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1. AFTER 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, MWO RONALD LAWTON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 24 JULY 2022. 2. MWO LAWTON ENROLLED IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO ON 15 JUNE 1987, UNDER THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PLAN, WITH 705 COMMUNICATION SQUADRON HAMILTON ONTARIO (31 SIGNAL REGIMENT), AS A RADIO/TELETYPE OPERATOR (RT OP) AND COMPLETED HIS LINEMAN TRAINING IN JULY 1988 AT CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS. HE DEPLOYED TO CROATIA ON HIS FIRST TOUR FROM 19 OCT 1993 TO 19 APR 1994. IN 1995 HE TRANSFERRED TO THE RESERVE ELECTRIONIC WARFARE SQUADRON IN KINGSTON FROM HAMILTON. IN MARCH 1998 HE TRANSFERRED TO THE REG FORCE AS A SIG OP AND WAS POSTED TO 1 CANADIAN DIVISION HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL REGIMENT KINGSTON. HE ALSO SERVED LFCA TC MEAFORD ONTARIO AND VARIOUS UNITS WITHIN THE NCR. MWO LAWTON HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEPLOY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS: BOSNIA IN 2001, QATAR IN 2003, MIDDLE EAST IN 2003, HAITI IN 2004, AND AFGHANISTAN IN 2011 AND 2012. MWO LAWTON WAS PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK IN 2021 AND HELD THE POSITION OF UNIT SM AT DIMEUS IN OTTAWA AND FINISHED HIS CAREER AS AN IS TECH. 3. MWO LAWTON […]
1. AFTER MORE THAN 28 YEARS OF SERVICE, CAPTAIN JASON ISENOR WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2022. 2. JAY GREW UP IN ELMSDALE NS, AND JOINED THE CAF IN 1993 AS 031 INFANTRY. AFTER COMPLETION OF BASIC RECRUIT TRAINING AT CFRS CORNWALLIS, AND PPCLI BATTLE SCHOOL IN WAINWRIGHT AB, THEY WERE POSTED TO 2 PPCLI IN WINNIPEG IN JUNE OF 1994. SPENDING THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS IN THE BATTALION, AND AFTER A VACATION TO BOSNIA IN 1997, AND COMPLETION OF THE QUEEN’S GUARD IN 1998, JAY DECIDED TO REMUSTER TO ATIS TECH 226 IN JANUARY OF 2000. ON COMPLETION OF TRADES TRAINING, THEY WERE POSTED TO 14 WING GREENWOOD. IN 2006, AFTER A PROMOTION TO MCPL, THEY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED TO 9 WING GANDER. HERE THEIR TIME WAS DIVIDED BETWEEN COMPUTER SUPPORT, AND CANADIAN COASTAL RADAR TRAINING. IN 2008, ON PROMOTION TO SGT, JAY ASSUMED THE ROLE AS COURSE DIRECTOR, AND MAINTENANCE MANAGER DUTIES FOR THE CCR COURSE. IN THE SUMMER OF 2011, JAY WAS POSTED TO ATESS TRENTON WHERE HE SPENT THE NEXT 6 YEARS TRAINING ATIS TECHS. WHILE AT ATESS THEY WERE PROMOTED TO WO IN 2012, AND THEN TO […]
1. WARRANT OFFICER CARMINE CORRADO WILL RELEASE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 31 AUG, 2022, AFTER 34 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. CARMINE STARTED HIS MILITARY CAREER IN JUNE OF 1988, AS PART OF THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (SYEP), WHERE HE COMPLETED BASIC MILITARY TRAINING WITH 709 (TORONTO) COMMUNICATION REGIMENT IN THE RADIO/TELETYPE (RTOP) TRADE. HE ONLY JOINED BECAUSE HE NEEDED A SUMMER JOB, HOWEVER, HE DECIDED TO STAY IN THE MILITARY. ONCE HE FINISHED BASIC TRAINING, HE STAYED IN THE MILITARY TO WORK PART-TIME WHILE IN SCHOOL. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS QL1 COURSE, HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A RADIO DETACHMENT MEMBER. THROUGHOUT HIS TIME AT 709 (TORONTO) COMMUNICATION REGIMENT, HE HAD MANY CHANGES TO HIS MOC FROM RTOP TO SIG OP TO ACISS (CORE) AND BACK TO SIG OP, CARMINE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF CANADA AND ABROAD, INCLUDING: DUNDURN, SHILO, PETAWAWA, KINGSTON, MEAFORD, BORDEN, WAINWRIGHT, LAHR, KAUNAS, AND KANDAHAR. AFTER CLASS B SURFING FOR MANY YEARS AND PRIOR TO HIS PRE-DEPLOYMENT FOR OP ATHENA IN 2009, CARMINE SUBMITTED HIS REQUEST FOR COMPONENT TRANSFER TO THE REGULAR FORCE, WHICH WAS COMPLETED SHORTLY AFTER HIS […]
