Retirements
1. AFTER 38 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MICHEAL DUTEAU WILL RETIRE ON 18 MAY 2022. 2. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DUTEAU JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN 1983 AS A NAVAL SUPPLY TECHNICIAN AND COMMISSIONED AS AN ARMY SIGNALS OFFICER AFTER OBTAINING HIS DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. HIS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE FACILITATING THE STAND-UP OF THE ARMY NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER AS A STAFF OFFICER TO ARMY COMMANDER, MODERNIZING THE CANADIAN FORCES COLLEGE IT INFRASTRUCTURE AS THE J6, AND STRENGTHENING THE 4 DIVISION ARMY RESERVE SIGNALS CAPACITY AS 4 CDN DIV G6 STRATEGIC PLANS. HE DEPLOYED TO THE GOLAN HEIGHTS IN 1989 AS PART OF THE UN DEPLOYED OBSERVER FORCE, AND IN 2017 WAS THE FIRST CAF MEMBER TO BE OPERATIONALLY DEPLOYED AS A GENDER ADVISOR, ADVISING THE COMMANDER OF TF LATVIA IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION REASSURANCE. IN 2020 HE TRANSFERRED TO THE PRIMARY RESERVE AND ASSUMED COMMAND OF 32 SIGNAL REGIMENT, WHERE HE OVERSAW THE RESTRUCTURE OF THE REGIMENT TO BETTER ENABLE 32 SIGS TO MEET FUTURE OPERATIONAL DEMANDS. 3. MIKE AND HIS WIFE JENNIFER ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ENJOYING THEIR RETIREMENTS AFTER SETTLING DOWN IN THE PICTURESQUE BEACH TOWN […]
1. ON BEHALF OF THE BRANCH, WE WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT MASTER CORPORAL DILAN MONGE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 01 JUNE 2022 AFTER MORE THAN 9 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN FORCES AND THE SIGNAL BRANCH. 2. MCPL DILAN MONGE JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 28 AUG 2012 AT THE CFRC IN CALGARY, AB. AFTER COMPLETING RECRUIT SCHOOL IN ST JEAN QC. HE ATTENDED HIS SIGNAL OPERATOR TRADES TRAINING AT CFSCE IN KINGSTON, ONT IN MAY 2013. HE WENT ON TO GRADUATE IN SEPTEMBER 2013 AND WAS IMMEDIATELY POSTED TO EDMONTON. HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH 1 CMBG HQ & SIGS AS RAD PARK DET MEMBER. AFTER A COUPLE YEARS, HE WAS POSTED TO 1 PPCLI, AND IN JUNE 2017 DILAN WAS EMPLOYED AS A SIGNAL STOREMAN FOR HIS 1ST TOUR IN LATVIA EFP (ROTO 0). IN JULY 2019 DILAN WAS POSTED TO 1 CER AS A NEWLY PROMOTED MASTER CORPORAL. IT WASN’T LONG AFTER BEING POSTED THAT ANOTHER DEPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AROSE FOR OP JTF IMPACT WITH 1 CER IN IRAQ 2020. HE RETURNED TO CANADA LATER THAT YEAR AND WAS ENROLLED FOR COMSEC TRAINING IN ESQUIMALT. HE WAS […]
AFTER 21 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MAJOR MAXIME FOURNIER WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON MAY 16 2022. MAJ FOURNIER JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN 2001 AS AN OFFICER CADET IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. AFTER COMPLETING HIS STUDIES AT THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA – KINGSTON IN 2005, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO CTC HQ IN GAGETOWN, NB WHERE HE WAS THE G6 PLANS AND G3 TRG OFFICER. IN 2008, HE WAS TRANSFRRED TO THE SIGNALS SQUADRON OF 3RD SSG WHERE HE SERVED AS MAINTENANCE TROOP OC THEN SERVICE DELIVERY TROOP OC.IN 2009, MAJ FOURNIER WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN THEN POSTED TO 2 R22ER IN VALCARTIER, QC AS A SIG O AND ADJT. IN 2010, HE DEPLOYED ON OP HESTIA AS SIG O FOR JTFSE. UPON HIS RETURN TO 5 CMBG, HE WAS FIRST EMPLOYED AS THE SIG O FOR 5E RALC, THEN AS THE BRIGADE G6 OPS AND PLANS. MAJ FOURNIER GRADUATED FROM AOC IN 2012 AND DEPLOYED ON OP ATTENTION IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 8 MONTHS AS G5 FOR NTMA.IN 2014, HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MAJOR THEN POSTED TO MONTREAL, QC WHERE WAS THE G6 OPS AND PLANS […]
