Retirements
AFTER 31+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALISTS (SIGINT SPEC) OCCUPATION, CPO1 JONES WILL HANG UP HER NAVAL UNIFORM FOR THE LAST TIME ON 30 JUNE 2023. 2. SHERRI, HAILS FROM CORNER BROOK, NL AND JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS A SIGINT SPEC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR IN ST. JOHN’S NL ON 25 OCT 1991. SHE COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CANADIAN FORCES RECRUIT SCHOOL CORNWALLIS, NS IN JANUARY 1992. SHE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN CHASING DITS AND DAHS AT CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS AT CANADIAN FORCES BASE KINGSTON, COMPLETING HER TRADES TRAINING IN DECEMBER 1992. THROUGHOUT HER CAREER SHE HAS ENJOYED POSTINGS TO 770 COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH SQUADRON, CFS LEITRIM (X3), 9 WING GANDER TIS, MARPAC ATHENA CFB ESQUIMALT, AND CFIOG (X2) WITH HER FINAL TASKING AS THE SIGINT SPEC SENIOR OCCUPATIONAL ADVISOR. SHERRI’S DEPLOYMENTS INCLUDE ONE OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT AND ONE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE VISIT TO CANADIAN FORCES STATION (CFS) ALERT. SHE’S SAILED EXTENSIVELY WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY ONBOARD HIS MAJESTY’S CANADIAN SHIPS (HMCS) OTTAWA, REGINA AND WINNIPEG PARTICIPATING IN OP ALTAIR, OP ARTEMIS, OP CARRIBE, OP ACTIVE ENDEARVOUR, OP REASSURANCE AND OP POSEIDON, AS WELL AS THE SEA TRAINING […]
1. MAJOR BILL SALMINEN HAS RETIRED FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 2 FEBRUARY 2023 AFTER 32 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. IN MAR. 1990, MAJ SALMINEN JOINED 736 (THUNDER BAY) COMMUNICATION SQUADRON UNDER THE RESERVE ENTRY SCHEME, OFFICERS AS A SIGNALS OFFICER. WHILE ATTENDING UNIVERSITY HE SPENT THE NEXT TWO SUMMERS COMPLETING BASIC OFFICER TRAINING AT THE INFANTRY SCHOOL IN GAGETOWN AND CELE RES BASIC AT CFSCE IN KINGSTON. PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT IN 1991 HE MOVED TO VANCOUVER WHERE HE CONTINUED HIS PART-TIME SERVICE WITH 744 (VANCOUVER) COMM REGT, FILLING THE 2I/C RADIO SQUADRON, THE UNIT TRAINING OFFICER, AND OFFICER COMMANDING SUPPORT SQUADRON POSITIONS. HE WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN IN 1996 AND FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS HE WAS EMPLOYED CLASS B AS THE REGT OPS & TRG O AT 744 (VANCOUVER) COMM, G6 AT 39 CBG, OC SP TP AT 1 CMBG HQ & SIGS SQN, DCO AT 2 ASG SIGS SQN, OPS O AT THE BC COMMUNICATION REGIMENT, G3 AT 74 COMM GP ROLES AS WELL AS SPENDING ALMOST EVERY SUMMER AT CFSCE TRAINING NEW RES AND REG FORCE SIGS OFFRS AND COMM RES NCMS. IN 2006 MAJOR SALMINEN TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE. HIS […]
1.CORPORAL BERUBE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE REGULAR FORCE 10 APR 2023 AFTER 6+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. CPL BERUBE ENROLLED IN THE RCAF AS AN AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN ON THE 16TH OF DECEMBER 2016 IN NOTH YORK ON. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS BASIC TRAINING, HE WAS POSTED TO CFSCE WHERE HE COMPLETED BOTH POET AND HIS QL3 TRAINING, AFTER WHICH HE WAS POSTED TO 8 AIR COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL SQUADRON IN MAY OF 2019 AS A DEPLOYED NETWORKS TECHNICIAN. WHILE POSTED TO 8 ACCS HE DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF MULTIPLE DOMESTIC OPERATIONS INCLUDING OP VECTOR, OP LENTUS AND OP GLOBE. CPL BERUBE WAS ALSO DEPLOYED TO UGANDA, AND THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO IN SUPPORT OF OP PRESENCE, AS WELL AS TO ROMAINIA SUPPORTING OP REASSURANCE. 3. CPL BERUBE WILL BE MOVING TO TORONTO AND TAKING A JOB WITH NAVCANADA AS AN ATM TECHNOLOGIST. 4. A SMALL UNIT LUNCHEON WILL BE HELD AT TRENTON SUSHI ON THE 3RD OF APRIL 2023. ANECDOTES, STORIES, AND WELL WISHES CAN BE SENT TO MCPL REES, C.T. ([email protected]), 613-392-2811 X3507.
