Retirements
AFTER 16 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE QUEEN, CANADA, AND THE C&E BRANCH, MCPL PIERCEY (TIMON, SHIELL) WILL RETIRE FROM THE ARMY BRANCH OF THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 31 JANUARY, 2023. 2. MCPL PIERCEY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LONDON, ONT. SHE FOLLOWED HER HUSBAND TO CANADA’S EAST COAST. AFTER INTERVIEWING MANY TRADES AT CFB GAGETOWN, PTE TIMON JOINED THE MILITARY ON 18 APRIL 2006 AS A SIG OP IN THE COMMS RESERVES, ATTACHED TO 722 COMMS SQN, SAINT JOHN, NB. AFTER PLQ IN FEBRUARY 2010 CPL TIMON APPLIED TO JOIN THE REG FORCE WHICH COMMENCED ON 27 JANUARY 2012 WHERE SHE WAS POSTED TO 5 CDSG SIGS, CFB GAGETOWN. MCPL SHIELL WAS POSTED TO 2RCR, HCOY AS THE COY SIG IN JULY 2013. AFTER 5 YEARS WITH THE INFANTRY, MCPL PIERCEY WAS INCARCERATED IN THE CFSCE COMSEC VAULT UNTIL HER FINAL DAYS, BEING RELIEVED OF DUTIES ON 15 JUNE 2022. AFTER A VERY EDUCATIONAL VRPSM PERIOD OF COMPLETING THE CARSON-DUNLOP HOME INSPECTOR COURSE, AND A STINT WITH THE CFHA, MCPL PIERCEY WILL BE RELEASING FROM THE ARMY, CAF, ON 31 JANUARY 2023. UPON RELEASE, AS A TRAINED AND QUALIFIED HOME INSPECTOR, KIM PIERCEY WILL BE SPENDING […]
1. MASTER CORPORAL LUCAS EDWARDS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 18 JAN 2023 AFTER 14 + YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. MASTER CORPORAL (MCPL) EDWARDS JOINED THE CAF AS A CELE OFFICER AS A PART OF THE REGULAR OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM IN JULY 2008, TAKING COMPUTER ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA. IN APRIL 2011, HE COMPLETED A VOLUNTARY TRANSFER TO BECOME AN ATIS TECH. AFTER FINISHING POET AND QL3 TRAINING IN NOV 2012, MCPL EDWARDS WAS POSTED TO 8 WING TRENTON WTISS. DURING THIS TIME, HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEPLOY IN SUPPORT OF OP IMPACT ROTO 0. FOLLOWING THEIR POSTING AT WTISS, MCPL EDWARDS JOINED THE TEAM AT 8 AIR COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL SQUADRON (8 ACCS) IN JUN 2015. DURING THIS POSTING, MCPL EDWARDS WAS DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF OP NANOOK, OP REASSURANCE AND OP CADENCE. IN JUL 2019, MCPL EDWARDS WAS PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK AND WAS POSTED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE) AS A POET INSTRUCTOR AND THEN LATER AS AN ATIS QL3 INSTRUCTOR. 3. MCPL EDWARDS WILL BE REMAINING IN THE KINGSTON AREA AND TAKING A POSITION WITH SHARED SERVICES CANADA. […]
AFTER SIXTEEN YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE REG FORCE, CPL KUMOR WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 1 DEC 22. CPL KUMOR JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (RCAF) IN 2006. AFTER COMPLETING HIS BASIC MILITARY QUALIFICATION (BMQ) IN 2007, CPL KUMOR WAS POSTED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE) IN KINGSTON, ON, WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS ATIS TECH QL3, IN 2008 CPL KUMOR WAS POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES BASE COMOX, HE COMPLETED HIS ATIS QL5A IN 2009 AND COMPLETED A TOUR AT CANADIAN FORCES STATION (CFS) ALERT IN 2015. CPL KUMOR HAS WORKED IN VARIOUS SECTIONS WITHIN 19 OPERATIONS SUPPORT SQUADRON (OSS) MOST NOTABLY IN THE AIRFIELD AS A CANADIAN COSTAL RADAR (CCR) TECHNICIAN, AUDIO VISUAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (AVCS) TECHNICIAN AND WITHIN THE SERVICE MANAGEMENT CENTRE (SMC) DOING DESKTOP SUPPORT. CPL KUMOR IS MARRIED TO LILIANNA SKUBLICKA. UPON RETIREMENT, HE IS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN THE COMOX AREA AND WILL ENJOY THE WEST COAST LIFE. CPL KUMOR HAS ELECTED TO NOT HAVE A FORMAL DWD SOCIAL FUNCTION. ANCECDOTES AND MESSAGES OF CONGRATULATIONS MAY BE SENT TO WO ROB SHEPHERD AT [email protected] OR 250-339-8211 X8350.
1. AFTER 13 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICES, MASTER CORPORAL MONGEAU-FRANCOEUR WILL TAKE HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND THE ATIS-TECH TRADE. 2. MCPL MONGEAU-FRANCOEUR JOINED THE RCAF IN 2009 AS AN AEROSPACE SYSTEM TECHNICIAN. AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIS BASIC MILITARY QUALIFICATION COURSE, HE IMPROVED HIS SECOND LANGUAGE PROFILE AT THE CANADIAN FORCES LANGUAGE SCHOOL IN ORDER TO FACILITATE LEARNING HIS TRADE. IN AUGUST 2011, HE COMPLETED HIS BASIC ELECTRONICS COURSE IN KINGSTON. HE WAS THEN SENT ON AN APPRENTICESHIP WITH THE LINEMEN OF THE 2ND BAGOTVILLE WING WHILE WAITING FOR HIS QL3. AFTERWARD, HE WAS POSTED TO THE 17 WING DUNDRUN DETACHMENT WINNIPEG, SASTKATCHEWAN. DURING HIS POSTING, HE COMPLETED HIS QL5 IN TRENTON. IN 2017, HE WAS POSTED TO LEITRIM STATION, OTTAWA WITH THE HIGH ARTIC DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SECTION (HADCS). HE PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION NEVUS AT CFS ALERT DURING THE SUMMER OF 2018, THEN WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE OPERATIONAL SYSTEM MAINTENANCE SECTION (LEITRIM). THIS EMPLOYMENT ALLOWED HIM TO LATER RETURN TO CFS ALERT TO COMPLETE A 6 MONTH DEPLOYMENT IN 2021, HE WAS POSTED WITH THE NATIONAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM SUPPORT (NC2SS) IN THE NCR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. 3. […]