Retirements
1. ON 9 JUNE 2018, AFTER 30 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, COL G BLAIS-PARENT WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF), THE COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. COL BLAIS-PARENT JOINED THE CAF IN 1988. HE BEGAN HIS STUDIES AT THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE SAINT-JEAN AND COMPLETED THEM AT THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA KINGSTON, EARNING A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. IN 1994, FOLLOWING HIS TRAINING AS A SIGNALS OFFICER, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO 5 CANADIAN MECHANIZED BRIGADE GROUP. OVER THE NEXT 24 YEARS, HE WAS POSTED TO 5 AREA SUPPORT GROUP, CANADIAN FORCES TRANSFORMATION TEAM, DIRECTOR LAND COMMAND INFORMATION, SECRETARY OF LAND STAFF AND DIRECTOR LAND COMMAND SYSTEMS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. COL BLAIS-PARENT DEPLOYED TO HAITI WITH OPERATION CONSTABLE (AS SIGNALS OFFICER) AND AFGHANISTAN WITH OPERATION ATHENA (AS TASK FORCE J6) AND OPERATION ATTENTION (AS THE SIGNALS TRAINING ADVISORY TEAM COMD). 3. THERE ARE TOO MANY FRIENDSHIPS AND POSITIVE MOMENTS TO SHARE IN THIS MESSAGE. NONETHELESS COL BLAIS-PARENT WISHES TO HIGHLIGHT THAT COMMANDING QGET 5 GBMC, SERVICE DES TRANSMISSIONS, A MULTINATIONAL TEAM IN AN OPERATIONAL THEATRE AND FINALLY DLCPSM WERE LIFE EXPERIENCES HE’LL NEVER FORGET. WHATEVER SUCCESSES […]
1. MCPL R KEW WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 08 JULY 2018, AFTER OVER 7 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. MCPL KEW JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 24 JUNE 2011, AT THE TORONTO DETACHMENT IN LONDON, ONTARIO. HE COMPLETED HIS BASIC TRAINING AT THE MEGA IN ST. JEAN, QUEBEC IN FEBRUARY 2012. FROM THERE HE WAS MOVED TO 3RD CDN DIV TRAINING CENTRE IN WAINWRIGHT, ALBERTA AS A PERSONNEL AWAITING TRAINING. HE WAS POSTED TO THE CANDIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS IN JUNE 2012, WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS TRADE TRAINING, AS A SIGNAL OPERATOR. IN JUNE 2012 HE TOOK HIS FIRST UNIT POSTING AT CFJSR IN KINGSTON AS PART OF 1 SQN A TP. HE DEPLOYED WITH CFJSR ON EX STEADFAST COBALT IN MAY 2015 TO POZNAN, POLAND SEEING FIRSTHAND HOW OTHER NATO ALLIES WORK TOGETHER. POSTED TO 1ST CANADIAN DIVISION IN JULY 2015, TAKING OVER AS THE J6 OPS CPL. HE DEPLOYED WITH 1ST CANADIAN DIVISION TO EX ULCHI FREEDOM GUARDIAN IN SOUTH KOREA IN 2016.HE IS ALSO A VETRAN OF JOINTEX 13 AND 15, MAPLE RESOLVE 16 AND COUNTLESS OTHER EXERCISES. 3. UPON HIS RETIRING, ROB WILL BE MOVING BACK […]
1. ON 31 JULY 2018, WITH OVER 34 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL D. MCLELLAN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF). 2. LCOL MCLELLAN ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN 1984. HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS CAREER INCLUDE COMMAND APPTS AS OC RAPID DEPLOYMENT SQUADRON AT 79 COMM REGT, CO 737 COMM SQN, CO CFS ALERT, AND COMMANDER 70 COMM GP. AS STAFF HE WAS DCO OF THE BC AND ALTA COMM REGTS, G3 73/74 COMM GP, DIMOD 4 STAFF (ADM(IM), COS DIRECTOR GENERAL INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES AT CHIEF OF DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE, SIGS FORCE STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT IN DLCI/G6 IN THE CA HQ, AND FINALLY THE CAF INSPECTOR OF COLOURS AND BADGES AT THE DIRECTORATE OF HISTORY AND HERITAGE (DHH). 3. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE EMBRACED OPPORTUNITIES TO TACKLE MANY DIVERSIFIED AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKED WITH EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. LCOL MCLELLAN EXTENDS HIS SINCERE THANKS TO THE ENTIRE DND COMMUNITY HE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH FOR THEIR FRIENDSHIP, CAMARADERIE AND PROFESSIONALISM. 4. HE AND HIS SPOUSE MAXINE WILL REMAIN IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION TO RAISE THEIR YOUNG FAMILY. MAXINE WILL CONTINUE WORKING WHILE HE WILL ATTEMPT TO SLAY THE HONEY-DO LIST ON THE […]
