Retirements
1. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL D. MULDERS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH ON 13 AUGUST 2018 AFTER MORE THAN 38 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL D. MULDERS JOINED THE CANADIAN FORCES IN 1980 AND IN RELATIVELY SHORT ORDER OBTAINED BOTH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN PHYSICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE FROM ROYAL ROADS MILITARY COLLEGE AND A MASTER’S DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO. HE EVEN MANAGED TO TEACH COMPUTER SCIENCE AT RRMC AFTER THAT (1989 – 1992). 3. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MULDERS HAS HAD CONSIDERABLE COMMAND AND STAFF EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SERVICES, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON AIR DEFENCE OPERATIONS. HE WAS THE MAINTENANCE OFFICER AT CFS HOLBERG (1985 – 1987), HE WORKED AT CANADIAN FORCES COMMUNICATION COMMAND (1992-1996), HE COMMANDED 4 WING COLD LAKE TIS SQUADRON (1996-1999) AND THEN 764 INFORMATION SERVICES DELIVERY SQUADRON OTTAWA (1999-2000). FOLLOWING A YEAR AT STAFF COLLEGE, HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER CANADA’S AIR DEFENCE CAPABILITIES WHILE AT TYNDALL AFB, FLORIDA (2001-2004) AND THEN WAS EVEN THE WING COMMANDER OF 22 WING NORTH BAY FOR 14 MONTHS WHILE SERVING THERE AS THE WATSO (2004-2007). HE THEN COMMANDED THE […]
1. CAPTAIN M. BYRNE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF ON 12 JUNE 2018 WITH 37 YEARS 9 MONTHS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. CAPTAIN M. BYRNE ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN FORCES AS A RADIO OPERATOR IN 1980. ON COMPLETION OF TRADE TRAINING, HE SERVED AT VARIOUS POSITIONS FROM 1981 TO 1994 AT 1 CANADIAN SIGNAL REGIMENT (1 CSR), KINGSTON, MILITARY AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATION SQUADRON (MACS) ST JOHNS, AIRBORNE HEADQUARTER AND SIGNAL SQUADRON (AHSS), PETAWAWA INCLUDING A DEPLOYMENT TO CYPRUS AND 1 CANADIAN DIVISION HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL REGIMENT (1 CDHSR). 3. IN AUG 1994, HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF SGT AND DEPLOYED TO CROATIA AS THE COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR IN THE NATIONAL COMMAND AND CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEM (NCCIS) DETACHMENT. IN FEBRUARY 1995, SGT BYRNE WAS POSTED BACK TO 1 CDHSR AND EMPLOYED AS A TROOP WARRANT AND OPERATIONS WARRANT. HE WAS PROMOTED TO WARRANT OFFICER IN OCTOBER 1999 AND POSTED TO HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL SQUADRON IN EDMONTON AS TROOP WARRANT AND MOVED TO OPERATION WARRANT IN JANUARY 2000. 4. IN JULY 2001, HE WAS PROMOTED TO MASTER WARRANT OFFICER AND WAS POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE) AS SERGEANT MAJOR OF ALPHA SQUADRON, TRAINING […]
1. MAJOR GENERAL G. LOOS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 33 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES J6, CYBER FORCE COMMANDER, CHIEF OF STAFF (INFORMATION MANAGEMENT) AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH LEADER. 2. BORN INTO A MILITARY FAMILY IN OTTAWA, MGEN LOOS LIVED ACROSS CANADA BEFORE ENROLLING IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN JUNE 1985 AND EMBARKING ON HIS CAREER AS A CELE(AIR) OFFICER. DURING HIS LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER, MGEN LOOS WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE COMMANDED COMMUNICATION SQUADRON BADEN, WEST GERMANY, 8 AIR COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL SQUADRON (THE GYPSIES) TRENTON, THE CANADIAN FORCES JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT KINGSTON, CANADIAN FORCES INFORMATION OPERATIONS GROUP OTTAWA, AND JOINT TASK FORCE NORTH YELLOWKNIFE. HE ALSO SERVED IN VARIOUS STAFF CAPACITIES INCLUDING AS THE INAUGURAL CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES COMMAND J6 AND AS THE FIRST DIRECTOR GENERAL CYBERSPACE. 3. MGEN LOOS DEPLOYED TO RWANDA, UGANDA AND ZAIRE AS PART OF OP ASSURANCE AND TO KUWAIT FOR OP DETERMINATION. HIS FINAL DEPLOYMENT WAS TO KABUL AS THE CHIEF CJ6 AT INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE HEADQUARTERS, FOR WHICH HE WAS AWARDED THE NATO MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL. OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE OBTAINING A MASTER’S […]
