Retirements
1. WARRANT OFFICER NANCY ROSSIGNOL WILL RETIRE ON 10 JANUARY 2022 AFTER 23+ YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CAF. 2. WO ROSSIGNOL GREW UP IN CARAQUET, NEW-BRUNSWICK AND JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY IN OCTOBER 1996 AS A TACTICAL ACOUSTIC SENSOR OPERATOR. IN OCTOBER 2000 SHE ENDED HER REG FORCE CAREER AND FOR JUST OVER A YEAR WORKED AS A CIVILIAN IN COLD LAKE ALBERTA. SHE DECIDED TO RE-ENROLL IN 2002 AS AN AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECH AND CONTINUED TO SERVE UNTIL THIS DAY. WO ROSSIGNOL ENJOYED A 23+ YEAR CAREER IN THE REG FORCE, WHERE SHE SERVED ON HMCS ALGONQUIN IN ESQUIMALT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TWO POSTINGS IN TRENTON, ONTARIO AND THREE POSTINGS IN COMOX BRITISH COLUMBIA. THROUGHOUT HER CAREER SHE EXPLORED THE FAR EAST, TOOK PART IN RIMPAC IN 2000, AND DEPLOYED TO THE MIDDLE EAST IN SUPPORT OF OP ATHENA IN 2007. 3. NANCY WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE GREAT CAMARADERIE DEVELOPED WITH ALL THOSE WITH WHOM SHE SERVED AND THE EXCELLENT SUPPORT OF HER COLLEAGUES. SHE HAD THE PLEASURE TO DEVELOP MULTIPLE FRIENDSHIPS AND IS GRATEFUL FOR THE COMPASSIONATE SUPPORT OF MANY MENTORS OVER HER CAREER. 4. UPON RETIREMENT, NANCY […]
1. FOLLOWING 12 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MASTER CORPORAL TROY L. IRVINE WILL RETIRE FROM THE RCAF ON 14 JAN 2022. 2. MCPL TROY IRVINE ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN NOVEMBER OF 2009 AS A LAND COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN (LCIS TECH). FOLLOWING TRADES TRAINING WAS POSTED TO 2 CMBG PETAWAWA, MAINTAINING COMBAT-NET RADIO. IN 2014 WAS POSTED TO CFB HALIFAX N6 MARLANT WHERE HE WORKED AT NAVAL RADIO SITE SUPPORTING CRITICAL NAVY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INCLUDING WGS SATCOM. HE REMUSTERED TO AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATIONS SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN (ATIS TECH) IN 2014 AND WAS POSTED TO 8 COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS FLIGHT WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A NAVAIDS SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN. IN 2017 WAS POSTED TO 8 AIR COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL SQUADRONS (8 ACCS) EMPLOYED AS A NETWORKS TECHNICIAN, WHERE HE DEPLOYED TO OP REASSURANCE – ROMANIA (2018) AND OP PRESSENCE – MALI (2019). IN 2020 WAS THEN POSTED TO 4 WING COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS FLIGHT (CIS FLIGHT) EMPLOYED AS A C4 MISSIONS SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN. 3. TROY, HIS SPOUSE MELISSA AND THEIR CHILDREN CHARLOTTE AND NORAH WILL CONTINUE TO RESIDE IN THE COLD LAKE AREA WHERE TROY WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CAF COMMUNITY WORKING FOR SHARED […]
1. SERGEANT PETER HAWRISH WILL BE RETIRING ON 8 APRIL 2022 AFTER 23+YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. SGT HAWRISH JOINED CAF AS A RESERVE LINEMAN IN 1995, STAYING UNTIL JUNE 1999. HE QUIT THE RESERVES ONLY TO EVENTUALLY JOIN THE REG FORCE AUG 2000. DURING HIS TIME HE HAS SERVED MULTIPLE PLACES ACROSS CANADA (AMONG THEM: ALERT, EDMONTON,SHILO, GAGETOWN, WAINWRIGHT, PETAWAWA, MATSQUI, NEW PORT CORNERS) AND HAS MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS OVERSEAS (ERITREA, BOSNIA, MACEDONIA, ISRAEL-SYRIA & AFGHANISTAN). HIS SERVICE AS LINEMAN FOUND HIM POSTED TO CFJSR, 2PPCLI, CSOR, & CFSCE. AFTER HIS REMUSTER TO SIGINT SPEC HE WAS POSTED TO 21 EW REGT, CFS LEITRIM, AND FINALLY CFSCE TO FINISH THINGS OUT WHERE HE STARTED. 3. SGT HAWRISH IS RETIRING WITH HIS DOG ATHENA; THE ISLAND GODDESS. HE HAS NOT SET A CONCRETE PLAN EXCEPT MAYBE USING ALL HIS USEFUL SKILL LEARNED THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, CONTRACTING THEM TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 4. HIS DWD WILL BE A PRIVATE FUNCTION AND INVITES WILL BE SENT TO A SELECT FEW SAVAGES. 5. ANECDOTES CAN BE SENT TO SGT CHARBONNEAU ([email protected]) FOR COMPILING AND APPROPRIATE DISSEMINATION.
