Retirements
1. CAPT A.J. MONTGOMERY WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 6 AUG 2018 AFTER 37 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME STARTED IN 1976 WHEN ALLAN JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR CADETS IN PEMBROKE ONTARIO, SUMMER CAMPS AWAY FROM THE FAMILY GAVE HIM THE TASTE OF ADVENTURE THAT STARTED EVERYTHING. AFTER COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL HE DECIDED TO JOIN THE LOCAL MILITIA UNIT, THE LANARK AND RENFREW SCOTISH REGIMENT ON 25 JUNE 1981. HIS MILITIA TIME PREPARED HIM WELL FOR ARMY LIFE, HE PARTICIPATED IN HIS FIRST RV (RV85) AND OFTEN TRAINED WITH SSF SIGS AND 1 RCR. AFTER COMPLETING HIS ISSC COURSE IN 1985 HE REALIZED THAT A TRADE WAS THE WAY TO GO AND ON 23 OCT 1986 HE TRANSFERRED TO REGULAR FORCES AND WAS OFF TO CFSCE IN KINGSTON ONTARIO TO START HIS POET AND TEL TECH TRADE TRAINING. 3. ALLAN WAS ALWAYS INVOLVED IN COMPETITIONS, AIR CADETS DRILL AND SHOOTING TEAMS, MILITIA SKILLS AT ARMS AND RIFFLE TEAMS, CFSCE SKILLS AT ARMS AND SOCCER TEAMS. HOWEVER HIS TRUE ADVENTURES STARTED ONCE HE LEFT CFSCE FOR HIS FIRST POSTING TO PETAWAWA. SOME SAY THAT ALLAN SPENT MORE TIME TRAINING […]
MCPL R LE BER WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 25 AUGUST 2018, AFTER OVER 16 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE.
1. AFTER 35 YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO CANADA AND TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, LCOL PALMER WILL RETIRE ON 23 JULY 2018. HIS LAST DAY IN UNIFORM WILL BE 3 JULY. 2. LCOL PALMER ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS A DIRECT ENTRY OFFICER IN 1983. AT THE TIME OF HIS ENROLLMENT HE WAS THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER FOR THE MOST CONSECUTIVE (1050) ONE-ARM PUSHUPS. AT BASIC OFFICER TRAINING, IN CHILLIWACK BC, HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO BE EXEMPTED FROM DOING PUSHUPS. FOLLOWING BASIC TRAINING, HE WAS POSTED TO NDHQ OTTAWA, THEN CFB KINGSTON, WHERE HE COMPLETED SIGNALS OFFICER TRAINING. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS REFERRED TO CELE (LAND). 3. LCOL PALMER SERVED WITH THE CANADIAN FORCES JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT AND THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS IN KINGSTON. HE SERVED FOR SIX MONTHS WITH THE UN IN ISRAEL/SYRIA AS PART OF UNDOF. IN TORONTO, HE SERVED WITH THE CANADIAN FORCES COLLEGE AND LAND FORCES CENTRAL AREA HEADQUARTERS. IN OTTAWA, HE SERVED WITH COMMUNICATIONS COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, DIRECTOR LAND REQUIREMENTS, IM GROUP, CHIEF FORCE DEVELOPMENT, MILITARY PERSONNEL COMMAND, AND HIS CURRENT POSITION ON THE STRATEGIC JOINT STAFF. IN ADDITION TO ALL THE SPECIALIZED TRAINING […]
1. SERVING AS BOTH AN NCM AND OFFICER, MAJOR WHITTLA WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH ON 3 JUL 18 AFTER ALMOST 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE IN UNIFORM(41 YEARS IF YOU COUNT HIS TIME AS AN AIR CADET). 