Retirements
MASTER CORPORAL B. A. CURTIS WILL RETIRE ON 20 JUNE 2023, AFTER 12 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH. 2. MCPL CURTIS ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES WITH THE 2 NOVA SCOTIA HIGHLANDERS ON 24 FEB 2011 AS AN INFANTRYMAN. HE COMPONENT TRANSFERRED TO ATIS TECH ON 16 AUG 2013, JOINING THE C&E BRANCH. AFTER COMPLETING HIS TRADES TRAINING AT CFB KINGSTON’S CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS, AND A BRIEF ATTACHMENT TO THE 36 SIGNAL REGIMENT, HE WAS POSTED TO CFB TRENTON IN 2015. HE APPLIED TO CANSOFCOM IN 2017 AND WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE RANKS. HE IMMEDIATELY RECEIVED INDOCTRINATION AND THE TRAINING REQUIRED TO OPERATE AS A SPECIAL OPERATIONS SIGNALER (SOSIG) WITHIN CANSOFCOM. DURING HIS TIME WITHIN COMMAND, BRENNAN DEPLOYED MANY TIMES AS A SOSIG ON EXERCISE AND ON SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS (BIG OPS). HE REPRESENTED HIS UNIT, HIS TRADE, AND HIS COUNTRY WITH PRIDE AND DISTINCTION. 3.MASTER CORPORAL CURTIS IS TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DEDICATE MORE TIME TO HIS WIFE, KYLA, AND DAUGHTER, ADA. HE IS FOCUSED ON RECONNECTING WITH FAMILY AFTER DEDICATING SO MUCH OF HIS TIME AND ENERGY TO THE SERVICE […]
LIEUTENANT COLONEL M. LUPTON WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 28 APRIL 2023 AFTER 31+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. LCOL LUPTON ENROLLED IN THE MILITIA IN JANUARY 1992 AND IN 1999 TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE. UPON COMPLETION OF SIGNAL OFFICER TRAINING, HE WAS POSTED TO 4 CAN DIV TC IN MEAFORD, ONTARIO. SUBSEQUENT POSTINGS INCLUDED CFB BORDEN, CA HQ, DGIMPD, TRINITY, DLCSPM, CFSCE, CJOC, DGMC AND CFIOG. HE FINISHED HIS CAREER WITH CFINTCOM. 3. LCOL LUPTON IS GRATEFUL FOR THE FRIENDSHIPS DEVELOPED DURING HIS CAREER AND WOULD LIKE TO OFFER SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO HIS FAMILY FOR THEIR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT. LCOL LUPTON IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING MORE TIME WITH FAMILY, TRAVELLING AND SOME DAY GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. 4. FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ARE WELCOME TO JOIN LCOL LUPTON FOR LUNCH AT THE ARMY OFFICERS MESS STARTING AT 1200 ON 28 APRIL 2023.
IN HIS 25TH YEAR OF DISTINGUSIHED AND HOUNRABLE SERIVCE, MWO VINCENT (VINCE) TRAVERS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 18 APRIL 2023. 2. VINCE’S CAF CAREER BEGAN IN 1998 WITH HASTING AND PRINCE EDWARD REGIMENT AS AN INFINTRY RIFLEMEN. AFTER NUMERIOUS RELAXING CAMPING TRIPS AND PERFECTING HIS HOLE DIGGING TECHNIQUE, VINCE’S TIME AS A RIFLEMEN CAME TO AN END IN 2001 WHEN HE TRANSFERRED TO THE RCAF AS AN ATIS TECH. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS QL3 TRAINING IN 2003, VINCE WAS POSTED TO 8 WTISS, WHERE HE WAS TRAINED AND EMPLOYED PRIMRARILY AS A MACS HF TECHNICIAN AND DEPLOYABLE X-RAY SYSTEMS MAINTAINER. IN 2009 CPL TRAVERS, WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL AND SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED TO CFSCE IN 2010. WHILE POSTED TO CFSCE, VINCE, WAS TASKED TO DEVELOP THE ACISS-IST TRAINING UNTIL SUCH TIME HIS CAREER SHIFTED TO HF RADIO SYSTEMS THROUGH A PROMOTION TO SGT IN 2013. UPON PROMOTION, SGT TRAVERS, LED THE NEWLY REFORMED HF TRAINING SECTION WITHIN CFSCE TO DEVELOP AND TEACH THE NEW HIGH FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS MAINTAINER OSQ. THROUGHOUT HIS TIME AS THE IC OF THE HF TRAINING SECTION, VINCE OVERSAW AND TAUGHT NUMERIOUS COURSES INCLUDING HFCS, QRT, AND HF MANPACKS. EACH YEAR AT CFSCE HE […]