WARRANT OFFICER SHELDON GILLIS, CD WILL RELEASE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON JUNE 07 2022, AFTER 23 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS AND THE BEST TRADE, THE LINE TRADE. SHELDON WAS SWORN IN AT CORNER BROOK, NL AND WAS SENT TO RECRUIT SCHOOL IN 1998 IN ST JEAN, QC. UPON COMPLETION HE THEN STARTED HIS ARMORED COURSE WHERE HE QUICKLY SAW THE LIGHT AND CHANGED TRADES TO BECOME A LINEMAN.HE THEN COMPLETED HIS LINE QUALIFICATION AT CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS IN KINGSTON, ON. TO BECOME A FULLY QUALIFIED TRADESMAN IN 2001.UPON COMPLETION, PTE GILLIS GOT POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT IN KINGSTON, ON. WHERE HE DEPLOYED TO SINAI, EGYPT AND TO VARIOUS BASES ACROSS CANADA WHERE HE COMPLETED MANY COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES.HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF CPL IN 2002 AND REMAINED AT CANADIAN FORCES JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT IN KINGSTON, ON. UNTIL 2006 WHEN HE WAS POSTED TO CFB HALIFAX LOCAL LINE WORK CENTER, WHERE HE WORKED ON CABLE PLANT MAINTENANCE. CPL GILLIS WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL IN 2007 AND WAS POSTED OVER TO CANADIAN JOINT SIGNALS REGIMENT HALIFAX IN 2008 WHERE HE DEPLOYED […]
COLONEL MICHAEL KEITH PURCELL, TF JERUSALEM / CANADIAN JOINT OPERATIONS COMMAND COLONEL MICHAEL KEITH PURCELL WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 26 AUGUST, 2022. COLONEL PURCELL TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR COMPONENT OF THE CAF IN 1986 AS A SIGNAL OFFICER. BETWEEN 1987 AND 1995 HE COMPLETED SEVERAL FIELD TOURS WITH POSTINGS TO CALGARY, GAGETOWN AND KINGSTON, WHERE HE WAS THE 2IC OF 2(EW) SQUADRON IN 1 CDHSR. IN 1995, COL PURCELL WAS POSTED TO THE TCCCS PROJECT WHERE HE WAS PROMOTED TO MAJ AND TRANSFERRED TO THE CF SUPPLEMENTARY RADIO SYSTEM HQ AS SSO LAND EW. WHEN CFSRS BECAME THE CF INFORMATION OPERATIONS GROUP, COL PURCELL WAS APPOINTED SSO OPS. WHILE IN THIS POSITION HE DEPLOYED TO CFS ALERT AS THE CO. ON HIS RETURN FROM CFS ALERT COL PURCELL WAS POSTED AS THE FIRST NON-US OFFICER IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED JOINT TASK FORCE COMPUTER NETWORK DEFENSE (NOW USCYBERCOM) IN WASHINGTON D.C. WHILE THERE, COL PURCELL COMPLETED HIS MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH A SPECIALIZATION IN INFORMATION SECURITY. COL PURCELL RETURNED TO CANADA AS THE OFFICER COMMANDING NETWORK OPERATIONS AND SECURITY BRANCH IN THE CF NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTRE. FROM THERE, HE DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN AS THE SIGINT OFFICER […]
1. AFTER 22+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER STEVE HARVEY WILL RETIRE ON 28 APRIL 2022. 2. MWO HARVEY BEGAN LIFE IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE AS A CADET INSTRUCTOR CADRE OFFICER IN SUNNY SUMMERSIDE PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ON 12 JUN 1999. ON 6 OCT 2004, HE RELINQUISHED HIS COMMISSION AND ALL THE PERKS THAT GO ALONG WITH BEING A CADET INSTRUCTOR CADRE OFFICER, TO JOIN THE REGULAR FORCES AS A DIRECT ENTRY CORPORAL IN THE ATIS TECH TRADE. AFTER COMPLETING BASIC TRAINING IN DEC 2004, HIS FIRST POSTING IN JAN 2005, WAS TO 42 TACTICAL RADAR SQN AT CFB COLD LAKE. IF YOU ASK STEVE, HE WOULD TELL YOU THIS WAS HIS FAVOTITE POSTING. IN JUL 2009, HE WAS A POSTED TO THE FM RADIO/AV SHOP AT 14 WTIS, CFB GREENWOOD. PROMOTED TO SGT IN JUL 2012, HE WAS POSTED BASE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT CFB ESQUIMALT. IN 2016, WO HARVEY WAS POSTED TO ADM(MAT) DGAEPM(R&CS) AS THE LIFE CYCLE MATERIAL MANAGER AND TECHNICAL AUTHORITY FOR THE BATTLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND THE CENTRAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ALSO KNOWN AS THE HF-LINK11 BLOS. PROMOTED TO MWO […]