Retirements
AFTER 10+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, CPL J. PELCHAT RETIRED FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 21 APRIL 2023. CPL PELCHAT ENROLLED IN THE CAF 19 JUL 2012 AS A REGULAR FORCE IS TECH. UPON COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING IN ST-JEAN, QUEBEC, HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED TO 5 CMBG HQ & SIG SQN, VALCARTIER, QC. HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK IN AUG 2016, THEN POSTED IN JULY 2018 TO CFJSR AND WAS DEPLOYED TO DAKAR, SENEGAL FOR OP OSH (WA). UPON RETIREMENT, HE WILL STAY IN KINGSTON ONTARIO WITH HIS WIFE AND 2 CHILDREN. HE HAS TAKEN ON EMPLOYMENT IN KINGSTON AND PLANS TO ENJOY QUALITY TIME AT HOME WITH HIS FAMILY. HE IS THANKFUL FOR THE EXPERIENCE, FRIENDSHIPS AND MEMORIES MADE AND SHARED WITH MANY GREAT PEOPLE OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS WORKING WITH THE CAF. HIS PRESENCE WILL DEFINITELY DE MISSED. A LUNCHEON GET TOGETHER CELEBRATING CPL PELCHAT’S RETIREMENT WILL BE HELD FROM 1130-1330 HRS ON 26 MAY 2023 AT LONE STAR TEXAS GRILL, 251 ONTARIO ST KINGSTON, ON K7L 2Z4. THOSE WISHING TO ATTEND OR PASS ON CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, ANECDOTES, PHOTOS AND STORIES SHOULD CONTACT SGT K. VIENNEAU VIA […]
IN MARCH 2023, AFTER OVER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, LCOL STEWART RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY. 2. LCOL STEWART, AS A DIRECT ENTRY OFFICER, JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN 2002. AS A LIEUTENANT, HE MANAGED THE CABLE PLANTS FOR 96 BUILDINGS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION AT 76 COMMUNICATION GROUP. LATER, HE ESTABLISHED THE DEPLOYED NETWORK SUPPORT CELL AT CANADIAN FORCES JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT, 1 SQUADRON “B” TROOP COMMANDER, TO BETTER SUPPORT DEPLOYED PERSONNEL. HE SERVED AS THE SQUADRON COMMANDER FOR 11 SQUADRON AND THE ALOY PROGRAM AT THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA IN 2007. IN 2009, HE WAS THE STANDARDS OFFICER AND DESIGNED THE FIRST NATIONAL QUALIFICATION STANDARD AND TRAINING PLAN FOR THE ROTP. AS THE OPERATIONS OFFICER AT THE DGCFGA IN 2011, HE MANAGED THE NATIONAL CANADIAN ARMED FORCES GRIEVANCE PROCESS AND CREATED THE DIGITAL GRIEVANCE PROCESS, FOR WHICH HE WAS AWARDED A CDS COMMENDATION. AS THE OFFICER COMMANDING AT CFS LEITRIM IN 2014, LCOL STEWART MANAGED THE MAINTENANCE OF SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE PLATFORMS ACROSS CANADA AND IN THEATRE OF OPERATION. HE THEN DEPLOYED TO OPERATION IMPACT AS THE J6 BEFORE WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE NATO DRIVEN ENHANCED FORWARD PRESENCE […]
SERGEANT A. W. HILLIER WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 30 JUNE 2023 AFTER 29+ YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. HE ENROLLED WITH THE CAF RESERVE FORCE IN OCTOBER OF 1987 AS A RADIO/TELETYPE OPERATOR AT 721 COMMUNICATION DETACHMENT IN GLACE BAY, NS. SGT HILLIER LEFT THE RESERVES IN 1995 TO WORK IN THE ALBERTA OIL FIELDS. IN 2002, SGT HILLIER ENLISTED IN THE REG FORCE AS A SIGNALS OPERATOR. AFTER COMPLETING HIS SIG OP QL 3, HE WAS POSTED TO 725 COMM SQN, GAGETOWN. IN 2005, SGT HILLIER WAS POSTED TO 4 ESR AS I/C OF REGIMENTAL SIGNALS STORES. IN 2006 HE WAS POSTED TO CFJSR. HE WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL IN 2008 AND HE BECAME THE NETWORK SPECIALIST FOR THE DART. IN 2009 SGT HILLIER TOOK AN RSS POSITION AT 725 COMM SQN FOLLOWED BY A POSTING IN 2012 TO THE UNIT IT SECTION AT 2 RCR. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SGT IN 2014 AND POSTED TO 5 CMBG HQ & SIG SQN, VALCARTIER WHERE HE DEPLOYED AS A MEMBER OF OP ADDENDA, AFGHANISTAN. IN 2018 SGT HILLIER WAS POSTED TO 5 CDN DIV HQ AS THE DIVISION COMMANDER’S SIGNALLER. DURING […]