2. IN TYPICAL RETIREMENT MESSAGE FASHION, YOU WILL READ BELOW THE HIGHLIGHTS AND LOWLIGHTS OF HIS CAREER, BUT GRANT WANTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE HE HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH OVER THE PAST 35 YEARS. WITHOUT THEM, HIS TIME IN UNIFORM WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS FUN AND WITH MUCH LESS PASSION AND COMMITMENT. WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN CAREER LOWS, THE MORE POSITIVE ASPECTS FAR OUT-WEIGH THEM. HE IS KEEN TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE MANY, MANY SUCCESSES THAT UNITS WHERE HE WAS POSTED HAVE ENJOYED OVER THE YEARS. THE PEOPLE HE HAS WORKED WITH CONTINUE TO FILL HIM WITH PRIDE IN THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE CAF AND THE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENT. HE CONSIDERS THESE PEOPLE TO BE THE REASON WHY HE ENDED UP WHERE HE IS TODAY, LEADING, COACHING, MENTORING AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, CONTINUALLY LEARNING FROM EVERYONE, GROWING BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY. 3. SO, […]
1. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL G OUELLET WILL BE RELEASING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 1 AUGUST 2018 AFTER 27 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. FROM SICAMOUS, BC, GREGG JOINED THE CAF IN JUNE 1991 AS A SIGNALS OFFICER. GRADUATING FOUR YEARS LATER FROM RMC, KINGSTON, WITH AN ENGINEERING DEGREE HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED TO OTTAWA WITHIN THE TITAN PROJECT AND DEALT WITH Y2K. EVENTUALLY HE WAS POSTED TO CFB EDMONTON, AB, FULLFILLING MULTIPLE STAFF AND COMMAND ROLES IN THE GARRISON AND THE BRIGADE. BACK TO OTTAWA IN 2007, GREGG EXPERIENCED THE WARFARE CENTRE, ARMY HQ OPS, AND THE BEST SIDE OF ADM(IM) – CYBER OPERATIONS. 3. A FEW CAREER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE OP GRIZZLY, OP ATHENA, OP SAFARI AND MULTIPLE CYBER OPERATIONS THOUGH HE WILL MISS THE COMRADERY AND THE CAF ETHOS THE MOST. GREGG WILL FINISH OUT HIS REGULAR FORCE CAREER AS THE LEAD OF A CYBER OPERATIONS UNIT, A POSITION THAT CONTINUES TO IMPRESS UPON HIM THE ABILITY AND STRENGTH OF AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM. 4. (NAMES REMOVED 2023 APRIL 20 BY ADMIN) ARE MOVING TO ST ALBERT, AB, TO BE CLOSER TO FAMILY AND WHERE THEY PLAN TO ENJOY THE PARKS AND RECREATION OFFERED BY THE ROCKY […]
1. CWO A. DEGRUCHY WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 22 JULY 2018 AFTER 29+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. CWO DEGRUCHY ENROLLED AS A RADIO TECHNICIAN ON 21 OCTOBER 1988, AT CFS ST JOHN’S, NL. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS BASIC TRAINING, POET AND QL3 IN JANUARY 1990, HE WAS POSTED TO BASE MAINTENANCE, CFB GAGETOWN. 3. IN 1993 CWO DEGRUCHY WAS POSTED TO 76 COMM GP HQ DET OTTAWA WHERE HE SPENT TIME IN THE AUDIO/VISUAL SECTION AS WELL AS NDMC (WORKING ON THE CALL BELL SYSTEM AND PUBLIC ADDRESS/PAGING SYSTEM). IN 1996 HE WAS POSTED BACK EAST TO BASE MAINTENANCE, CFB HALIFAX (LATER KNOWN AS TEME) AND WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL IN 1999 THEN SUBSEQUENTLY TO SGT IN 2005. THE PROMOTION TO SGT CAME WITH ANOTHER POSTING BACK TO OTTAWA AT THE CANADIAN FORCES ELECTRONIC WARFARE CENTRE AS THE ELECTRO-OPTIC AND INFRARED SGT AND THEN ON TO THE ELINT (ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE) SGT POSITION IN THE RADAR CELL. UPON PROMOTION TO WO IN 2008 CWO DEGRUCHY MOVED ACROSS THE CITY TO CFNOC AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE TECHNICAL SECURITY INSPECTION […]