1. MR D. ALBRIGHT, DIRECTOR APPLICATION PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT IN DGEAS WILL RETIRE ON 4 JULY 2018, AFTER A DISTINGUISHED 35 YEAR CAREER WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE. HE JOINED THE AIR FORCE IN 1983, AS A DIRECT ENTRY OFFICER TO THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (CELE) AIR BRANCH AND HAS HAD AN INCREDIBLY INTERESTING AND VARIED CAREER AS A REGULAR FORCE OFFICER, RESERVE FORCE OFFICER AND CIVILIAN MEMBER OF THE DND/CAF. 2. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS BASIC OFFICER TRAINING IN CHILLIWACK BC, HE WAS POSTED TO THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS IN KINGSTON FOR HIS CLASSIFICATION TRAINING. GRADUATING AS ONE OF THE TOP STUDENTS IN THE AIR PROGRAM, HE WAS GIVEN HIS DREAM POSTING TO CANADIAN NORAD REGION HQ IN NORTH BAY, WORKING IN THE UNDERGROUND COMMAND HEADQUARTERS AND WITH HIS COUNTERPARTS IN THE NORAD CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX. UPON PROMOTION TO CAPTAIN, HE WAS POSTED TO FIGHTER GROUP HQ, WHERE HE PROVIDED COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT TO CF-18S DEPLOYING FOR THE FIRST TIME TO FORWARD OPERATING LOCATIONS IN THE ARCTIC, AS WELL AS ACTING AS A KEY MEMBER OF THE NORAD OPERATIONS EVALUATION TEAM. IN 1987, DAVID WAS POSTED AS THE OPERATIONS OFFICER TO 764 […]
1. AFTER 27 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MWO WILSON BILLARD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF AND THE SIGINT WORLD ON 19 JUNE 2018. 2. WILSON ORIGINALLY JOINED THE CAF IN CORNERBROOK, NEWFOUNDLAND IN FEBRUARY 1991 AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCHER. AFTER COMPLETING BASIC TRAINING AT CFB CORNWALLIS, WILSON THEN COMPLETED HIS TRADES TRAINING AT CFSCE KINGSTON. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS TRAINING, WILSON WAS POSTED TO 770 COMMUNICATION SQUADRON, GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND. DURING HIS POSTING TO GANDER, WILSON COMPLETED A SIX MONTH TOUR OF CFS ALERT. DURING 1995 APS, WILSON WAS POSTED TO 771 COMMUNICATION SQUADRON. IN 1998, WILSON WAS POSTED TO CFEWC AND THEN TO CFS LEITRIM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2003. WHILE AT CFS LEITRIM, HE DEPLOYED TWICE IN SUPPORT TO OP APOLLO AND OP ATHENA, FOR SIX MONTHS. 3. MWO BILLARD WAS THEN SELECTED FOR A HARDSHIP POSTING TO ALASKA IN 2008 WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL ONCE AGAIN RETURNING TO CFS LEITRIM IN 2012. UPON RETURN TO THE NCR, WILSON HELD EVERY POSSIBLE POSITION WITHIN OPERATIONS FROM TROOP MWO, SSM, MISSION MANAGER AND ACTING OPERATIONS CHIEF. IN JANUARY 2017, WILSON ONCE AGAIN DEPLOYED OVERSEAS FOR SIX MONTHS TO KUWAIT IN SUPPORT OF OP IMPACT. UPON HIS RETURN […]
1. AFTER 14 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF, MCPL MEBS WILL RETIRE ON THE 23RD OF MAY 2018. 2. MASTER CORPORAL T.A. MEBS WAS BORN IN REGINA SK IN 1981. HE ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 2004 AS A LCIS TECH, WITH HIS FIRST POSTING TO 1 GENERAL SUPPORT BATTALION. HE WAS POSTED TO 731 COMM SQN IN 2006, WITH A TOUR TO AFGHANISTAN IN 2009. POSTED 1 RCHA IN 2011 WHERE HE HAS COMPLETED HIS CAREER. 3. HE IS TAKING BUSSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN BRANDON MB WHERE HE PLANS TO SETTLE WITH HIS SON. 4. THE RETIREMENT EVENT WILL HAPPEN AT 1130 MAY 24TH 2018, VENUE BEING THE DOCK ON PRINCESS IN BRANDON MB. NO COST OTHER THEN FOOD/DRINKS YOU ORDER. IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND SEND RSVP TO: (CONTACT REMOVED 2023 APR 20 BY ADMIN. SEND INQUIRIES HERE: https://cmcen-rcmce.ca/contact/) BY 17 MAY 2018 OR AS SOON AS YOU KNOW. 5. ANY ANECDOTES OR WELL WISHES CAN BE SENT TO: (CONTACT REMOVED 2023 APR 20 BY ADMIN. SEND INQUIRIES HERE: https://cmcen-rcmce.ca/contact/).