Retirements
1. MASTER CORPORAL ANTIQUIERA WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 22 APRIL 23 WITH OVER 13 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE AS A SIGNALS TECHNICIAN. 2. MCPL ANTIQUIERA JOINED THE CAF IN 2010 AS A SIG TECH AND UPON COMPLETION OF HIS TRAINING AT CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS WAS POSTED TO 5 CMBG HQ & SIGS SQN IN QUEBEC. DURING HIS NINE YEARS AT 5 CMBG, HE ALSO WORKED WITH SEVERAL UNITS SUCH AS 5 RALC, 2 CDN DIV TC AND 12 RBC. HE WAS ALSO DEPLOYED IN OP NANOOK AT HAINES JUNCTION IN 2016 AND OP REASSURRANCE LATVIA IN 2019. IN 2019, MCPL ANTIQUIERA WAS POSTED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES ELECTRONIC WARFARE CENTRE IN OTTAWA. 3. MCPL ANTIQUIERA WILL BE RELOCATING TO JOIN HIS WIFE KARINE, 2 CHILDREN JUSTIN & ELYCIA, AND HIS DOG DAZZ IN MONTREAL. 4. MCPL ANTIQUIERA WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND HIS DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO HIS PEERS & MENTORS THAT HAVE HELPED HIM THROUGHOUT HIS 13 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES.
AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MAJOR LEONARD PICOUTLAGAN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 31 MAY 2023. MAJOR PICOUTLAGAN JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS A SIGNALS OFFICER ON 8 JANUARY 2003, AS A DIRECT ENTRY OFFICER. UPON COMPLETING HIS TRAINING AT CFSCE IN KINGSTON, HE WAS POSTED TO 5 HQ&SIGS, BASE SIGNALS SERVICES VALCARTIERS, CEFCOM, DIMEI, DLEPS, DLCSPM AND FINALLY TO CFIOG HQ. HE ALSO DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN WITH OP ATTENTION ROTO 1. 3. MAJOR PICOUTLAGAN IS EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE PEOPLE HE HAS WORKED WITH AND RELATIONSHIPS HE HAS BUILT. ONCE RETIRED, MAJ PICOUTLAGAN WILL SETTLE AND DWELL IN PESSAMIT (QUEBEC), THE COMMUNITY WHERE HE GREW UP. 4. AN INFORMAL RETIREMENT FUNCTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON 17 MAY 2023 AT THE CFS LEITRIM ALL RANKS MESS AT 1400 HRS. THOSE WISHING TO PROVIDE ANECDOTES AND/OR BEST WISHES CAN SEND THEM TO THE OPI, CAPT YVES FORGET AT [email protected].
AFTER 31+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, CAPTAIN CAREFOOT WILL BE RETIRING ON 11 APRIL 2023. CAPT CAREFOOT JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN THE COMMUNICATION RESERVE IN 1991 WITH 705 (HAMILTON) COMMUNICATION SQUADRON, WHERE HE TRAINED AS A RADIO-TELETYPE OPERATOR. IN 1992, HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE RESERVE ENTRY SCHEME OFFICER (RESO) PROGRAM AND COMPLETED HIS TRAINING IN GAGETOWN, AFTER WHICH HE RETURNED TO HIS RESERVE UNIT AS THE RADIO TP 2IC. OVER THE NEXT TWO SUMMERS, HE FINISHED HIS SIGNALS OFFICER TRAINING AT THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS IN KINGSTON. AFTER GRADUATING FROM MCMASTER UNIVERSITY IN 1994, HE MOVED TO OTTAWA WHERE HE WORKED IN SEVERAL CLASS B RESERVE POSITIONS, INCLUDING TRAINING OFFICER IN DIRECTOR INFORMATION SERVICES OPERATIONS AND TRAINING, HARDWARE AND SOFTARE PROCUREMENT OFFICER IN DISO DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, AND NATIONAL INSTALLATION COORDINATOR FOR THE MILITARY MESSAGE HANDLING SYSTEM PROJECT. IN 2006, HE DEPLOYED ON OP ATHENA IN KANDAHAR AS A WATCH OFFICER IN THE JOINT OPERATIONS CENTRE. UPON COMPLETION OF THE CISCO NETWORK ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AT ALGONQUIN COLLEGE, HE ACCEPTED A POSITION IN 2008 AT THE CANADIAN FORCES WARFARE CENTRE AS THE […]
