Retirements
1. PETTY OFFICER 1ST CLASS KJ DEVEAU WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON THE 18TH OF FEBRUARY 2018 AFTER 29 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. 2. PO1 KJ DEVEAU ENROLLED IN THE CAF AT CFRC HALIFAX, OCTOBER 1988. AFTER COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING AT CANADIAN FORCES BASE CORNWALLIS IN DECEMBER OF 1988, PO1 KJ DEVEAU WAS POSTED TO CFSCE KINGSTON, ONTARIO TO BEGIN HIS TRADES TRAINING AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR. DURING HIS CAREER, KEN HAS ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITIES AFFORDED TO HIM AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: 770 COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH SQUADRON GANDER NL; CFS ALERT; NCTAMS WAHIAWA, OAHU, HAWAII; CFS LEITRIM, OTTAWA ON X2; NSGA NORFOLK, VA; CFSCE KINGSTON, ON; AND STRATEGIC JOINT STAFF/JOINT INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE FUSION CENTRE OTTAWA, ON. PO1 DEVEAU ALSO COMPLETED NAVAL DEPLOYMENTS ABOARD USS THORN (USN), AND HMCS TORONTO. 3. PO1 KJ DEVEAU AND HIS LOVELY WIFEWILL BE REMAINING IN THE NATIONAL CAPITOL REGION FOR THE NEAR FUTURE SO THEY MAY CONTINUE THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS. THEIR SON IS A MEMBER OF THE CAF FAMILY AND THEIR DAUGHTER IS ATTENDING SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 4. PO1 KJ DEVEAU’S DEPART WITH DIGNITY CELEBRATION WILL BE […]
1. MCPL TACK WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF 13 DECEMBER 2017 AFTER 15 YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CAF AND TO THE C&E BRANCH. 2. MCPL TACK ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 10 MAY 2002. HE COMPLETED HIS BASIC TRAINING AT CFLRS ST-JEAN, QUEBEC. IN HIS 15 YEARS OF SERVICE HE COMPLETED HIS PERFORMANCE ORIENTED ELECTRONICS TRAINING (POET) AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE), WORKED AT 12 WING SHEARWATER, AND IS CURRENTLY SERVING AT 19 WING COMOX. 3. AFTER RETIREMENT MCPL TACK WILL BE LIVING IN THE COMOX VALLEY AREA. 4. MCPL TACK HAS OPTED FOR NO DWD.
1. WARRANT OFFICER E. WARD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 7 JAN 2018 AFTER 29 PLUS YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CAF AND TO THE C AND E BRANCH. 2. A YOUNG PTE WARD ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 28 JUL 1983 IN CALGARY AND GRADUATED BASIC TRAINING ON HER BIRTHDAY – 6 OCT 1983. AFTER BASIC, HER FIRST STOP WAS KINGSTON FOR POET FROM OCT 1983 TO DEC 1984. IT WAS DURING POET, THAT SHE MET HER FUTURE HUSBAND RICK, AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN DEC 1984. AFTER THE HONEYMOON, IT WAS OFF TO TQ3 TO COMPLETE HER TEL TECH TRAINING. HER FIRST POSTING IN 1985 WAS TO 724 COMM SQN, GAGETOWN. IN 1987, SHE COMPLETED TQ5 AND WAS PROMOTED TO CPL. HER NEXT STOP, IN 1993 WAS TO 708 WTIS TRENTON WHERE SHE CHANGED FROM TEL TECH TO SIS TECH IN THE FIRST OF A NUMBER OF MANDATORY TRADE CHANGES. 1997 SAW A POSTING TO 742 COMM SQN, EDMONTON AND A TRADE CHANGE TO LCIS TECH. DURING HER TIME IN EDMONTON, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL IN 1998 AND TO SGT IN 2001. IN 2002, IT WAS TIME TO MOVE AGAIN AND THIS TIME […]
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 […]