Retirements
1. AFTER MORE THAN 37 + YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE QUEEN, KING, COUNTRY AND CORPS, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER DAREN MICHAEL LOCKWOOD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 31 JULY 2024. DAREN JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMY RESERVE IN DECEMBER 1985 AND RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1986. AFTER SOME THOUGHT ABOUT LIFE GOALS, DAREN ENROLLED AGAIN IN THE ARMY RESERVE IN JANUARY 1988 AND TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE IN DECEMBER 1993. DAREN ATTENDED RADIO OPERATOR TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE) IN MARCH 1994. 2. THROUGHOUT DAREN’S CAREER, HE HAS HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING WITH MANY UNITS SUCH AS THE 1ST CANADIAN DIVISION HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL REGIMENT (KINGSTON) – FROM AUGUST 1994 TO AUGUST 2003. 731 SIGNAL SQUADRON (SHILO) – AUGUST 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2005. 2ND BATTALION PRINCESS PATRICIA’S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY (SHILO) – SEPTEMBER 2005 TO JULY 2008. 734 COMMUNICATION SQUADRON (REGINA) – JULY 2008 TO JULY 2013. 3RD CANADIAN DIVISION HEADQUARTERS (EDMONTON) – JULY 2013 TO JULY 2014. 1 SERVICE BATTALION (EDMONTON) – JULY 2014 TO JULY 2017. 1 CANADIAN MECHANIZED BRIGADE GROUP HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL SQUADRON (EDMONTON) – JULY 2017 TO JULY 2018. 38 SIGNAL REGIMENT (THUNDER BAY) […]
AFTER 29 YEARS OF UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO CANADA, COLONEL LIAM DOYLE WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON JUNE 28, 2024. LIAM EMBARKED ON HIS JOURNEY WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES STRAIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, VENTURING TO CHILLIWACK BEFORE IMMERSING HIMSELF IN A PREP YEAR IN ST-JEAN SUR RICHELIEU. HIS PATH LED HIM TO RMC IN KINGSTON, WHERE HE SPENT FIVE ENRICHING YEARS BALANCING BASKETBALL, CAMARADERIE, AND ACADEMICS, ULTIMATELY EARNING HIS DEGREE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING IN 2001. FOLLOWING HIS SIGNAL OFFICER TRAINING IN KINGSTON, LIAM’S ASSIGNMENTS TOOK HIM TO VALCARTIER, WHERE HE SERVED AS A TROOP COMMANDER, DEPLOYED TO KABUL, AFGHANISTAN AND LATER BECAME THE SIGNAL OFFICER FOR THE 3RD BATTALION ROYAL 22E REGIMENT. IT WAS DURING HIS TIME IN VALCARTIER THAT LIAM MET JENNIFER, BEGINNING THEIR WONDERFUL JOURNEY TOGETHER. LIAM TRANSITIONED TO THE CANADIAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES COMMAND, SPENDING FIVE YEARS IN THE MOST DEMANDING AND REWARDING ENVIRONMENT, CULMINATING AS THE SQUADRON COMMANDER OF JOINT TASK FORCE 2 SIGNAL SQUADRON. FOLLOWING STAFF APPOINTMENTS IN DGMC, DGIMO AND A RETURN TO CANSOFCOM AS COMMAND J6, HE WAS SELECTED AS COMMANDING OFFICER FOR 21 ELECTRONIC WARFARE REGIMENT, LEADING THIS REMARKABLE ORGANIZATION FOR TWO YEARS WITH A SUBSEQUENT APPOINTMENT AS […]
SGT BOURQUE WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 21 JUN 2024 AFTER 20-PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. MATT JOINED THE REGULAR FORCE IN JANUARY 2004 IN OTTAWA. ON COMPLETION OF HIS BMQ IN ST. JEAN AND INITIAL TRADES TRAINING AT CFSCE HE WAS POSTED TO 2CER PETAWAWA AS A CP DET MEMBER AND ALT- COMSEC CUSTODIAN. DURING HIS TIME IN 2 CER