1. MWO J. TICE WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 16 APRIL 2018 AFTER 27+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. MWO TICE ENROLLED AS A RADIO TECHNICIAN ON 20 SEPTEMBER 1990, UPON COMPLETION OF HIS BASIC TRAINING, POET, AND TQ3 IN JANUARY 1992, HE WAS POSTED TO 3 PPCLI AT WORKPOINT BARRACKS, CFB ESQUIMALT. HE THEN DEPLOYED TO CROATIA FROM OCTOBER 1992 TO MARCH 1993 AS PART OF UNPROFOR. 3. IN 1993 MWO TICE WAS POSTED TO TRG SPT SQN, CFSCE, CFB KINGSTON. IN 1997 HE WAS POSTED TO 1 SVC BN, CFB EDMONTON AND THEN TO 1 PPCLI IN 1998. MWO TICE WAS POSTED TO THE LDSH(RC) RECCE SQN IN 1999 WHERE HE DEPLOYED TO KOSOVO FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER 1999 AS PART OF KFOR AND THEN TO KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN FROM FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 2002 AS PART OF OP APOLLO. 4. MWO TICE WAS POSTED TO CFJSR, CFB KINGSTON IN 2004 AND THEN BACK TO THE LDSH(RC), CFB EDMONTON IN 2006. IN 2008 HE WAS POSTED TO THE NATO ALLIED LAND COMPONENT COMMAND HEADQUARTERS IN HEIDELBERG, GERMANY. MWO TICE WAS POSTED […]
1. AFTER A LITTLE MORE THAN 39 YEARS (COMBINED SERVICE) OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, DND AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE, MR K. LOUGH WIL RETIRE ON 30 APRIL 2018. 2. MR K. LOUGH JOINED THE CAF ON 16 NOV 1978 AS A RADIOMAN (SEA) AND OFF TO BASIC TRG AT CFRS CORNWALLIS ON 1 DEC OF THE SAME YEAR. ON COMPLETION OF BASIC TRG HE WAS POSTED TO THE CF FLEET SCHOOL IN EQUIMALT UNTIL HIS TRADES TRG WHICH HE COMPLETED IN JANUARY 1980. 3. FOLLOWING HIS INITIAL TRADES TRG HE WAS POSTED TO THE HMCS PROVIDER, AND THEN LATER THE MINESWEEPERS HMCS MIRAMICHI AND HMCS THUNDER. AFTER A SHORT STING AT CFS ALDERGROVE FROM 1982 TO 1986, MASTER SEAMAN LOUGH SWAPPED COASTS FOR HALIFAX AND TRIED HIS HAND AT SUPERVISED DROWNING (SUBMARINE OPERATIONS). POSTED TO HMCS ONONDAGA AND LATER THE FIRST CANADIAN SUBMARINE SQUADRON, MASTER SEAMAN LOUGH OPERATED SILENTLY UNDER THE NORTH ATLANTIC, HUNTING FOR THE RED OCTOBER. 4. AFTER TIRING OF LIFE ON AND UNDER THE OCEAN WAVES, HE SAW THE GREEN LIGHT AND JOINED THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH AS A RADIO OPERATOR (ARMY) AND POSTED TO 1 CANADIAN DIVISION […]
1. BRIGADIER GENERAL R. MAZZOLIN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 8 JUN 18 AFTER 39 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE VICE DIRECTOR, PLANS AND POLICY, J5 AT UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND IN FORT MEADE, MARYLAND. 2. ORIGINALLY FROM KINGSTON, ONTARIO, BGEN MAZZOLIN HAS SELFLESSLY DEVOTED HIMSELF TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES SINCE ENROLLING IN 1979. HE HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO COMMAND CANADIAN FORCES STATION LEITRIM AND CANADIAN FORCES INFORMATION OPERATIONS GROUP AND HAS HELD KEY APPOINTMENTS AS DIRECTOR GENERAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS, DIRECTOR LAND COMMAND SYSTEMS PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT AND DIRECTOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SECURITY. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE HAS MADE A PROFOUND IMPACT IN THE AREAS OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE, NETWORK OPERATIONS AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE. 3. BGEN MAZZOLIN DEPLOYED TO SOMALIA, SERVING AS THE LIAISON OFFICER TO THE ITALIAN ARMY “FOLGORE” PARACHUTE BRIGADE AND AS OFFICER COMMANDING CANADIAN JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL SQUADRON SOMALIA. HE HAS SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME REPRESENTING CANADA IN THE UNITED STATES, SERVING ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. BGEN MAZZOLIN HAS PURSUED A LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION, EARNING A BACHELORS DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MASTER OF SCIENCE WITH SPECIALIZATION IN ELECTRONICS AND GUIDED […]