Retirements
1. SERGEANT (SGT) ANGELO GALEAZZA WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 03 APRIL 2023 AFTER 24 + YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. SERGEANT GALEAZZA JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) IN JUN 1998 AS A MEMBER OF THE CADET INSTRUCTOR CADRE (CIC). IN FEB 2002, SGT GALEAZZA ENROLLED AS AN ATIS TECH AND WAS SENT TO ST. JEAN FOR BASIC TRAINING. ONCE COMPLETING BASIC, SGT GALEAZZA WAS POSTED CFB KINGSTON AND COMPLETED THEIR TRADE TRAINING AT ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE. IN MAY 2004, SGT GALEAZZA WAS POSTED TO 8 WING TRENTON WTISS. DURING THIS TIME, SGT GALEAZZA DEPLOYED OVERSEAS IN SUPPORT OF OP ATHENA AND OP ARCHER ROTO 4. AFTER THEIR POSTING TO WTISS, SGT GALEAZZA WAS POSTED TO SUPPORT THE CANADIAN FORCES STAFF COLLEGE FROM 2008-2012. AFTERWARDS, SGT GALEAZZA WAS POSTED BACK TO 8 WING TO AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT SQUARDRON (ATESS), AS AN ATIS QL 5 INSTRUCTOR. IN JUL 2015, SGT GALEAZZA WAS POSTED BACK TO 8 WING WTISS AS THE SECURE NETWORK SUPERVISOR. DURING THIS TIME, SGT GALEAZZA DEPLOYED OVERSEAS IN SUPPORT OF OP IMPACT ROTO 2 IN 2016 AND 2018. IN JAN 2019, SGT GALEAZZA WAS POSTED TO […]
1. MASTER CORPORAL DAVID SAVOY WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 3 FEB 23 AFTER 19+ YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF, ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS AND THE SUPERIOR TRADE, THE LINE TRADE. 2. MCPL SAVOY ENROLLED IN THE CAF AS AN INFANTRYMAN ON 10 SEPTEMBER 2003 AND SOON BEGAN HIS BASIC TRAINING IN SAINT JEAN QC THEN WAS POSTED TO THE 3RD BATTALION PPCLI IN EDMONTON AB. IN 2005, MCPL SAVOY WAS SENT TO CFB GAGETOWN WHERE HE SPENT ALMOST 5 YEARS AT THE INFANTRY SCHOOL. IN 2010, MCPL SAVOY HAD SEEN THE ERRORS OF HIS WAYS AND COMPLETED HIS OCCUPATIONAL TRANSFER TO A LINEMAN. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE MOVED TO KINGSTON FOR HIS FIRST POST AS A LINEMAN AT CFSCE TO COMPLETE HIS LINE QL3 JOURNEYMAN. SOON THEREAFTER HE WAS POSTED TO 2 CMBG HQ & SIGS PETAWAWA TO BEGIN PLYING HIS NEW TRADE. AFTER 4 YEARS HE WAS SHIPPED OUT WEST TO CFB SUFFIELD IN DIRECT SUPPORT TO THE WESTERN AOR WHERE HE WOULD ENJOY FOR ANOTHER 4 YEARS. ON HIS FINAL POSTING, MCPL SAVOY WAS SENT TO CFB GAGETOWN. 3. MCPL SAVOY WILL BE RETIRING IN NEW BRUNSWICK WITH HIS WIFE, SHELLY […]
1. AFTER 15 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, SERGEANT JONATHAN DÉCARY WILL BE RETIRING ON 05 MARCH 2023. 2. SGT DÉCARY FIRST ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 7 AUGUST 2007 AS AN ARMORED OFFICER AT RMC ST-JEAN. HE THEN TRANSITIONED TO THE NON-COMMISSIONED TRADE LAND COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN (LCIS TECH). AFTER MULTIPLE YEARS OF TRAINING, HE WAS THEN POSTED TO 5 HQ&SIGS IN DECEMBER 2010. HE SPENT THE NEXT 10 YEARS WITHIN 5 HQ&SIGS AND THEN BETWEEN 2011-2012 HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO INFORMATION SYSTEM TECHNICIAN (IS TECH) TRADE FOLLOWING THE BRANCH REARRANGEMENT. HIS TIME HERE WOULD ALLOW HIM TO COMPLETE MULTIPLE COMPUTER INNOVATIONS WITHIN 5 BRIGADE. ONE OF THOSE INNOVATION BROUGHT THE ARMY COMMANDER COMMENDATION TO 5 HQ&SIGS. HE WAS THEN POSTED TO 765 COMMUNICATION SQUADRON IN AUGUST 2020, AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR WAS PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK AND FILLED IN THE SGT POSITION WITHIN NET&TOOLS AND C&DN DETACHMENT. HE ALSO FILLED THE USS POSITION WITHIN THE REGIMENT. 