AFTER 31+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALISTS (SIGINT SPEC) OCCUPATION, CPO1 JONES WILL HANG UP HER NAVAL UNIFORM FOR THE LAST TIME ON 30 JUNE 2023. 2. SHERRI, HAILS FROM CORNER BROOK, NL AND JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS A SIGINT SPEC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR IN ST. JOHN’S NL ON 25 OCT 1991. SHE COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CANADIAN FORCES RECRUIT SCHOOL CORNWALLIS, NS IN JANUARY 1992. SHE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN CHASING DITS AND DAHS AT CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS AT CANADIAN FORCES BASE KINGSTON, COMPLETING HER TRADES TRAINING IN DECEMBER 1992. THROUGHOUT HER CAREER SHE HAS ENJOYED POSTINGS TO 770 COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH SQUADRON, CFS LEITRIM (X3), 9 WING GANDER TIS, MARPAC ATHENA CFB ESQUIMALT, AND CFIOG (X2) WITH HER FINAL TASKING AS THE SIGINT SPEC SENIOR OCCUPATIONAL ADVISOR. SHERRI’S DEPLOYMENTS INCLUDE ONE OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT AND ONE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE VISIT TO CANADIAN FORCES STATION (CFS) ALERT. SHE’S SAILED EXTENSIVELY WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY ONBOARD HIS MAJESTY’S CANADIAN SHIPS (HMCS) OTTAWA, REGINA AND WINNIPEG PARTICIPATING IN OP ALTAIR, OP ARTEMIS, OP CARRIBE, OP ACTIVE ENDEARVOUR, OP REASSURANCE AND OP POSEIDON, AS WELL AS THE SEA TRAINING […]
1. MAJOR BILL SALMINEN HAS RETIRED FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 2 FEBRUARY 2023 AFTER 32 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. IN MAR. 1990, MAJ SALMINEN JOINED 736 (THUNDER BAY) COMMUNICATION SQUADRON UNDER THE RESERVE ENTRY SCHEME, OFFICERS AS A SIGNALS OFFICER. WHILE ATTENDING UNIVERSITY HE SPENT THE NEXT TWO SUMMERS COMPLETING BASIC OFFICER TRAINING AT THE INFANTRY SCHOOL IN GAGETOWN AND CELE RES BASIC AT CFSCE IN KINGSTON. PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT IN 1991 HE MOVED TO VANCOUVER WHERE HE CONTINUED HIS PART-TIME SERVICE WITH 744 (VANCOUVER) COMM REGT, FILLING THE 2I/C RADIO SQUADRON, THE UNIT TRAINING OFFICER, AND OFFICER COMMANDING SUPPORT SQUADRON POSITIONS. HE WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN IN 1996 AND FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS HE WAS EMPLOYED CLASS B AS THE REGT OPS & TRG O AT 744 (VANCOUVER) COMM, G6 AT 39 CBG, OC SP TP AT 1 CMBG HQ & SIGS SQN, DCO AT 2 ASG SIGS SQN, OPS O AT THE BC COMMUNICATION REGIMENT, G3 AT 74 COMM GP ROLES AS WELL AS SPENDING ALMOST EVERY SUMMER AT CFSCE TRAINING NEW RES AND REG FORCE SIGS OFFRS AND COMM RES NCMS. IN 2006 MAJOR SALMINEN TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE. HIS […]
1.CORPORAL BERUBE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE REGULAR FORCE 10 APR 2023 AFTER 6+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. CPL BERUBE ENROLLED IN THE RCAF AS AN AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN ON THE 16TH OF DECEMBER 2016 IN NOTH YORK ON. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS BASIC TRAINING, HE WAS POSTED TO CFSCE WHERE HE COMPLETED BOTH POET AND HIS QL3 TRAINING, AFTER WHICH HE WAS POSTED TO 8 AIR COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL SQUADRON IN MAY OF 2019 AS A DEPLOYED NETWORKS TECHNICIAN. WHILE POSTED TO 8 ACCS HE DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF MULTIPLE DOMESTIC OPERATIONS INCLUDING OP VECTOR, OP LENTUS AND OP GLOBE. CPL BERUBE WAS ALSO DEPLOYED TO UGANDA, AND THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO IN SUPPORT OF OP PRESENCE, AS WELL AS TO ROMAINIA SUPPORTING OP REASSURANCE. 3. CPL BERUBE WILL BE MOVING TO TORONTO AND TAKING A JOB WITH NAVCANADA AS AN ATM TECHNOLOGIST. 4. A SMALL UNIT LUNCHEON WILL BE HELD AT TRENTON SUSHI ON THE 3RD OF APRIL 2023. ANECDOTES, STORIES, AND WELL WISHES CAN BE SENT TO MCPL REES, C.T. ([email protected]), 613-392-2811 X3507.