1. AFTER NINETEEN PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE REG FORCE, MCPL JONES WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 15 MAR 23. 2. MCPL JONES JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCES (RCAF) IN 2004. AFTER COMPLETING BASIC MILITARY QUALIFICATION (BMQ) IN 2004, MCPL JONES WAS POSTED TO 17 WING IN WINNIPEG MANITOBA. WHILE AT CFB WINNIPEG HE ASSISTED CFB COLD LAKE FOR SIX MONTHS IN 2006 AND IN 2008 THEY PARTICIPATED IN MAPLE GUARDIAN IN WAINWRIGHT ALBERTA. IN 2009 MCPL JONES WAS POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES BASE (CFB) NORTH BAY. HE WORKED IN VARIOUS SECTIONS WITHIN, MOST NOTABLY SERVICE DESK, SECURED TELECOMMUNICATION AND WING IT. DURING THEIR TIME AT 22 WING THEY FILLED IN FOR THE FLOATER TECHNICIAN AT CANADIAN FORCES STATION (CFS) ALERT IN 2015. 3. MCPL JONES IS A CANCER SURVIVOR AND PLANS TO CONTINUE WORKING AFTER HIS RETIREMENT DATE. 4. MCPL JONES HAS ELECTED TO NOT HAVE A FORMAL DWD SOCIAL FUNCTION. ANECDOTES AND MESSAGES OF CONGRATULATIONS MAY BE SENT TO SGT CHRIS HODGE AT CHRIS.HODGE@ FORCES.GC.CA OR 705-494-2011 X 3098
1. AFTER 19 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, WARRANT OFFICER JORGE ARGUETA WILL RETIRE ON 14 MARCH 2023. 2. WO ARGUETA JOINED IN SEPTEMBER 2003 AT THE RECRUITING CENTRE IN OTTAWA, ONTARIO, AS A SIG OP. AND THEN, THE ADVENTURE BEGAN. STARTING HIS JOURNEY WITH BASIC TRAINING IN ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, HIS ADVENTURE TOOK HIM TO BORDEN AWAITING HIS SIG OP COURSE. WHILE SPENDING SEVERAL MONTHS CONDUCTING VALUABLE LIFE TRAINING AT PRETC, HE WON THE GOLDEN TICKET AND WAS SENT TO CFS LEITRIM AS A GENERAL DUTY SPECIALIST WITH THE STATION. AFTER MANY MONTHS OF WAITING, HE ATTENDED HIS SIG OP QL3 AT CFSCE IN OCTOBER 2004. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS TRAINING, HE WAS POSTED TO CFJSR IN MARCH 2005. DURING HIS POSTING, HE DEPLOYED TO OP ATHENA IN 2007 AND 2009, PARTICIPATED IN AN ENDURING OP TROPICAL HAMMER IN JAMAICA, TAV TO CYPRUS, JERUSALEM AND MIAMI. IN 2013, AFTER 8 YEARS AND TWO PROMOTIONS LATER, ARGUETA WAS POSTED TO CFNOC AS A MASTER CORPORAL TO SLOW DOWN THE MOMENTUM. IN 2016, HE WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT AND POSTED TO CJOC AS THE ASSISTANT FOREMAN TO THE J6. AFTER 5 YEARS OF HARD WORK SUPPORTING […]
1. MASTER CORPORAL MAXIME ROUSSEL WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 01 APRIL 23 AFTER MORE THAN 13 PLUS YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED, DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE LINE TRADE AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF). 2. MAXIME JOINED THE CAF ON 28 MAY 2009 AS A LINEMAN. AFTER COMPLETING BASIC TRAINING IN JUNE OF 2009, HE WAS POSTED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS(CFSCE) KINGSTON FOR QL3 TRAINING. UPON COMPLETION OF THE QL3 LINE COURSE, ON 28 MARCH 2011, MAXIME WAS POSTED TO 1 HQ & SIGS EDMONTON WHERE HE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF BRAVO TROOP. DURING HIS FIRST POSTING TO 1 HQ & SIGS, HE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO PERSONALLY IMPROVE HIS MINIMAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING TO A HIGH STANDARD. HE WAS THEN POSTED TO 3VP IN 2012, JTFN HQ YELLOWKNIFE IN 2014 WHERE HE SPENT THE NEXT 3 YEARS ENJOYING A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS. HE WAS POSTED TO CFB TRENTON IN 2017, WHERE IT TOOK HIM 4 LONG YEARS TO BREAK FREE OF THE STRONG ONTARIO CURRENT AND GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED A POSTING BACK TO YELLOWKNIFE, THIS TIME DECIDING TO DIG IN FOR THE LONG HAUL. 3. MAXIME […]