHMENT (DET) MEMBER WHERE HE LEARNT NEW SURVIVAL SKILLS IN SOME OF CANADA’S HARSHES ENVIRONMENTS. 4. MWO NAULT WAS THEN POSTED TO 1 RCHA LAHR GERMANY IN AUG 1987, REPORTING TO “A” BTY UNDER THE COMMAND OF MAJ LESLIE WHERE NEW ADVENTURES BEGUN. IT WAS THERE WHERE HE […]
1. CPL IAIN HISLOP WILL RETIRE ON NOVEMBER 3, 2024, AFTER 6 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH. 2. CPL HISLOP ENLISTED IN THE CAF ON OCT 15, 2018, AND ATTENDED BMQ AT CFLRS ST. JEAN, QC. UPON COMPLETION OF BMQ, THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS TO COMPLETE THEIR POET AND QL3. UPON COMPLETION OF THEIR QL3, THEY WERE POSTED TO CFB TRENTON, 8 OSS CIS FLT, C4ISR SECTION AS A NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR IN THE ELECTRONIC SAFETY AND SECURITY SHOP. CPL HISLOP WOULD SERVE 4 YEARS IN TRENTON DURING WHICH TIME THE MEMBER COMPLETED THEIR QL5A AND WOULD GO ON TO PARTICIPATE IN OPERATION BOXTOP. 3. CPL HISLOP PLANS TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY FULL-TIME TO ATTAIN HIS DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. 4. AN INFORMAL DWD FOR CPL HISLOP WILL BE HELD AT THE PIPER ARMS PUB AT 99 GLEN MILLER RD, TRENTON, ON THE DATE OF OCT 25TH AT 1200HRS. 5. ANY ANECDOTES MAY BE SENT TO CPL YADE, R.E.W ([email protected]).
1. CPL JAKOB TOROK IS RETIRING 16 OCT 2024 FOLLOWING 7 YEARS OF SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIRFORCE. 2. CPL JAKOB TOROK GREW UP IN WINDSOR, ONTARIO AND JOINED THE REGULAR FORCE IN 2017. HE SERVED HIS ENITRE TIME AS A MEMBER OF 403 HELICOPTER OPERATIONS TRAINING SQUADRON IN GAGETOWN, NEW BRUNSWICK AFTER HIS INITIAL TRAINING IN KINGSON AND TRENTON, ONTARIO. IN 2021 HE WAS PROMOTED TO CORPORAL AND THEN WENT TO CFS ALERT FOR 6 MONTHS AS A GENERAL DUTIES PERSONNEL, WHICH HE RECEIVED THE SPECIAL SERVICE MEDAL – ALERT. IN 2022, CORPORAL TOROK PARTICIPATED IN WOLF SOUTH IN NORTH CAROLINA, THE BTAC EXERCISE IN PETAWAWA, ONTARIO AND WILD WOLF IN PETERSVILLE, NEW BRUNSWICK IN 2023. 3. CPL TOROK WILL BE TAKING ON A NEW JOB IN THE IT SECTOR IN KINGSTON ONTARIO, WHERE HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WILL BE GETTING A PLACE TOGETHER. 4. A PRIVATE LUNCHEON WILL BE HELD AT A LOCATION AND TIME TO BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE; ANECDOTES MAY BE SENT TO SGT PHILIP HEALY AT [email protected].
1. JOINED THE RESERVE FORCE IN 1997 AS A VEHICLE TECHNICIAN WITH 51 SVC BN IN ST-HUBERT, QC. TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE IN 2001 AND POSTED TO 5 GS BN IN CFB VALCARTIER AS A VEH TECH. PROMOTED TO CPL IN 2004. OCCUPATIONALLY TRANSFERRED TO LCIS IN 2007 AND POSTED TO CFSCE AWAITING FOR POET AND LCIS QL3 CRSE. 2. ONCE QL3 COMPLETED (2008) WAS POSTED TO 2 RCR IN CFB GAGETOWN, NB AS LCIS TECH DET MBR. DEPLOYED TO OP ATHENA TFK5-10, KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN AS A LCIS TECH DET MBR. 3. PROMOTED TO MCPL IN 2012 AND POSTED TO 5 HQ & SIGS IN CFB VALCARTIER, QC AS ACISS-CST DET COMD. POSTED TO 12 RBC IN 2015 AS AN ACISS-CST DET COMD. POSTED TO CFSCE IN CFB KINGSTON, ON IN 2017 AS A MERCURY COY STAFF. PROMOTED TO SGT IN 2018 AND POSTED TO CFJSR IN CFB KINGSTON, ON AS A ACISS-CST SECT COMD. DEPLOYED TO OP IMPACT IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ AS A ACISS-CST SECT COMD IN 2020. POSTED TO 2 RCR AS THE SIG TECH SECTION COMD IN 2022 AT CFB GAGETOWN, NB. DEPLOYED TO OP REASSURANCE 24-01 IN ADAZI, LATVIA AS THE SIG TECH […]
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