Retirements
1. CPL ROUSSEAU WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF ON THE 18TH OF APRIL 2018, AFTER 8 YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CAF AND TO THE C&E BRANCH. 2. CPL ROUSSEAU ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 19 DEC 2008. HE COMPLETED HIS BASIC TRAINING AT CFLRS ST-JEAN, QUEBEC. IN HIS 8 YEARS OF SERVICE HE HAS SERVED AT RCAS (ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADIAN ARTILLERY SCHOOL) IN GAGETOWN, NB; CFSCE (CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS); AND IS CURRENTLY SERVING AT CFB COMOX. 3. AFTER RETIREMENT CPL ROUSSEAU, AND (CONTACT REMOVED 2023 APR 20 BY ADMIN) WILL BE RETIRING IN MONTREAL, QUEBEC. 4. AT THE MEMBER’S REQUEST A FORMAL FUNCTION WILL NOT BE HELD, HOWEVER ANY WELL WISHES OR ANECDOTES CAN BE FORWARDED TO: (CONTACT REMOVED 2023 APR 20 BY ADMIN. SEND INQUIRIES HERE: https://cmcen-rcmce.ca/contact/ ).
1. MASTER CORPORAL S. ERMEL WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON THE 24TH OF NOVEMBER 2017 AFTER 30+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. MASTER CORPORAL S. ERMEL ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON FEBRUARY 2ND 1987 AS A RADAR TECHNICIAN (231). AFTER HIS BOOT CAMP, HE COMPLETED A 6 MONTH SECOND LANGUAGE TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES LANGUAGE SCHOOL IN ST.JEAN. HE THEN STARTED HIS POET TRAINING WHICH HE COMPLETED ON AUGUST 8TH 1988. FROM THERE, HE WENT TO CFB KINGSTON TO COMPLETE HIS QL3 ON THE AN/FPS 508 SEARCH RADAR. DURING HIS CAREER, SYLVAIN GOT POSTED TO CFS MONT-APICA (PART OF THE PINETREE LINE) IN 1989; CFB BAGOTVILLE (IFRCC) IN 1993 AS A NAVAID RADAR TECHNICIAN; AND CFB TRENTON (ATESS) IN 1997 AS A RADAR REPAIR & OVERHAUL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN. PROMOTED TO MCPL IN 2003, HE GOT POSTED TO CFB NORTH BAY AS A CANADIAN AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN (NORAD). DURING THAT PERIOD, THE FAMOUS UNDERGROUND COMPLEX (600 FEET UNDERGROUND) CLOSED AND THE NEW ABOVE GROUND COMPLEX WAS BORN WITH ITS NEW COMPUTERIZED NORAD SYSTEM. FINALLY IN 2009, MASTER CORPORAL S. ERMEL GOT POSTED TO CFS LEITRIM SUPPORT SQUADRON WHERE HE IS PRESENTLY WORKING AS […]
1. ON 27 NOVEMBER 2017, AFTER 28 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, COL C. MCGUFFIN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF), THE COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. COL C. MCGUFFIN JOINED THE CF IN 1989, ATTENDING CMR ST. JEAN AND RMC. HE GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND WAS COMMISSIONED AS A SIGNAL OFFICER IN 1994. OVER THE NEXT 23 YEARS HE SERVED IN EACH OF THE THREE BRIGADE HQ & SIGS SQNS, DISO, 3R22R, CFSCE, LFDTS, NATO, NCSA, AND NDHQ IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES. COL MCGUFFIN DEPLOYED TO BANGUI IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC IN 1998, TO KABUL IN 2006, AND KANDAHAR IN 2010. 3. THERE ARE TOO MANY FRIENDSHIPS AND FOND MEMORIES TO LIST IN THIS MESSAGE. NONETHELESS, COL C. MCGUFFIN WISHES TO HIGHLIGHT HIS POSTING TO 706 COMM SQN, BORDEN WHERE HE MET A TALL TENACIOUS BEAUTY WHO WOULD BECOME HIS WIFE. OTHER REWARDING ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE HIS COMMAND OF 2 CMBG HQ & SIGS SQN, A FINE GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS THAT HE SERVED WITH IN TASK FORCE KANDAHAR. SQUADRON COMMAND IN SHAPE, BELGIUM AND COMMAND OF 76 COMM GP WERE EQUALLY REWARDING. COL […]
1. AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF AND THE RCCS, MWO J. ROBINSON WILL RETIRE ON 05 NOV 2017. 2. ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MWO J. ROBINSON ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN FORCES IN 1987 AS A PERFORMANCE ORIENTED ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN. AFTER COMPLETING RECRUIT TRAINING IN CORWALLIS, NOVA SCOTIA, HE WAS POSTED TO KINGSTON, ONTARIO WHERE HE BEGAN HIS TRADE TRAINING. UPON COMPLETION OF ELECTRONICS TRAINING, HE GRADUATED AS A TELETYPE AND CRYPTO TECHNICIAN. OVER THE COURSE OF 30 YEARS MWO J. ROBINSON WAS POSTED SEVEN TIMES ACROSS CANADA: ALDERGROVE, BORDEN, NORTH BAY, SHILO, OTTAWA AND FINALLY PETAWAWA. 3. MWO J. ROBINSON WILL REMAIN IN THE PETAWAWA AREA WHERE HE PLANS TO CONTINUE IMPROVING HIS DREAM HOME ALONG THE OTTAWA RIVER IN WESTMEATH, ONTARIO AND SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE. HE WILL ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HONE HIS “FISHING SKILLS” AND ENJOY ALL THAT THE OTTAWA VALLEY HAS TO OFFER. 5. DEPART WITH DIGNITY CEREMONY WILL BE HELD TO HONOUR MWO J. ROBINSON FOR HIS SERVICE ON 03 NOV 2017 AT THE WHITEWATER BREWING COMPANY SITUATED AT 78 HWY 17, COBDEN, ONTARIO, STARTING AT 1300HRS. 6. ANECDOTES, STORIES, PHOTOGRAPHS AND […]
1. MWO N. COLLEY WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 23 NOVEMBER 2017 AFTER 35 PLUS YEARS OF COMBINED LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMY AND CANADA. 2. MWO N. COLLEY ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN FORCES RESERVES ON THE 5 JANUARY 1982 AS A CADET INSTRUCTORS LIST (CIL) OFFICER. AFTER NINE YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE RESERVES, HE JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW HIS DREAMS AND ENROLLED IN THE REGULAR FORCE AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR (291), ON 17 JANUARY, 1991, AT CFRC CALGARY. UPON COMPLETION OF BASIC TRG AT CFRS CORNWALLIS AND TRADES TRG AT E SQN, CFSCE, NIGEL HAS SERVED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS DURING HIS OUTSTANDING CAREER: CFS MASSET, CFIOG DET FORT MEADE, MARYLAND, 1 CDHSR, 2 EW SQN, CFB KINGSTON, CFS LEITRIM, AND MARPAC HQ SSE. HE HAS ALSO COMPLETED A TOUR OF DUTY AT CFS ALERT, 1 X TOUR OF DUTY IN BOSINA HEZOGOVINA AS PART (OP PALLADIUM) OF TASK FORCE BOSINA HEZOGOVINA AND 2 X TOURS OF DUTY IN AFGHANISTAN AS (OP ATHENA) PART OF JOINT TASK FORCE AFGHANISTAN. 3. MWO N. COLLEY WILL REMAIN IN THE SOOKE AREA WITH HIS WIFE. HE HAS PLANS OF FINISHING HIS WIFE’S […]
1. MAJOR S. LEVESQUE WILL BE RETIRING ON 8 JANUARY 2018 AFTER 35 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF), THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (RCAF) AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (C&E) BRANCH. 2. MAJOR S. LEVESQUE JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 13 DECEMBER 1982 AS A DIRECT ENTRY OFFICER AND ATTENDED HER OFFICER RECRUIT TRAINING IN CHILLIWACK BRITISH COLUMBIA. SHE THEN MOVED ON TO CFSCE KINGSTON TO DO HER BASIC CELE (AIR) TRAINING, FOLLOWED BY A 5 MONTHS IN ST-JEAN FOR ENGLISH TRAINING BEFORE BEING POSTED TO CFB COLD LAKE IN 1984 AS THE DEPUTY BASE TELECOM OFFICER. PROMOTED TO CAPT IN 1987, SHE WENT BACK TO CFSCE AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN “A” SQN AND MOVED ON AS TROOP OFFICER FOR “D” SQN. IN 1990 SHE WAS POSTED TO TRENTON AS SO NETS FOR 70 COMM GP AND THEN DCO/OPS O FOR 708 COMM SQN IN 1993, SHE STARTED HER 24 YEARS STAY IN OTTAWA WHERE SHE WORKED AS A STAFF OFFICER FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS SUCH AS DATA CENTER ANALYST, CC5 COORD, IDEA ANALYST, ETC. PROMOTED TO MAJ IN 2001, SHE WORKED AS SO ADM (S&T), FOLLOWED BY ENGR OFFICER FOR DIHRS, […]