1. MASTER CORPORAL ANTIQUIERA WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 22 APRIL 23 WITH OVER 13 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE AS A SIGNALS TECHNICIAN. 2. MCPL ANTIQUIERA JOINED THE CAF IN 2010 AS A SIG TECH AND UPON COMPLETION OF HIS TRAINING AT CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS WAS POSTED TO 5 CMBG HQ & SIGS SQN IN QUEBEC. DURING HIS NINE YEARS AT 5 CMBG, HE ALSO WORKED WITH SEVERAL UNITS SUCH AS 5 RALC, 2 CDN DIV TC AND 12 RBC. HE WAS ALSO DEPLOYED IN OP NANOOK AT HAINES JUNCTION IN 2016 AND OP REASSURRANCE LATVIA IN 2019. IN 2019, MCPL ANTIQUIERA WAS POSTED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES ELECTRONIC WARFARE CENTRE IN OTTAWA. 3. MCPL ANTIQUIERA WILL BE RELOCATING TO JOIN HIS WIFE KARINE, 2 CHILDREN JUSTIN & ELYCIA, AND HIS DOG DAZZ IN MONTREAL. 4. MCPL ANTIQUIERA WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND HIS DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO HIS PEERS & MENTORS THAT HAVE HELPED HIM THROUGHOUT HIS 13 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES.
AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MAJOR LEONARD PICOUTLAGAN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 31 MAY 2023. MAJOR PICOUTLAGAN JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS A SIGNALS OFFICER ON 8 JANUARY 2003, AS A DIRECT ENTRY OFFICER. UPON COMPLETING HIS TRAINING AT CFSCE IN KINGSTON, HE WAS POSTED TO 5 HQ&SIGS, BASE SIGNALS SERVICES VALCARTIERS, CEFCOM, DIMEI, DLEPS, DLCSPM AND FINALLY TO CFIOG HQ. HE ALSO DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN WITH OP ATTENTION ROTO 1. 3. MAJOR PICOUTLAGAN IS EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE PEOPLE HE HAS WORKED WITH AND RELATIONSHIPS HE HAS BUILT. ONCE RETIRED, MAJ PICOUTLAGAN WILL SETTLE AND DWELL IN PESSAMIT (QUEBEC), THE COMMUNITY WHERE HE GREW UP. 4. AN INFORMAL RETIREMENT FUNCTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON 17 MAY 2023 AT THE CFS LEITRIM ALL RANKS MESS AT 1400 HRS. THOSE WISHING TO PROVIDE ANECDOTES AND/OR BEST WISHES CAN SEND THEM TO THE OPI, CAPT YVES FORGET AT [email protected].
AFTER 31+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, CAPTAIN CAREFOOT WILL BE RETIRING ON 11 APRIL 2023. CAPT CAREFOOT JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN THE COMMUNICATION RESERVE IN 1991 WITH 705 (HAMILTON) COMMUNICATION SQUADRON, WHERE HE TRAINED AS A RADIO-TELETYPE OPERATOR. IN 1992, HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE RESERVE ENTRY SCHEME OFFICER (RESO) PROGRAM AND COMPLETED HIS TRAINING IN GAGETOWN, AFTER WHICH HE RETURNED TO HIS RESERVE UNIT AS THE RADIO TP 2IC. OVER THE NEXT TWO SUMMERS, HE FINISHED HIS SIGNALS OFFICER TRAINING AT THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS IN KINGSTON. AFTER GRADUATING FROM MCMASTER UNIVERSITY IN 1994, HE MOVED TO OTTAWA WHERE HE WORKED IN SEVERAL CLASS B RESERVE POSITIONS, INCLUDING TRAINING OFFICER IN DIRECTOR INFORMATION SERVICES OPERATIONS AND TRAINING, HARDWARE AND SOFTARE PROCUREMENT OFFICER IN DISO DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, AND NATIONAL INSTALLATION COORDINATOR FOR THE MILITARY MESSAGE HANDLING SYSTEM PROJECT. IN 2006, HE DEPLOYED ON OP ATHENA IN KANDAHAR AS A WATCH OFFICER IN THE JOINT OPERATIONS CENTRE. UPON COMPLETION OF THE CISCO NETWORK ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AT ALGONQUIN COLLEGE, HE ACCEPTED A POSITION IN 2008 AT THE CANADIAN FORCES WARFARE CENTRE AS THE […]