Retirements
1. MASTER CORPORAL ANDREW LAAGLAND WINDER WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 14 OCT 2022 WITH 13 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORP OF SIGNALS AS A LINE TECHNICIAN. 2. MCPL LAAGLAND WINDER ENROLLED IN THE CAF AS A LINEMAN ON 30 JUL 2009 IN FREDRICTON NB. AFTER COMPLETING BASIC MILITARY TRAINING IN SAINT-JEAN, HE WAS POSTED TO CFSCE, BEFORE BEING PROMOTED TO CORPORAL AND POSTED TO CFJSR IN 2014. IN 2015, ANDREW BECAME A LINE TECHNICIAN, COMPLETING HIS TRADES TRAINING AT CFSCE IN 2016. IN 2018, HE DEPLOYED TO MALI, AFRICA WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF OP PRESENCE. IN 2019, ANDREW WAS POSTED TO 77 LINE REGT, 5 LINE SQN HALIFAX, WHERE HE WORKED AS THE LINE CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN FOR THE LOCAL LINE WORK CENTER. ON 29 JULY 2022, ANDREW WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MASTER CORPORAL. 3. MCPL LAAGLAND WINDER WILL BE RETIRING IN NEW BRUNSWICK WITH HIS WIFE SASHA AND HIS SON HUNTER. 4. ANDREW HAS RESPECTFULLY OPTED NOT TO HAVE A DWD, HOWEVER CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, ANECDOTES, STORIES, AND PHOTOS ARE WELCOME AND MAY BE SENT EITHER DIRECTLY TO ANDREW OR BY EMAIL TO [email protected].
1. AFTER 10 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, CPL DERRICK CROWDER WILL RETIRE ON 15 NOVEMBER 2022. 2. BORN IN WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CPL DERRICK CROWDER BEGAN LIFE IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN NOVEMBER 2012 AS AN ATIS TECH. IN MAY 2014, AFTER COMPLETING QL3, DERRICK WAS POSTED TO CFB BAGOTVILLE, QUEBEC. WHILE THERE CPL CROWDER WORKED WITH THE 77 LINE REGIMENT WORKING UNDER SHARED SERVICES CANADA. IN JULY 2017, DERRICK WAS POSTED TO THE AIRFIELD AT 12 WING SHEARWATER. IN JANUARY 2020, CPL CROWDER MOVED TO HALIFAX TO THE TRANSITION CENTRE. IT WAS HERE WHERE THE CLASSIC ATIS TECH WORK OF MAINTAINING COMPUTERS TOOK PLACE. NOVEMBER 2021 SAW CPL CROWDER RETURN TO CFB SHEARWATER BUT THIS TIME TO THE CSM SHOP. 3. CPL CROWDER WILL BE RETIRING IN THE ANNAPOLIS VALLEY, KINGSTON, NOVA SCOTIA. 4. ANYONE WISHING TO SEND WELL WISHES OR ANECDOTES CAN DO SO BY EMAILING [email protected]
AFTER 20 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, SGT ZAW AUNG WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 15 DECEMBER 2022.
AFTER 23 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) WO JAKE OUELLET WILL BE RETIRING ON THE 9TH NOV 22.
MASTER WARRANT OFFICER MICHAEL TAYLOR, CD, WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 23 NOVEMBER 2022 AFTER 31 + YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS AND THE LINE TECHNICIAN TRADE.
1. AFTER MORE AND 33 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, WARRANT OFFICER STEVE WINDSOR’S LAST DAY OF WORK WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES WILL BE 9 JAN 2023. 2. WO WINDSOR ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN JUN 1986 UNDER THE ROTP PROGRAM AS A MARINE ENGINEERING OFFICER CANDIDATE BUT RELEASED AFTER 6 MONTHS. ENCOURAGED BY HIS FATHER, STEVE RE-ENROLLED IN JUL 1990 AND COMPLETED POET AND RADIO TECHNICIAN TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS AND WAS THEN POSTED TO BASE TELECOM AT CFB CHATHAM IN OCT 1991. AFTER BEING POSTED TO CFB GREENWOOD IN NOV 1995, HIS TRADE CHANGED THREE TIMES AS A RESULT OF MOSART TO SIS IN 1996, LCIS IN 2000 AND FINALLY TO ATIS IN 2001. SUBSEQUENT POSTINGS INCLUDED OTTAWA (765 TM TP) IN 2005, HALIFAX (NEWPORT CORNER) IN 2008, TRENTON (ATESS) IN 2012, WINNIPEG (2 CAD) IN 2016, AND FINALLY OTTAWA (CFNOC) IN 2019. 3. WO WINDSOR IS GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIPS DEVELOPED DURING HIS CAREER AND ESPECIALLY FOR HIS CHILDREN WHO ENDURED MULTIPLE POSTINGS BEFORE MOVING OUT ON THEIR OWN. STEVE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING BACK EAST TO NOVA SCOTIA AFTER RETIREMENT, SPENDING TIME CLOSER TO […]