Retirements
1. PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS L. BANK WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 20TH DECEMBER 2017, AFTER 29 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY, AND MOST RECENTLY THE DIRECTORATE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SECURITY. 2. PO1 BANK JOINED AT HMCS QUEEN THROUGH THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM ON 04 JULY 1988 AS A NAVAL SIGNALMAN. ALTHOUGH HE JOINED IN THE PRAIRIES HE BELONGED TO A QUARTER OF THE RESERVE UNITS ACROSS CANADA, SOME MORE THAN ONCE – HMCS QUEEN, HMCS PREVOST, HMCS TECUMSEH, HMCS MALAHAT, HMCS CARLETON, AND HMCS SCOTIAN. ALTHOUGH HE TOYED WITH THE IDEA OF JOINING THE REGULAR FORCE STAYING IN THE RESERVES WAS A BETTER CHOICE FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. HE SPENT TIME SAILING ON NUMEROUS RESERVE SHIPS INCLUDING HMCS FORT STEEL, HMCS RAPID AND HMCS RALLEY. HE ALSO SAILED ON MOST OF THE PORTE BOATS AND MCDVS HMCS SASKATOON, HMCS WHITEHORSE, AND HMCS NANAIMO. HE MOST ENJOYED THE YEARS SPEND ON THE MSAS HMCS ANTICOSTI, AND HMCS MORESBY. LEE HAS SPENT THE LAST NINE YEARS IN THE NCR AS AN ISSO AT CEFCOM, AND CJOC, AND AT DIM SECUR AS A COMSEC INFORMATION OFFICER. 3. […]
1. WARRANT OFFICER J. SAUNDERS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 26 JANUARY 2018 AFTER 35 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. AFTER SERVING A YEAR PLUS WITH THE RESERVE UNIT ROYAL EDMONTON REGIMENT (4 PPCLI) WO J. SAUNDERS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 26 JANUARY 2018 AFTER 35 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. JOINED THE REGULAR CANADIAN ARMED FORCES UNDER THE YOUTH TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT PLAN (YTEP) ON 2 JUNE 1983 AS A MEMBER OF PRINCESS PATRICIA’S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY (PPCLI). HE COMPLETED BASIC AND TRADES TRAINING AT CFB WAINWRIGHT, AB. DURING HIS TIME WITH THE PPCLI, WO J. SAUNDERS, WAS POSTED TO 3 PPCLI WORKPOINT BARRACKS (HOLLYWOOD BN), AND 2 COMMANDO OF THE CANADIAN AIRBORNE REGIMENT, PETAWAWA, ON (1985 – 1987). IN 1992, WO J. SAUNDERS, TRANSFERRED TO COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH AND COMPLETED HIS TRADES TRAINING AT CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE). FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF HIS TRAINING, WO J. SAUNDERS HAS HAD THE FOLLOWING POSTINGS WITHIN THE TRADE: CFS MASSET (1993-1997), CFS LEITRIM (1997-1998, 2007-2017), Y2K PLANNING GROUP (1998-2000), CFIOG (2000-2003), CFSCE (2003-2007), AND CFINTCOM (2017-2018). 3. WO J. SAUNDERS, HAS CARRIED OUT TWO PEACE KEEPING TOURS […]
1. AFTER MORE THAN 27 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER J. SHELP WILL RETIRE ON 08 JAN 2018. 2. MWO J. SHELP IS ORIGINALLY FROM THE PAS, MANITOBA. HE ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN FORCES IN 1990 AS A PERFORMANCE ORIENTED ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN. AFTER COMPLETING RECRUIT TRAINING IN CORNWALLIS, NOVA SCOTIA, PTE SCHELP WAS TRANSFERRED TO KINGSTON, ONTARIO WHERE HE BEGAN HIS TRADE TRAINING. 3. IN 1992, HE WAS POSTED TO THE UNDERGROUND BUNKER AT CANADIAN FORCES STATION DEBERT AS A RADIO TECHNICIAN. IN 1996 CANADIAN FORCES STATION DEBERT BECAME 72 COMMUNICATIONS GROUP DETACHMENT GREAT VILLAGE. IN 1999 NOW AS A STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN CORPORAL SHELP LEFT FOR OTTAWA. CORPORAL SHELP WOULD SPEND 6 YEARS IN THE HIGH ARCTIC DATA COMMUNICATIONS SECTION IN LEITRIM WHERE HE WAS SENT TO JOIN THE FROZEN CHOSEN IN CANADIAN FORCES STATION ALERT OVER 20 TIMES, INCLUDING 2 TOURS AND 6 OPERATION HURRICANES. IN 2005, NOW A LAND COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN, SERGEANT SHELP TURNED IN HIS PARKA FOR A POSTING TO THE TECHNICAL SECURITY INSPECTION TEAM AT CANADIAN FORCES NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTRE WHERE HE COMPLETED 4 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE VISITS TO AFGHANISTAN. IN 2010 WARRANT OFFICER […]
