Retirements
AFTER 36 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (RCAF) AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (CELE) BRANCH, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL (LCOL) DALE KING WILL BE RETIRING ON 8 AUGUST 2025.
AFTER 18 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE SGT GEORGES SAÏD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES EFFECTIVE 01 AUG 2025.
AFTER 23 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, MWO VICKI VEILLEUX WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF ON 02 JULY 2025.
1. AFTER 22+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, MASTER CORPORAL CHASTITY HILLIARD RETIRED ON 25 APRIL 2025. 2. MASTER CORPORAL CHASTITY HILLIARD ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 04 SEPTEMBER 2002 IN ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND AS AN OFFICER CADET. MASTER CORPORAL CHASTITY HILLIARD THEN JOINED ON HER OWN TERMS AS A NON-COMMISSIONED MEMBER ON APRIL 2004. SHE DID HER BASIC AT CANADIAN FORCES LEADERSHIP AND RECRUIT SCHOOL AT ST. JEAN, QUEBEC. SHE WENT TO MEAFORD FOR SOLDIER QUALIFICATION, THEN WENT TO BORDEN TO FINISH THE DRIVER WHEEL COURSE AND THEN KINGSTON TO COMPLETE HER SIGNALS TRADE COURSE. 3. AFTER COMPLETING HER TRADE COURSES, SHE WAS POSTED TO 2 CANADIAN MECHANIZED BRIGADE GROUP HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL SQUADRON (2 CMBG HQ & SIGS) ON FEBRUARY 2005. SHE THEN DID A TOUR AS AN INFORMATION SYSTEM OPERATOR FOR TASK FORCE AFGHANISTAN WITH 1 RCR ON 2006. FOLLOWING HER DEPLOYMENT, SHE RETURNED TO 2 CMBG HQ & SIGS. SHE WAS THEN POSTED TO CFB TRENTON FROM 2008 TO 2012 AND PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS UP NORTH. AFTER MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS, SHE SPENT MOST OF HER CAREER AT 2 CMBG HQ & SIGS. SHE CONCLUDED HER CAREER […]
1. AFTER 36 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, CAPT JEFF WATSON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 16 JUNE 2025. 2. JEFF ENROLLED IN THE PRIMARY RESERVE IN OTTAWA IN APRIL OF 1988 AS A CASUALTY AIDE. HE THEN TRANSFERED TO THE REGULAR FORCE AS A RADIO OPERATOR IN FEBRUARY 1989. 3. UPON COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING AND BASIC TRADES TRAINING, JEFF WAS POSTED TO CFB PETAWAWA FROM 1990 TO 1996 WHERE HE SERVED WITH SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL SQUADRON, 2 SERVICE BATTALION, CANADIAN AIRBORNE REGIMENT AND 2 COMBAT ENGINEER REGIMENT IN A VARIETY OF ROLES. DURING THIS PERIOD, HE WAS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE VIOLET WHO SERVED IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS FOR OVER 25 YEARS. 4. FROM 1996 UNTIL 2013 JEFF AND VIOLET WERE POSTED TO CFB EDMONTON WHERE JEFF SERVED WITH 1 MECHANIZED BRIGADE GROUP HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNALS SQUADRON, 3RD BATTALION PRINCESS PATRICIA’S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY, 1 FIELD AMBULANCE AND 408 TACTICAL HELICOPTER SQUADRON. 5. JEFF WAS POSTED TO 764 COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON AS MESSAGE TROOP WARRANT OFFICER IN 2013 AND WAS SELECTED FOR COMMISIONING AS A SIGNALS OFFICER IN 2014. UPON COMMISSIONING […]
1. SGT SAWRIE (CODERRE) RETIRED 17 JAN 2024 WITH OVER 21 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. 2. SGT SAWRIE JOINED THE MILITARY IN NANAIMO BC, ON THE 9TH OF JUN 2002, AS A CLASS A RESERVIST WITH 748 COMM SQUADRON. HE COMPLETED HIS BASIC TRAINING IN SHILO MB IN 2002. AFTERWARDS HE REMAINED IN NANAIMO UNTIL 2003 BEFORE HEADING TO KINGSTON, ONTARIO TO COMPLETE HIS SIGNAL OPERATOR QL3 TRAINING. IN SEPT 2003 HE WAS ATTTACHED POSTED TO 1 PPCLI FOR OP PEREGRINE TO ASSIST FIGHTING FOREST FIRES IN BC. IN 2004 HE COMPLETED HIS QL5 TRAINING IN KINGSTON, ONTARIO AT CFSCE. THEN IN 2005 FROM JUN-SEP HE DEPLOYED AS A MEMBER OF THE TAT KANDAHAR AFGANASTAN. IN AUG 2006, HE JOINED THE REGUALAR FORCE AND WAS POSTED TO CFJSR AS MT DET 2IC. MAY 2008 TO JAN 2009, HE DEPLOYED TO AFAGANASTAN AS A HELPDESK OPERATOR. IN 2010 FROM JAN-APR HE WAS TASKED TO VANCOVER, BC TO ASSIST WITH THE OLYMPIC GAMES, OP PODIUM. FROM AUG -DEC OF 2010 HE WAS TASKED TO PAPHOS CYPRUS TLD IN A TECHNICAL SUPPPORT POSITION. IN 2011 HE WAS POSTED AND PROMOTED TO MCPL AT CFSCE IN KINGSTON ONTARIO, […]