Retirements
1. MAJOR A. ELIASON WILL RETIRE ON 1 MAY 2018 AFTER 37 YEARS OF WHAT ‘HE’ WILL DESCRIBE AS “EXEMPLARY SERVICE” TO AN APPRECIATIVE NATION. MAJOR A. ELIASON HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO TAKE HIS PENSION AND RUN. OTHER THAN SIMPLY LISTING HIS VARIED POSTINGS BELOW, MAJOR ELIASON HAS DECIDED TO DISPENSE WITH THE CUSTOMARY LENGTHY RUN DOWN OF HIS SERVICE HISTORY AS MOST OF YOU READING THIS MESSAGE KNOW HIM WELL. 2. SEP 1980 RECRUITED TO RESF GERALDTON DET LAKE SUPERIOR SCOTTISH REGIMENT AS A PTE; JUL 1981 CFB WINNIPEG RECRUITED / TRANSFERRED TO REGF; AUG1981 ROYAL ROADS MILITARY COLLEGE; FEB-1986 CFS SIOUX LOOKOUT TELECOMMUNICATIONS MAINTENANCE OFFICER (TMO); MAY 1987 DG C&E / DIRECTORATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE; AUG- 1989 EXCHANGE OFFR / GUNTER AFB USA STANDARD SYSTEMS CENTRE DEPUTY BRANCH CHIEF; JUL-1992 CFSCE A SQN INSTRUCTOR, 2IC STDS SQN, SO STDS, AND FINALLY HQ PROJ OFFR; JUL-1997 CFB KINGSTON BASE PAFFO (ALSO SERVED ON OP RECUPERATION AND OP PARASOL); JUL-1999 PSTC ADJT; JUL-2002 CFJSR 2IC SP SQN; JUL-2004 JIIFC DET TECHNICAL OFFICER; JUL-2005 CFIOG HQ S6; JUL-2006 CFSCE OC SP SQN; AUG-2009 CANADIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY HQ / DEPUTY DCOS LEARNER SUPPORT; SEP-2010 ADM(IM) PROJ SENIOR OFFR ON PROJECT […]
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER KB WILLIS RETIRES FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES HAVING SERVED 35 YEARS. A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH, HE PROUDLY WORE THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE UNIFORM, MEETING MANY AMAZING INDIVIDUALS. HIS SERVICE PROVIDED NUMEROUS UNIQUE EXPERIENCES. 2. MWO WILLIS ENROLLED 13 SEPTEMBER 1983 A CLASS C RESERVIST. ATTACH POSTED TO CFB SUMMERSIDE AFTER BASIC TRAINING, HE CRAFTED HIS EUCHRE SKILLS, A PREREQUISITE FOR BASIC AIR WEAPONS TRAINING IN BORDEN. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE 24 SEPTEMBER 1984, BECOMING A RADIO TECHNICIAN. AT CFB SHEARWATER HE WAS ACCELERATED PROMOTED TO CORPORAL AND WITNESSED ITS FIRST COMPUTER NETWORK INSTALLATION. IN 1989 HE MET SEVERAL SCIENTISTS AND CANADIAN ASTRONAUTS, WORKING AT THE DEFENCE AND CIVIL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE IN TORONTO. MWO WILLIS DEVELOPED TESTING EQUIPMENT AND VOLUNTEERED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN IMPACT EXPERIMENTS. OFF DUTY, COMPETING IN KARATE AND BASE SPONSORED DISTANCE RUNNING KEPT HIM FIT. 3. TRANSFERRED TO CFB ESQUIMALT IN 1994, MWO WILLIS BECAME A STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN AND 740 COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRONS’ FITNESS INSTRUCTOR. TO KEEP BUSY, HE OPENED A CHITO-RYU KARATE SCHOOL AND LED FITNESS CLASSES AT EIGHT VICTORIA REC-CENTRES. BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO 19 WING COMOX IN 2000, MWO WILLIS JOINED […]
1. AFTER 23 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF, MCPL R. FINLAYSON WILL RETIRE ON 15 APRIL 2018. 2. MCPL FINLAYSON STARTED HIS CAREER AS A RESERVIST IN CAPE BRETON (1989) AS A MEMBER OF A COY, 2ND BN NOVA SCOTIA HIGHLANDERS. ON 18 NOV 94 MCPL R. FINLAYSON ENROLLED INTO THE REG FORCE AND WAS IMMEDIATELY SHIPPED TO ST JEAN FOR HIS BASIC TRG. KEEPING TRUE TO HIMSELF HE, WAS THEN POSTED TO 5 CDTC GAGETOWN TO COMPLETE HIS QL3 INFANTRY AND ON 05 JUN 95 HE WAS POSTED TO THE 2ND BN THE ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT AS A MEMBER OF GOLF COY, WHERE HE WAS A VERY PROUD MEMBER OF THE “GOLF COY RUNNING TEAM”. MCPL FINLAYSON ALSO SPENT TIME WITH KILO COY MORTAR PL. 3. DURING HIS TIME AT 2 RCR, MCPL R. FINLAYSON DEPLOYED ON OP ALLIANCE FROM 15 JAN – 15 JUL 96 AS A MEMBER OF CCIFOR AND AGAIN FROM 15 JAN – 15 JUL 1999, OP PALLADIUM WITH THE 2 RCR BATTLE GP. HE COMPLETED NUMEROUS COURSES, ONE BEING THE INF QL4 COMMS, A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME. 4. IN 2000, MCPL R. FINLAYSON VOT TO BECOME A […]