1. AFTER 28 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY, CPO2 L. BRYAN WILL OFFICIALLY TRIP ALL BREAKERS FOR THE LAST TIME ON 23 JANUARY 2018. 2. CPO2 L. BRYAN JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN CORNER BROOK, NL ON 18 MAY 1989 AS A MARINE ELECTRICIAN. AFTER COMPLETING HIS RECRUIT TRAINING AT CFB CORNWALLIS AND HIS TRAINING AT CANADIAN FORCES FLEET SCHOOL ESQUIMALT, HE WAS POSTED TO THE EAST COAST FLEET TO START HIS LIFE AS A REAL SAILOR. HE SAILED ON HMCS GATINEAU, HMCS PRESERVER (X3), HMCS PROVIDER, HMCS ST JOHN’S, HMCS SUMMERSIDE AND HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN, PARTICIPATING IN NUMEROUS NAVAL OPERATIONS (OPERATION APOLLO, OPERATION AUGMENTATION AND OPERATION SHARP GUARD). HIS SHORE POSTINGS INCLUDED CANADIAN FORCES FLEET SCHOOL HALIFAX (X2), MAROPSGRU 5 HQ, FLEET MAINTENANCE FACILITY CAPE SCOTT, C NAVY AND ADM(IM). 3. CPO2 L. BRYAN AND HIS WIFE (CONTACT REMOVED 2023 APRIL 20 BY ADMIN). OF 20 YEARS, ALONG WITH THEIR DAUGHTER (CONTACT REMOVED 2023 APRIL 20 BY ADMIN).WILL REMAIN IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA WHERE HE WILL ASSUME A POSITION WITHIN ADM(IM) AS A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE. 4. CPO2 L. BRYAN HAS REQUESTED THAT A DEPART WITH DIGNITY BE ORGANIZED […]
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER C. MIRON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 7TH FEBRUARY 2018 AFTER 27 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CAF AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH. 2. MWO C. MIRON ENROLLED IN ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO ON 12 APRIL 1990. AFTER COMPLETING HIS BASIC TRAINING, POET AND TRADE QUALIFICATION, HE SERVED AS A RADIO TECHNICIAN (221), LCIS TECHNICIAN (227), AND ACISS (362-01). HE WAS POSTED TO CFB PETAWAWA (91-99) WHERE HE SERVED AT 3 DIFFERENT UNITS, HQ & SIG SQN, RCD AND 1 RCR. DURING HIS TIME IN PETAWAWA, HE SERVED 3 TOURS IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. POSTED TO CFB KINGSTON, 79 COMMUNICATION SQUADRON (99-04), AND CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (04-07). HE COMPLETED ANOTHER 3 DEPLOYMENTS, TURKEY AS PART OF DISASTER RELIEF IN 99, SFOR AND FINALLY AFGHANISTAN. POSTED TO OTTAWA DIMTPS (07-11), HE ALSO SERVED A 10 MONTH TOUR WITH THE MULTINATIONAL FORCE OF OBSERVERS IN EGYPT. PROMOTED TO WO IN 2011 SAW HIM AND HIS FAMILY POSTED TO SHAPE HQ IN CASTEAU, BELGIUM (11-13). HE THEN MOVED TO NATO SOF HEADQUARTERS FROM 13-15. IN THE SUMMER OF 2015, HE WAS PROMOTED TO MWO AND POSTED […]
1. LCOL R. WALKER WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS ON 30 NOVEMBER 2017 AFTER OVER 27 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. LCOL R. WALKER ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 28 JUNE 1990 AT THE CFRC OTTAWA. HE ATTENDED COLLEGE MILITAIRE ROYALE DE ST. JEAN WHERE HE WAS AWARDED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE PHYSICS AND COMPLETED SIGNALS OFFICER TRAINING AT CFSCE KINGSTON. DURING HIS CAREER, LCOL R. WALKER, HAS SERVED AT 2 RCHA, 2 CMBG HQ AND SIG SQN, 3 RCR, CFNA HQ YELLOWKNIFE, CFJSR, DLCSPM, DLCI, CMP HQ, 1ST CANADIAN DIVISION HQ, SHARED SERVICES UNIT (ATLANTIC), 5TH CANADIAN DIVISION HQ (HALIFAX). 3. LCOL R. WALKER HAS COMPLETED TOURS OF DUTY INCLUDING: BOSNIA (1998), HAITI THEATRE OPENING (2004), SOUTH SUDAN (2015). LCOL R. WALKER WAS ALSO AWARDED A MASTER OF SCIENCE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DEGREE FROM CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY UK. 4. LCOL R. WALKER AND (CONTACT REMOVED 2023 APRIL 20 BY ADMIN). WILL BE STAYING IN HALIFAX WHERE LCOL R. WALKER HAS ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY IN THEIR IT DEPARTMENT. 5. LCOL R. WALKER HAS REQUESTED AN INFORMAL DWD THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE […]