Retirements
ON 16 DECEMBER 2022, MASTER CORPORAL JOHN LAKATOS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) AFTER 12 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. BORN AND RAISED IN TOTTENHAM, ON, MCPL LAKATOS JOINED THE CAF ON 25 FEBRUARY 2010 IN BARRIE, ON AS AN LCIS TECH. HE WAS POSTED TO CFSCE KINGSTON FOR TRAINING TO REACH HIS OFP AFTER COMPLETING BASIC TRAINING AT CFLRS ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU. IN 2011, MCPL LAKATOS WAS POSTED TO 1 HQ AND SIGS SQN AT CFB EDMONTON. DURING THOSE 5 YEARS, HE PARTICIPATED IN MULTIPLE EXERCISES AND CREATED INNOVATIVE CAPABILITIES, INCLUDING A RADIO-OVER-INTERNET PROTOCOL (ROIP) DEVICE TO SUPPLEMENT OR REPLACE RADIO REBROADCAST (RRB) TASKS, AND A TOBOGGAN BASED RADIO COMMS SUITE KIT FOR ARCTIC AIR DROP DEPLOYMENT. IN ADDITION TO SERVING AS A MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM COMMANDER (MRT COMD), MCPL LAKATOS ALSO SERVED AS THE TRAINING CELL COMMANDER AND WAS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT FOR THE ELAN COMM SUITE. IN 2016, MCPL LAKATOS WAS PROMOTED AND POSTED TO 2 HQ & SIGS CFB PETAWAWA AS A MCPL MRT COMD. IN 2017, MCPL LAKATOS WAS GIVEN HIS FIRST COMMAND POSITION AS THE LCIS DETACHMENT COMMANDER AT 2 CER, WHERE HE LEAD HIS TEAM TO SUCCESS, DRASTICALLY INCREASING […]
PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS (PO2) DOMINIC MORIN WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON JANUARY 13TH, 2023 AFTER 25 + YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. PO2 MORIN ENROLLED AS A NAVAL COMMUNICATOR IN HULL, QUEBEC ON MAR 20TH, 1996. AFTER 4 DEDICATED YEAR SERVING THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY (RCN), PO2 MORIN RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER 2000 AND RE-ENROLLED IN JUNE 2002 AS A NAVAL COMMUNICATOR. IN JULY 2010 PO2 MORIN COMPONENT TRANSFERRED AS SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST (SIGINT SPEC) WHERE HE COVERED MANY KEY POSITIONS AND SUPPORTED THE CANADIAN FORCES INFORMATION AND OPERATIONS GROUP (CFIOG) ON MULTIPLE ROLES. DURING HIS NAVAL CAREER PO2 MORIN SAILED ON: HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC, HMCS NIPIGON, HMCS ATHABASKAN, HMCS CALGARY, HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN, HMCS VANCOUVER AND HMCS REGINA. HE WAS POSTED ON: HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC (5 YEARS), HMCS CALGARY (2 YEARS), NAVAL FLEET SCHOOL QUEBEC (2 YEARS), STRATEGIC JOINT STAFF IN OTTAWA (FOR 3 YEARS), CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONIC IN KINGSTON (FOR 1 YEAR) AND THE CANADIAN FORCES STATION LEITRIM (FROM 2012 UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT). PO2 MORIN PROUDLY REPRESENTED CANADA AND THE CAF ON MULTIPLE OPERATIONS: OP KATRINA, OP PERSISTANCE, OP APOLLO, OP REASSURANCE, OP PROJECTION […]
1. MWO WILLIAM “BILL” GOETTING WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE REG FORCE ON 25 DEC 22 AFTER 39 PLUS YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. MWO GOETIING ENROLLED IN THE RESERVES WITH 44 FD ENGR SQN IN TRAIL B.C ON JUNE 10TH 1980. HE COMPONENT TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE ON 24 FEB 1983. AFTER COMPLETING HIS QL3 TRAINING, MWO GOETTING WAS POSTED TO 1 SVC BN CALGARY UNTIL 1989 AS AN IMPRESSIONABLE YOUNG TECHNICIAN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE TRAVELED TO GERMANY WITH 127 AD BTY AND THEN 4 AIR DEFENCE REGT, STATIONED AT CFB LAHR, HE THEN MOVED TO BASE MAINTENANCE LAHR UNTIL 1994 HONING HIS CRAFT AND GAINING LIFE EXPERIENCE. UPON HIS RETURN TO CANADA, MWO GOETTING CONTINUED TO IMPROVE HIS TRADE KNOWLEDGE BY BEING POSTED TO 1 PPCLI, EDMONTON FROM 1994 TO 2000 AND AT 1 CMBG HQ & SIG SQN, EDMONTON. HE QUICKLY ROSE THE RANKS AND BECAME THE TELS WO, AND ASST F OF S WITH A BRIEF STINT WITH ADM MAT IN 2005 FIELDING TCCS EPQT. DUE TO THE EXPERTISE CULTIVATED IN HIS CAREER HE WAS POSTED TO CMTC, WAINWRIGHT IN […]
