Retirements
1. ON 14 AUGUST 2022, CORPORAL GARRY REYNOLDS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 21+ YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. CPL REYNOLDS ENROLLED IN THE CAF RESERVES IN 1982, FROM WINNIPEG, MB AS A PTE WITH 735 COMMUNICATION REGIMENT AS A RADIO TELETYPE OPERATOR. HE LEFT THE RESERVES IN JANUARY 1986. FOUR YEARS LATER, IN JULY OF 1990, HE DECIDED TO GIVE THE REGULAR FORCE A GO AND REJOINED AT WINNIPEG, MB WHERE HE THEN WENT TO CORNWALLIS, NS FOR BASIC TRAINING. HE WAS POSTED TO KINSTON, ON FOR POET AND THEN TELETYPE AND CYPHER TECH TRAINING. AFTER COMPLETING TRAINING HE WAS POSTED TO 733 COMM SQN IN WINNIPEG, AND ONCE AGAIN LEFT THE MILITARY AS THE GOVERNMENT WAS REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE MILITARY AND TOOK AN FRP PACKAGE IN JULY OF 1995. IN AUGUST OF 2010 AFTER 15 YEARS OF DRIVING TRACTOR TRAILERS FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR HE AGAIN JOINED THE MILITARY THIS TIME AS A NAVAL ACOUSTIC TECHNICIAN SINCE THE NAVY WAS LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD MEN AND TOOK HIM ANYWAY (DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES!). HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE NCMSEP PROGRAM WHER HE WENT TO RED RIVER COLLEGE IN WINNIPEG AND […]
AFTER 39+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, LCOL SHELLEY NICKERSON WILL RETIRE ON 15 JULY 2022. LCOL NICKERSON JOINED THE CAF ON 23 SEPTEMBER 1983, AS PART OF THE YOUTH TRAINING EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (YTEP, 1YR GOV’T-SPONSORED MILITARY TRAINING) AND PROCEEDED TO BASIC TRAINING IN CORNWALLIS, N.S. AFTER BASIC TRAINING, SHE WAS SENT TO BORDEN TO COMPLETE THE PHOTO TECHNICIAN TQ3 LEVEL TRAINING. AFTER COMPLETION, SHE WAS SENT TO PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, TO COMPLETE THE YTEP YEAR. SHE WAS THEN OFFERED TO JOIN THE REGULAR FORCE AS A PHOTO TECHNICIAN AND UPON ACCEPTANCE, WAS POSTED TO GREENWOOD, NOVA SCOTIA WHERE SHE MET HER HUSBAND DAVE, AND SPENT THE NEXT 8 YEARS, POSTED TO BASE PHOTO, THE DIAC, AND AIR PHOTO. IN 1992, LCOL NICKERSON WAS POSTED TO THE PHOTO UNIT IN OTTAWA. IN MAY 1994, SHE WAS ACCEPTED TO THE UNIVERSITY TRAINING PLAN FOR NON-COMMISSIONED MEMBERS AND PROCEEDED TO BASIC OFFICER TRAINING IN CHILLIWACK, B.C. LCOL NICKERSON ATTENDED ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA IN KINGSTON, AND GRADUATED WITH BACHELOR SCIENCE PHYSICS IN 1999. UPON COMPLETION OF CELE OFFICER TRAINING IN 2001, SHE WAS POSTED TO OTTAWA WHERE DAVE AND DAUGHTER […]
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MARTIN OUELLET RETIRED FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 15TH FEBRUARY 2022, AFTER MORE THAN 26 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. LCOL OUELLET JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN JUNE 1995. HE GRADUATED FROM RMC WITH AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BACHELOR’S DEGREE AND FROM SIGNAL OFFICER TRAINING QUALIFICATION IN 2000. HE OBTAINED A MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM OTTAWA UNIVERSITY IN 2010 AND GRADUATED FROM COMMAND AND STAFF COURSE WITH THE MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY IN 2016. FROM 2001 TO 2007, LCOL OUELLET SERVED WITH 5 CANADIAN MECHANIZED BRIGADE GROUP HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNALS SQUADRON AND 5 SERVICE BATTALION IN VALCARTIER. IN 2007, HE DEPLOYED ON OPERATION ATHENA WITH JTF-AFGHANISTAN HEADQUARTERS. PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MAJOR IN 2008, HE WAS POSTED IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION AS THE ASSISTANT MANAGER, LAND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CENTRE (LSEC) WITHIN DLCSPM. IN 2010, LCOL OUELLET JOINED THE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLANNING TEAM. IN JULY 2012, HE BECAME ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED CANADIAN FORCES SHARED SERVICES GROUP. IN 2013, HE WAS APPOINTED OFFICER COMMANDING 1 SQUADRON OF THE CANADIAN SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS AND LEADS THE MODERNIZATION OF SIGNAL OFFICERS’ TRAINING. HE DEPLOYED […]
AFTER 19 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, WARRANT OFFICER KATHY WINNING WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, 1ST CANADIAN DIVISION AND THE AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEMS TRADE ON 15 MAY 2022. WO WINNING ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 20 SEPTEMBER 2002 IN VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA. AFTER BASIC TRAINING, SHE WAS POSTED TO KINGSTON WHERE SHE COMPLETED POET AND ATIS TECHNICIAN TRAINING. POSTED TO THE JOINT SIGNALS REGIMENT IN 2005, SHE DEPLOYED ON A TAV 2007 AND A ROTO TO KANDAHAR IN 2008. SHE PATICIPATED IN OP PODIUM IN 2010 AND THE G8/G20 SUMMIT IN 2010. POSTED TO CFSCE IN 2012, SHE HELD MULTIPLE POSITIONS FROM BTL TO POET COURSE DIRECTOR. SHE WAS THEN POSTED TO OTTAWA IN 2016. FOR HER FINAL POSTING SHE SPENT HER LAST 22 MONTHS AT 1ST CANADIAN DIVISION AS THE ASSISTANT IMO AND THEN A/IMO AND CR CLERK. KATHY WILL REMAIN IN THE KINGSTON AREA WITH HER HUSBAND JOHN ROSS AND WILL ENJOY TRAINING THEIR TWO PUPPIES, MILLIE AND HANK. SHE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THOSE SHE HAS SERVED WITH AND CLOSE FRIENDS. SHE WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANK HER FAMILY WHO HAVE PROVIDED THE MUCH-NEEDED SUPPORT OVER […]
1. AFTER 34 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE QUEEN, COUNTRY, AND TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN SIGNAL CORPS, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER DAVID KENNEDY WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 17 JANUARY 2022. 2. MWO DAVID KENNEDY ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN SUDBURY ONTARIO ON 21 JAN 1988. UPON COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING AND DRIVER TRAINING, HE WAS POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS RADIO OPERATOR TRAINING AND WAS POSTED TO BRAVO TROOP 1 CSR JUST IN TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN RV ‘89 IN WAINWRIGHT AB. DURING HIS TIME AT 1 CSR HE DEPLOYED TO SOMALIA IN DEC 1992 WHERE HE WORKED IN THE CP AS WELL AS DRIVING ESCORT DETAILS THROUGH THE MEAN STREETS OF MOGADISHU. THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 1994 DAVID DEPLOYED TO RWANDA WHERE HE WORKED WITH THE AUSTRAILIAN DEFENCE FORCE MEDICAL UNIT TREATING WOUNDED CIVILIANS DURING THEIR MANY MOBILE MEDICAL CLINICS. HE ASSISTED THE AUSTRAILIAN MEDICS WORKING AS AN INTREPETER BETWEEN THEM, THE CATHOLIC SISTERS AND MANY HUNDREDS OF WOUNDED. FOLLOWING HIS RETURN TO CANADA, IN AUG 1995, DAVID AND HEATHER WERE POSTED TO WINNIPEG MB, AS A SIGNALLER WITH 2 PPCLI (SECOND TO NONE). ONLY JUST […]
SGT BRANDON RICE WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON JUNE 26TH 2022, AFTER 13 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. SGT RICE ENROLLED INTO THE RCAF IN SEPTEMBER 2008. AFTER COMPLETING BMQ, THEY WERE POSTED TO CFSCE TO COMPLETE THEIR POET AND QL3 TRAINING. IN JUNE 2010 THEY WERE POSTED TO WINNIPEG AND DEPLOYED TO OP REASSURANCE IN JUNE 2014. THEY NEXT POSTED TO THE AWACS (AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM) AT 552 AIR CONTROL WING IN OKLAHOMA IN JULY 2016. ONCE THEIR AWACS TOUR COMPLETED, THEY WERE POSTED TO NORTH BAY IN JULY 2021. BRANDON WILL TAKE A POSITION WITH SHARED SERVICES CANADA TO START THEIR NEW LIFE AND RELOCATE WITH HIS WIFE KELSEY AND DAUGHTER TESSA TO WINNIPEG, MANITOBA. BY BRANDON’S REQUEST, THERE WILL BE NO FORMAL DEPART WITH DIGNITY EVENT. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, ANECDOTES, AND/OR PHOTOS ARE WELCOMED AND CAN BE FORWAREDED TO MSGT LUIS LOPEZ BY EMAIL AT [email protected].