1. MASTER CORPORAL LEANNE THOMPSON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 23 NOVEMBER 2021 AFTER 14 PLUS YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. LEANNE ENROLLED WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY AS SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST IN NOVEMBER 2007 AND AFTER BASIC TRAINING AND TRADE TRAINING SHE WAS POSTED TO KINGSTON. AFTER HAVING A GRAND TIME DOING FIELD WORK AND DRIVING BISONS, SHE WAS POSTED TO OTTAWA FOR HER FINAL POSTING. 3. LEANNE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THOSE WITH WHOM SHE SERVED, AND IS THANKFUL FOR THE LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS DEVELOPED OVER HER 14 YEARS IN UNIFORM. LEANNE HAS ENJOYED THE SUPPORT AND ADVICE OF MANY MENTORS, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES THROUGHHOUT HER CAREER, SHE IS DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR THEIR GUIDANCE, INTEGRITY, RESPECT AND EMBRACE NEW OPPORTUNITIES. 4. UPON RETIREMENT, LEANNE WILL REMAIN IN THE NCR. 5. TO COMMEMORATE HER DEDICATION TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, AN INFORMAL LUNCHEON WILL BE HELD AT CFS LEITRIM MESS BEFORE HER RELEASE DATE. BEST WISHES AND FUNNY CAREER ANECDOTES MAY BE SENT TO WO YVES LUPIEN AT [email protected]
1. MASTER CORPORAL MARK OSBOURNE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON THE 14TH OF NOVEMBER 2021, AFTER 17 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMY AND ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. 2. MARK JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND IN OCTOBER OF 2004 AS A SIGNALS OPERATOR IN THE PRIMARY RESERVES WHILE COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING IN SHILO, MANITOBA IN 2005, MARK RETURNED HOME TO COMPLETE HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. AFTER PARTICIPATING IN A NUMBER OF OPERATIONS WITH 728 COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON IN SOME OF THE MOST REMOTE, NORTHERN PARTS OF CANADA, AND WORKING AS AN ELECTRICIAN ON THE CIVILIAN SIDE, MARK JOINED THE REG FORCE AS AN ATIS TECH IN MARCH OF 2012. AFTER COMPLETION OF POET IN KINGSTON IN 2013, MARK WAS POSTED BRIEFLY TO GANDER THAT YEAR, FOLLOWED BY FURTHER TRAINING AND A POSTING TO CFB HALIFAX. BETWEEN 2013 AND NOW, MARK HAS WORKED DESKTOP SUPPORT WITH N6/BIS, AND SUPPORTED THE MILL COVE RX SECTION AFTER A PROMOTION TO MCPL IN 2018. 3. MARK AND HIS FAMILY PLAN ON SETTLING IN THE HALIFAX AREA, STAYING CLOSE TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WHILE WORKING AS A CS02 WITH 12 TELECOMM […]
1. MASTER CORPORAL MICHELLE J. BARRETT WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 23 NOVEMBER 2021 AFTER 19 + YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. MCPL BARRRET ENROLLED AS A SIGINT SPECIALIST IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA ON MAR 19TH, 2002. DURING HER CAREER SHE SERVED AT CANADIAN FORCES STATION LEITRIM (X3), CANADIAN FORCES ELECTRONIC WARFARE CENTER, HMCS IROQUOIS, AND TRINITY. 3. MCPL BARRETT IS EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE FANTASTIC PEOPLE SHE HAS WORKED FOR AND WITH THROUGHOUT HER CAREER. NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF HER FAMILY. 4. MCPL BARRETT AND HER SON CHRISTIAN WILL BE RELOCATING TO THE EAST COAST AND SHE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO FIGURING OUT WHERE SHE GOES FROM THERE. 5. MCPL BARRETT WILL BE CELEBRATING HER DEPARTURE FROM THE CAF ON NOVEMBER 19TH AT 1400HRS AT THE CFS LEITRIM ALL RANKS MESS. THIS WILL BE AN INFORMAL EVENT FOR EVERYONE TO REMINISCE AND PARTAKE IN “A FEW” BEVERAGES. PLEASE SEND ANY CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES OR HUMOROUS ANECDOTES TO PO1 ALESSANDRO (ALEX) DORI [email protected] NLT FRIDAY 12 NOV, 2021.