3. SERGEANT DÉCARY WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERY COLLEAGUE HE WORKED WITH FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. THEY’RE THE REASON HE MANAGED TO REACH HIS KNOWLEDGE LEVEL, EXPERIENCE, AND PASSION FOR […]
1. AFTER MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO QUEEN, KING AND COUNTRY, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER PATRICK LOVE MMM CD RCCS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 31 MARCH 2023. THIS SERVICE INCLUDES 2 YEARS AS A MEMBER OF THE PRIMARY RESERVE. 2. PATRICK INITIALLY ENROLLED IN THE PRIMARY RESERVE IN 1982 AS A MOBILE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT OPERATOR (MSE OP) WITH 23 SERVICE BATTALION IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO. IN 1984, HE TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE, AS A RADIO OPERATOR NOW KNOWN AS A SIGNAL OPERATOR. UPON COMPLETION OF RADIO OPERATOR TRADE QUALIFICATION TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE) IN 1985, PATRICK WAS POSTED TO 427 TACTICAL HELICOPTER SQUADRON (427 TAC HEL), IN PETAWAWA, ONTARIO. THROUGHOUT PATRICK’S CAREER HE HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AT 23 SERVICE BATTALION HAMILTON ONTARIO, CENTRAL MILITIA AREA HEADQUARTERS TORONTO ONTARIO, 427 TAC HEL PETAWAWA ONTARIO TWICE, 4 CANADIAN MECHANIZED BRIGADE GROUP (CMBG) HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL SQUADRON (HQ AND SIG SQN) LAHR GERMANY, 2 CMBG HQ AND SIG SQN PETAWAWA ONTARIO TWICE, 734 COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON REGINA SASKATCHEWAN, COMBAT TRAINING CENTRE HEADQUARTERS GAGETOWN NEW BRUNSWICK, 3 AREA SUPPORT GROUP SIGNAL SQUADRON GAGETOWN NEW BRUNSWICK, 742 COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON […]
1. AFTER MORE THAN 32 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER SEAN HEWITT WILL TAKE HIS RETIREMENT ON THE 11TH OF FEBRUARY 2023 FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND THE SIG TECH TRADE. 2. MWO SEAN HEWITT JOINED THE CAF ON THE 9TH OF AUGUST, 1990 OUT OF CFRC VANCOUVER, BC. THE FOLLOWING DAY, HE FLEW OUT TO CFRS CORNWALLIS WHERE HE BEGAN HIS BASIC MILITARY QUALIFICATION. AFTER GRADUATING, HE WAS POSTED TO CFSCE WHERE HE ATTENDED HIS TRADE TRAINING AS A RADIO TECH. UPON COMPLETING HIS TRADE TRAINING, MWO HEWITT WAS POSTED TO 731 COMM SQN SHILO, MB. DURING HIS 5 YEARS AT 731 COMM SQN, HE COMPLETED A 6 MONTH TOUR OF CFS ALERT FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER 1994 AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PROMOTED TO CPL. IN JULY 1996 HE WAS POSTED 1KM DOWN THE ROAD TO 1 RCHA, WHERE HE SPENT THE NEXT 3 YEARS AS AN LCIS TECH. MWO HEWITT THEN LEFT SHILO FOR EDMONTON, AB IN MARCH OF 1999 POSTED UNDER 1 CMBG HQ & SIG SQN. WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF ARRIVING, HE DID A 2 MONTH TOUR OF BOSNIA WITH 2 RCR, EARNING THE NATO-FY MEDAL. ONE […]