AFTER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, WARRANT OFFICER B. E. SAC-AGUILAR WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 5 JUNE 2023. WO SAC-AGUILAR JOINED THE CAF AS A DIRECT ENTRY ON 4 JUNE 2003. HE WENT TO CFB ST-JEAN AND WAS THEN POSTED TO CFB COLD LAKE WHERE HE SPENT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. DURING THIS TIME HE WAS DEPLOYED TO NCCIS-DET KABUL, AFGHANISTAN IN SUPPORT OF THE JSR. IN 2008 WO SAC-AGUILAR WAS SELECTED INTO CANSOFCOM, WHERE HE SPENT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. APPOINTMENT TO MCPL CAME IN 2009 WHILE DEPLOYED TO KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. IN 2012 WO SAC-AGUILAR WAS POSTED TO CFCMU, WHERE HE CONTINUED TO ENJOY THE HIGH MORALE OF A SMALL, CLOSE-KNIT UNIT. CFCMU IS ALSO WHERE FLOOR HOCKEY BECAME EXTREMLY ENJOYABLE AND NOW IS THE ONLY SPORT HE WANTS TO PLAY. PROMOTED TO SGT IN 2017, HE WAS POSTED FOR A SECOND TIME TO COLD LAKE AS THE COMM SHOP SGT, MANAGING THE SHOP WHERE HE BEGAN HIS CAREER. TWO YEARS LATER HE BECAME THE DESKTOP SUPPORT SGT AND WAS PROMOTED TO WO JULY 2022. WO SAC-AGUILAR HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE MIRNA FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, […]
MCPL B. CASSIDY, CD WILL BE RETIRING ON 28 MAY 2023 FROM THE REGULAR FORCE AFTER OVER 12 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. HE ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMY AS AN INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN ON THE 20TH OF JULY 2010 AT THE RECRUITING CENTER IN OSHAWA, ONTARIO. UPON COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING, BRAD WAS POSTED TO 2CMBG HQ&SIGS TO COMPLETE OJT. AFTER GRADUATING HIS IS TECH DP1 COURSE IN DEC 2011, HE WAS POSTED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT AND WORKED IN VARIOUS POSITIONS THERE INCLUDING LCSS, NETWORKS DET, SERVER DET, TLAN AND NCCIS. DURING HIS TIME AT CFJSR, HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE RANK OF MASTER CORPORAL AND SUBSEQUENTLY DEPARTED ON MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS INCLUDING OP PROVISION (2015-2016) AND OP IMPACT (2016). IN 2017, HE WAS POSTED TO 2CMBG HQ&SIGS AS AN IS NET ADMIN DET COMD AND DEPLOYED AGAIN TO OP UNIFIER ROTO 5 IN 2018. BRAD APPLIED TO CANSOFCOM IN 2019 AND WAS POSTED TO THE CANADIAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS REGIMENT IN THE SUMMER OF THAT YEAR, COMPLETING HIS COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS SIGNALER COURSE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. A VALUED SUPERVISOR IN THE DEPLOYED NETWORKS SECTION, MCPL CASSIDY COMPLETED MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS […]
I, WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 14 JUL 2023 AFTER 26 PLUS YEARS OF REGULAR FORCE SERVICE AND LITTLE RESERVE TIME. I HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED MY CAREER, ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE I MET ALONG THE WAY. THERE WAS A LARGE GROUP OF US THAT GREW UP TOGETHER IN G103, FROM OUR STUPER HERO NIGHTS TO OTHER TEAM BUILDING EVENTS, WE HAD A GOOD TIME. TO MARK, AARON, DWAYNE, FOOK, MORLEY, SCOT WITH ONE T, ROBIN, 3 RCR SIG PL AND THE BOYS OF 2 CER, THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES. I TRULY WANT TO THANK MY MCPLS WHO WERE PATIENT WITH ME WHEN I ARRIVED IN PET IN MARCH OF 97. ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION I GOT TO SLEEP OFF THE NIGHT BEFORE ON THE CAM NETS ABOVE B TP STORES. SPECIAL THANKS TO RANDY LEIGHTON, SEAN KEELS, KEVIN BONE (RIP) AND MARCO COMMISSO. I GOT TO SERVE OR DEPLOY WITH A VARIETY OF COMBAT ARMS UNITS WHICH SOLDIFIED MY FOCUS ON THE TACTICAL END WHEREVER I WAS EMPLOYED. MY POSTINGS CONSIST OF 2 SIGS, 2 CER, COMD SIGNALLER, 2 RCR, 1 FD AMB, 1 SIGS, 2RCR AGAIN, SSU(A), AND LASTLY 5 CDN DIV HQ. I HAVE MET SO […]