1. AFTER 36 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE, WARRANT OFFICER (WO) THOMAS DOBRANSKI WILL OFFICIALLY RETIRE ON JUNE 4, 2024. 2. WO DOBRANSKI ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON JULY 21, 1988, AS AN INFANTEER. AFTER BASIC TRAINING AND BATTLE SCHOOL, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO HIS FIRST POSTING TO CANADIAN FORCES BASE GAGETOWN, IN BURTON, TO SERVE WITH THE 2ND BATTALION, THE ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT (RCR). DURING HIS TIME WITH THE RCR, HE ACQUIRED MANY TRADE-SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS AND FILLED MANY ROLES SUCH AS; HEAVY WEAPONS DET COMMANDER, ASSISTANT MORTAR FIRE CONTROLLER, AND BATTALION TRANSPORT 2 I/C. HE ALSO DEPLOYED FOR NUMEROUS DOMESTIC OPERATIONS AND OVERSEAS. 3. IN 2004, WO DOBRANSKI OCCUPATIONALLY TRANSFERRED TO LAND COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (LCIS) TECH AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE SUBSIDIZED EDUCATION PLAN THAT WAS OFFERED. HE COMPLETED HIS EDUCATION AT THE NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (NAIT) IN EDMONTON, WITH A DIPLOMA IN ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY IN 2006. HE WAS THEN POSTED BACK TO CFB GAGETOWN, THIS TIME AS A JUNIOR TECHNICIAN. WHILE THERE, HE LEARNED TO PUT THEORY TO PRACTICE MAINTAINING THE METEOROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE JOINT MET CENTER, RADAR AND OTHER SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE COMBAT TRAINING CENTER (CTC), AND VARIOUS COMMUNICATIONS […]
BRIGADIER-GENERAL DENIS BOUCHER WAS RAISED IN A MILITARY FAMILY AND ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN FORCES IN 1988, ATTENDING THE COLLÈGE MILITAIRE ROYAL (CMR) DE SAINT-JEAN, BEFORE GRADUATING IN 1993 AS A SIGNALS OFFICER.HE HAS COMMANDED AT ALL LEVELS FROM TROOP TO FORMATION, WITH POSITIONS IN 2 (ELECTRONIC WARFARE) SQUADRON OF 1 CDHSR,
MCPL RUDDERHAM JOINED THE CAF IN MAY OF 1997 AS A PRIMARY RESERVE MEMBER OF THE SD & G HIGHLANDERS IN CORNWALL, ONTARIO. IN 1997 HE TRANSFERRED TO THE PRINCESS LOUISE FUSILIERS IN HALIFAX, NS WHILE HE ATTENDED COLLEGE. FOLLOWING HIS GRADUATION IN 2000, HE RETURNED TO THE SD & G HIGHLANDERS UNTIL HIS TRANSFER TO THE REG FORCE AS A LCIS TECH IN 2007. FOLLOWING HIS TRAINING AT CFSCE, HE WAS POSTED TO CFB PETAWAWA. WHILE IN PETAWAWA, MCPL RUDDERHAM SERVED WITH THE 2 SVC BN, 2 RCHA, 2CMBG HQ AND SIGS, AND 2 CER. IN 2010 MCPL RUDDERHAM WAS DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN FOR 11 MONTHS WITH TF 5-10 AS AN EXTENSION DET MEMBER.IN 2018 MCPL RUDDERHAM WAS POSTED TO CFS LEITRIM, WHERE HE DEPLOYED TO CFS ALERT TWICE, THE SECOND TIME AS THE STATION TECHNICAL MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR. IN 2023 MCPL RUDDERHAM WAS POSTED TO CFSCE IN KINGSTON, ONTARIO AS AN INSTRUCTOR AND LATER MOVED TO THE TECHNICAL MAINTENANCE SECTION AS THE 2IC. FOLLOWING HIS RELEASE, MCPL RUDDERHAM WILL BE TAKING A PUBLIC SERVICE JOB IN OTTAWA, ONTARIO.