AFTER 16 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF), MASTER CORPORAL THOMAS HALL WILL BE RETIRING ON 13 SEPTEMBER, 2022. TOM FIRST ENROLLED WITH THE CAF ON 10 JUNE 2003 AS INFANTRY. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN SERVICE, HE THEN RE-ENROLLED AS A SIGNAL OPERATOR IN MAR 2006. AFTER COMPLETING TRADE TRAINING IN KINGSTON, HE WAS POSTED TO HQ AND SIGS SQN, 2 CANADIAN MECANISED BRIGADE GROUP PETAWAWA, HALIFAX WITH MARLANT N6 ,TTCC AND SERVICE TEAM 5 IN SHEARWATER, AND OF COURSE, OTTAWA, WHERE HE WAS POSTED TO 76 COMMUNICATIONS REGIMENT AND HIS FINAL POSTING WITH DIMEUS. HE HAS ALSO COMPLETED VARIOUS TAVS AND A TOUR TO LATVIA. . HE AND HIS WIFE SHALYNN ALONG WITH THEIR FIVE CHILDREN WILL REMAIN IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION. HE WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZE HIS FAMILY FOR THEIR SUPPORT DURING HIS CAREER. TOM IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS NEW PATH AND WORK AS A PUBLIC SERVANT AT 7 COMM GROUP, WHERE HE WILL BE PART OF THE NATIONAL ISSO TEAM. A SMALL PRIVATE FUNCTION WILL BE HELD DOWNTOWN OTTAWA AT “MILL ST BREW PUB” ON THE 26 AUGUST 2022 TO CELEBRATE TOM’S RETIREMENT. ANYONE WISHING […]
1. BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES LAMBERT, CD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 36 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA ON 21 OCTOBER 2022. 2. BGEN LAMBERT JOINED THE CANADIAN FORCES IN 1986 AND GRADUATED FROM THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE IN 1991 WITH A DEGREE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. AFTER MANY YEARS IN 5 GBMC, INCLUDING A DEPLOYMENT WITH 1 R22ER ON A UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN HAITI, HE WAS PROMOTED TO MAJOR IN 2001 AND THEREAFTER COMPLETED A MASTER’S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM LAVAL UNIVERSITY. IN JUNE 2006, HE WAS APPOINTED THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF 2 CMBG HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL SQUADRON IN PETAWAWA, FOLLOWED IN MAY 2008 BY A DEPLOYMENT TO KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN, AS THE CANADIAN JOINT TASK FORCE J6, WHERE HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL. IN 2009, BRIGADIER GENERAL LAMBERT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE US ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE IN FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, FROM WHICH HE GRADUATED WITH A MASTERS IN MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE. IN 2013, BRIGADIER GENERAL LAMBERT WAS APPOINTED THE COMMANDANT OF THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS. PROMOTED TO COLONEL IN 2015, BRIGADIER GENERAL LAMBERT FIRST SERVED AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF […]
On 17 July 2022, family, friends including military family and friends gathered in the Legion in Caledonia to celebrate Cpl Patterson’s 100th birthday. He enjoyed a few beer while exchanging stories and sharing a few laughs with over one hundred people who came by to see him. He even donned his beret and legion jacket with his numerous medals that tell the story of his outstanding service to our country. Cpl (ret) Hugh B. Patterson is a Veteran Signaller and Despatch Rider who served in WWII from July 1942 to January 1946 with 2nd Canadian Infantry Division Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. He completed basic military training in Orillia, July 1942. In September 1942, he completed Advanced Signals training at Vimy Barracks, Kingston, ON. He deployed to Europe in December 1942, specifically to Cove Hampshire, England, Signals Holding Unit. He was part of D Day and followed 2nd Division through France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. He was in Oldenburg, Germany on VE Day. He returned to Canada in December 1945. His role was to deliver communications, orders, maps, messages, and mail to all the field formations in the 2nd Canadian Division. There were two daily despatch runs and occasionally, […]