1. ON 3 APRIL 2018, LCOL Y. TURCOTTE WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER CLOSE TO 33 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CAF AND THE COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH. 2. LCOL Y TURCOTTE JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN JUNE OF 1985 AND GRADUATED FROM THE COLLÈGE MILITAIRE ROYAL IN ST-JEAN IN 1990 WITH A DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. FOLLOWING HIS TRAINING AS A SIGNALS OFFICER, HE HELD VARIOUS MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN NDHQ, OTTAWA. IN 1997, HE JOINED 1ST CDN DIVISION HQ&SIGS. FROM 2001 TO 2003 HE COMPLETED A MASTER’S DEGREE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AT RMC AND THEN JOINED DLCSPM UNTIL HIS POSTING IN SHERBROOKE AS 714 COMMUNICATION SQUADRON’S CO IN 2007. PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK IN 2008, HE JOINED DLCI. IN 2010 HE WAS POSTED BACK TO DLCSPM. SINCE 2015 LCOL TURCOTTE HAS BEEN SECTION HEAD OF CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIRECTORATE CYBER FORCE DEVELOPMENT (D CYBER FD) IN DIRECTOR GENERAL CYBERSPACE (DG CYBER). 3. LCOL Y TURCOTTE, (NAMES REMOVED 2023 APRIL 20 BY ADMIN) WILL REMAIN IN NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION AS HE HAS ACCEPTED A JOB IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF CANADA. 4. LCOL TURCOTTE HAS OPTED FOR A […]
1. WO P HERBERT, CD WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 19 APRIL 2018 AFTER 20 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. 2. BORN IN LIVERPOOL NOVA SCOTIA, WO HERBERT ENROLLED WITH THE WEST NOVA SCOTIA REGIMENT IN NOVA SCOTIA, ON 26 FEB 1996. HE COMPLETED A COMPONENT TRANSFER TO THE REGULAR FORCE IN OCT 1997. AFTER COMPLETION OF HIS INFANTRY BATTLESCHOOL IN WAINWRIGHT, ALBERTA, WO HERBERT WAS POSTED TO CFB EDMONTON, ALBERTA AS A MBR OF 1PPCLI. IN JUN 2002 HE OCCUPATIONALLY TRANSFERRED TO THE ATIS TRADE, AND SPENT TIME IN KINGSTON ON, 14 WING GREENWOOD, NS; 19 WING COMOX, BC; AND MULTIPLE UNITS WITHIN CFS LEITRIM, ON. WO HERBERT COMPLETED TOURS TO: PRISTINA, KOSOVO; TSE AFGHANISTAN; UAE; LANDSTUHL, GERMANY; AND TWO ROTATIONS THROUGH CFS ALERT, NU. 3. WO HERBERT WILL REMAIN IN THE OTTAWA AREA AND CONCENTRATE ON SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY. 4. AT MBR’S REQUEST, AN INFORMAL RETIREMENT GATHERING WILL BE HELD FOR WO HERBERT, 13 APR 2018, STARTING AT 12H00, AT KS ON THE KEYS, SOUTH KEYS OTTAWA. THOSE WISHING TO ATTEND ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT: (CONTACT REMOVED 2023 APR 20 BY ADMIN. SEND INQUIRIES HERE: […]
1. MS. V KOHSE, FORMER DIRECTOR KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, WILL RETIRE ON 31 MARCH 2018, AFTER A 32 YEAR CAREER IN THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA. MS. V KOHSE JOINED THE PUBLIC SERVICE IN 1986 LEAVING HER JOB WITH ESSO AS A CORPORATE SERVICES MANAGER IN CALGARY AND SOON MOVED TO OTTAWA. 2. SOON AFTER DISCOVERING THERE WERE NO OIL COMPANIES IN OTTAWA, SHE SEGUED HER MASTER OF LIBRARY SCIENCE DEGREE AND EXPERIENCE AS A REFERENCE LIBRARIAN AT ESSO INTO A CONTRACT LIBRARIAN POSITION WITH THE MINISTRY OF STATE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, EVENTUALLY BECOMING A MANAGER IN INFORMATION SERVICES. WHILE THERE, MS. V KOHSE AND HER TEAM WON A GTEC AWARD FOR THE BUSINESS START-UP ASSISTANT, AN ONLINE BUSINESS PLANNING TOOL, AND THE AGATHA BYSTRAM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT. 3. IN 2000, SHE MOVED TO THE SOLICITOR GENERAL OF CANADA, WORKING FOR HER MENTOR MS. EVA PLUNKETT, AND JUMPED ON THE GOVERNMENT ONLINE BANDWAGON – CREATING THE PUBLIC SAFETY PORTAL AND SIMON THE SAFETY BEAVER, A MASCOT FOR THE PORTAL. SHE BECAME AN EXECUTIVE THAT SAME YEAR. 4. MS. V KOHSE’S CAREER TOOK ANOTHER TURN IN 2001 WHEN THE SOLICITOR GENERAL BECAME PART OF THE NEWLY CREATED […]