Retirements
1. ON 18 OCT 2017 AFTER 27+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE WO G. BROWN WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF. 2. HE ORIGINALLY ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 29 FEB 1988 AT CFRC WINDSOR, ONTARIO AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR AND SERVED UNTIL AUG 1991 BEFORE CHOOSING TO PURSUE GREENER PASTURES. 3. IN MAY 1993 G. RE-ENROLLED INTO THE CAF AS A VEHICLE TECH WHERE HE PROUDLY SERVED THE RCEME BRANCH UNTIL 2003, AT WHICH TIME HE DECIDED THE LURE OF THE COMMS RSCH WORLD WAS TOO STRONG AND RETURNED TO THE TRADE. 4. DURING HIS CAREER HE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: CFRS CORNWALLIS, CFSCE KINGSTON, CFS LEITRIM (10 YRS), MAINTENANCE COY CFB GAGETOWN (7 YRS) 4TH AIR DEFENCE REGIMENT CFB GAGETOWN (3 YRS), CFLS ASTICOU (1 YR), CFIOG OUTCAN DET VIRGINIA (3 YRS) AND CFNOC OTTAWA (3 YRS). 5. HE HAS ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERAL OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS INCLUDING POSTINGS TO CFS ALERT (1990-91), THE GOLAN HEIGHTS, CAMP ZOUANI ISRAEL, IN SUPPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS DISENGAGEMENT OBSERVER FORCE (ROTO 66 2000-01), OP ALTAIR (HMCS CALGARY 08), AND TO KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN IN SUPPORT OF OP ATHENA (2010). 6. WO BROWN […]
1. ON 15 DECEMBER 2017 AFTER 33.5 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, COL F. LANIEL WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF). 2. COLONEL LANIEL ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN 1984 AS PART OF THE REGULAR OFFICER TRAINING PLAN. HE COMPLETED HIS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE AT SHERBROOKE UNIVERSITY IN 1987 AND HIS AEROSPACE ENGINEERING TRAINING IN 1989. OVER THE NEXT 28 YEARS, COL LANIEL SUPPORTED THE CC144, CC109, CH124, CC150, CH147 AND CH149 AIRCRAFT AND THE AIR CADET GLIDER PROGRAM AS AN ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE OFFICER. HE ALSO WORKED AS AN ANALSYT WITH THE VCDS, AN EVALUATOR WITH REVIEW SERVICES, AN ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT GROUP AND HAD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TOURS WITH CANOSCOM SUPPORTING THE AFG MISSION AND WITH CJOC AS PART OF JOINT TASK FORCE NORTH. 3. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE EMBRACED THE OPPORTUNTIES TO TACKLE MANY DIVERSIFIED AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT, MEET EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE AND DISCOVER OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. COL LANIEL WANTS TO THANK THE ENTIRE DND COMMUNITY HE DEALT WITH FOR THEIR FRIENSHIP, CAMARADERIE AND PROFESSIONALISM. IN RETROSPECT COL LANIEL CLAIMS THE CHOICE HE MADE OVER 33 YEARS AGO TO JOIN THE MILITARY TURNED OUT TO BE TRULY ENLIGHTENING AND REWARDING. […]
1. MAJOR K. BAGAL WILL RETIRE ON 17 JULY 2017 AFTER 30 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AS A REGULAR FORCE MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH. 2. BORN IN KOLHAPUR, INDIA, HE JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 26 NOVEMBER 1986 IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO AFTER GRADUATING FROM ALGONQUIN COLLEGE WITH A COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY DIPLOMA. 3. AFTER CELE(AIR) TRAINING, HE WAS POSTED TO DGCEEM/DCSEM (1988-1992). SUBSEQUENT POSTINGS INCLUDED AN EXCHANGE POSTING IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA WITH THE USAF (1992-1995); DCDS/J1 (1995-1998), DCDS/J6 (1998-2001), CFLS/FRENCH LANGUAGE TRAINING (2001-2002), VCDS/CFCS SP (2002-2005), CEFCOM/J6 (2005-2009), CANOSCOM/LEVEL 0 TASKS (2009-2011), CF H SVCS GP/CFHIS PROJECT (2011-2012), UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA (2012-2014), AND ADM(IM)/ITSM PROJECT (2014-2017). 4. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE SUPPORTING DEPLOYED OPS ALL OVER THE WORLD IN HIS MANY JOINT STAFF POSITIONS ALONG WITH THE MANY THEATRE STAFF INSPECTION VISITS; BASIC PARACHUTE COURSE WITH 2 RCR (1997); CONDUCTING THREE FEDERAL ELECTIONS AS A DEPUTY RETURNING OFFICER FOR OUR TROOPS IN BOSNIA (1997), DUBAI (2008), AND KANDAHAR (2011); FINALLY COMPLETING HIS MATHEMATICS DEGREE (2016); AND HIS TOUR IN KOSOVO (2010). 5. MAJOR BAGAL WILL BE REMAINING IN THE OTTAWA AREA WITH HIS WIFE SANGITA, DAUGHTER NIKITA, AND […]