1. HAVING SERVED 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, THE ROYAL CANADIAN DRAGOONS, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER DARRYL FAUBERT WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 27 JANUARY 2023. 2. MWO FAUBERT ENROLLED IN WINDSOR, ONTARIO ON 26 JANUARY 1988, UNDER THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARMOUR CORP AND SERVED 12 YEARS AS ROYAL CANADIAN DRAGOON AS GNR, DVR AND AIRBORNE ARMOUR RECCE DET MBR SERVING WITH THE SSF. TRANSFERRING TO THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH AS A RADIO TECHNICIAN IN 2000. FROM SEP 2000 TO 2002 CPL FAUBERT COMPLETED POET AND LCIS TRADES TRAINING BEFORE BEING POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES CRYPTO MAINTENANCE UNIT. PROMOTED AND POSTED TO CFJSR IN 2004, HE SERVED IN TECH MAINTENANCE SHOP AND DEPLOYED AS THE TLAN DET MCPL, AFGHANISTAN 06/07. IN 2008 HE WAS PROMOTED AND POSTED TO 2 ASG (NOW 4CDSG) AS A COMM’S DESIGNER AND UPON A SUCCESSFUL TOUR, WAS PROMOTED TO WO IN 2012. HE WAS POSTED TO 2 HQ & SIG SQN WHERE HE SERVED AS TP WO, A/FoS AND THEN PROMOTED TO MWO AS 2 BDE FOREMAN OF SIGNALS. AFTER A SUCCESSFUL TOUR […]
1. LCOL ANIL SHEEHAN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 16 DECEMBER 2022 AFTER 26 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CAF AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH. 2. ORIGINALLY FROM STEPHENVILLE, NL, LCOL SHEEHAN ENROLLED IN 1991 AS A SIGNALS OFFICER. AFTER COMPLETING BASIC OFFICER TRAINING IN CHILLIWACK, BC, HE ATTENDED ROYAL ROADS MILITARY COLLEGE IN VICTORIA AND LATER GRADUATED FROM ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA IN KINGSTON, ON. POSTED TO 1 CMBG IN 1997, LCOL SHEEHAN HELD VARIOUS LINE AND STAFF POSITIONS. DURING HIS TIME AT 1 CMBG, LCOL SHEEHAN DEPLOYED TO THE WINNIPEG FLOODS AND THE QUEBEC ICE STORM. HE ALSO DEPLOYED ON ROTO 0 TO KOSOVO IN 1999. IN 2001, LCOL SHEEHAN TOOK HIS RELEASE FROM THE CAF. IN 2006, LCOL SHEEHAN RE-ENROLLED AS A CELE OFFICER AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED TO CFS LEITRIM IN OTTAWA. PROMOTED TO MAJ IN 2010, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO 1 CDN AIR DIV HQ WINNIPEG AS A6 INFORMATION PROTECTION. IN 2011, LCOL SHEEHAN DEPLOYED TO KANDAHAR AS THE AIR EXPEDITIONARY WING HQ A6. THEN, IN 2012, HE WAS POSTED BACK TO CFS LEITRIM AS THE UNIT OPS O. FROM 2016 TO 2019, LCOL SHEEHAN WORKED IN […]
1. AFTER MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHAD JOHANNES WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 19 DECEMBER 2022. 2. LCOL JOHANNES CAREER HAS SEEN HIM SERVE IN A NUMBER OF COMMAND AND STAFF POSITIONS THROUGHOUT CANADA, INCLUDING STOPS IN EDMONTON, KINGSTON, AND OTTAWA. PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE REPRESENTING EACH OF THESE REGIONS IN REGIONAL AND NATIONAL HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS, AS WELL AS TWO OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS TO AFGHANISTAN AND SOUTH SUDAN. HE IS EXTRMELY PROUD TO HAVE SERVED HIS COUNTRY WITH SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED CANADIANS AND SINCERELY APPRECIATES THE SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT AND INSPIRATION THROUGHOUT HIS MILITARY JOURNEY. 3. LCOL JOHANNES WILL REMAIN IN THE OTTAWA AREA WITH HIS WIFE, CAROLYN, AND WILL GENERALLY BE FOUND AT THE HOCKEY RINKS WITH HIS THREE SONS ETHAN, DYLAN AND KEAGAN. 4. A RETIREMENT FUNCTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON 01 DECEMBER 2022 AT 3 BRASSEURS, 565 KANATA AVE, KANATA ONTARIO AT 1130. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, ANECDOTES AND RSVPS CAN BE SENT TO LCDR ADAM DUNN AT ADAM.DUNN(AT)FORCES.GC.CA NO LATER THAN 23 NOVEMBER 2022.