Retirements
1. AFTER 22+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, WO DARIN LAMPMAN WILL RETIRE ON 24 SEPT 2025. 2. WO LAMPMAN ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 19 SEPT 2003 AS AN AEROSPACE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEM TECHNICAN AFTER COMPLETING HIS COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST PROGRAM IN OTTAWA. THEN, PTE LAMPMAN VENTURED OFF TO CFLRS, QC FOR HIS EXCITING 10 WEEK EXPOSURE TO THE CAF WHERE HE WAS THE ONLY AIRFORCE MEMBER IN A SERIAL OF EVEN SPLIT OF ARMY AND NAVY RECRUITS. AFTER GRADUATION, HE MOVED ON THE CFSCE TO UNDERTAKE BOTH POET AND QL3 PROGRAMS. UPON COMPLETION, HIS FIRST POSTING WAS TO CFB WINNIPEG IN MAY 2005, WHERE HE WAS PART OF THE WTISS COMPUTER AND NETWORKING SECTIONS. HE ALSO HAD THE FORTUNE TO BE DEPLOYED AS PART OF TSE AFGHANISTAN TWICE IN BOTH 2006 AND 2009. HIS NEXT POSTING WAS TO MARLANT HQ HALIFAX IN 2010 AS A MCPL NRS TECH WHICH SUPPORTED BOTH CFB HALIFAX AND SHEARWATER. FOLLOWING HIS TIME IN NOVA SCOTIA, HE WAS PROMOTED TO SGT AND POSTED TO CFB TRENTON 8ACSS IN 2015. IN HIS FIRST YEAR, HE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING THE SUPPORT SGT AT […]
1. AFTER 37+ YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, LCOL GRANT GRISWOLD WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 14 APRIL 2025. HE JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN 1987 AND GRADUATED FROM THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, KINGSTON IN 1991 WITH A BACHELOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. HE THEN WENT ON TO COMPLETE HIS SIGNAL OFFICER TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE). 2. LCOL GRISWOLD HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE SERVED IN A VARIETY OF CANADIAN ARMY POSTS AT THE TACTICAL, OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC LEVELS, WORKING AT 1ST CANADIAN DIVISION HQ AND SIGNALS REGIMENT (1 CDHSR), DIRECTOR LAND COMMAND AND INFORMATION (DLCI) OTTAWA, G6 OF THE 4TH CDN DIV HQ IN TORONTO/J6 OF THE JOINT TASK FORCE CENTRAL (JTFC). 3. OUTSIDE OF THE ARMY, LCOL GRISWOLD HAS SERVED WITH CHIEF MILITARY PERSONNEL (CMP) AS THE P6, THE CANADIAN JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT (JSR)-KINGSTON AS OC 3 SQN AND OC SP SQN, G6 OF THE JOINT OPERATIONAL SUPPORT GROUP (JOSG)-KINGSTON, MEMBER OF DEPUTY DIRECTORATE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING (DDIMP)-OTTAWA, DEPUTY COMMANDANT OF CFSCE-KINGSTON. OPERATIONAL TOURS INCLUDE DEPLOYMENTS IN 1994 OP SPEAKER AS PART OF THE UN CONTINGENT IN THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, AND IN 2004 FOR […]
1. AFTER 22 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND CANADA, SGT GOOSEN WILL BE MEDICALLY RELEASED EFFECTIVE 01 APRIL 2025. 2. SGT GOOSEN JOINED THE CAF IN 2003 AS A VEHICLE TECHNICIAN. HE COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES LEADERSHIP AND RECRUITING SCHOOL IN SAINT-JEAN QUEBEC. FOLLOWING HIS GRADUATION, KEITH COMPLETED HIS TRADE TRAINING AT THE ROYAL CANADIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS SCHOOL IN BORDEN ONTARIO, FOLLOWED BY SOLDIER QUALIFICATION IN GAGETOWN NB. 3. KEITH STARTED HIS RCEME MAINTENANCE CAREER ON A VAST MIX OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT AS A CRAFTSMAN IN 2004 AT RCEME BASE MAINTENANCE AT 4 WING COLD LAKE ALBERTA. DURING HIS POSTING, HE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING THE AURORA BOREALIS AT NIGHT AND FELT THE INTENSE COLD OF MINUS 55. HE WORKED AT THE COLD LAKE AIR WEAPNONS RANGE (CLAWR) MAINTAINING HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND AIR DEFENCE VEHICLES. HE PARTICIPATED IN EXERCISE MAPLE FLAG, EXERCISE MAPLE RESOLVE, AND MANY TRIPS TO THE ARTIC CIRCLE. 4. IN THE WINTER OF 2007, HE WENT ON DEPLOYMENT TO SOUTHWEST ASIA WITH THE JOINT TASK FORCE AFGHANISTAN (ROTO 5) OP ATHENA IN CAMP MIRAGE AND MUCH TIME AT KANDAHAR AIRFIELD MAINTAINING CRITICAL RUNWAY EQUIPMENT, […]
1. AFTER OVER 23 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, WO DAVID CLEGHORN WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF ON 03 APRIL 2025. 2. WO CLEGHORN JOINED THE CAF ON 27 FEBRUARY 2002 AS AN AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ATIS) TECH, BEGINNING HIS CAREER IN OROMOCTO, NB. FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF HIS BASIC TRAINING IN CFB ESQUIMALT, WO CLEGHORN MOVED TO CFB KINGSTON TO COMPLETE THE PERFORMANCE ORIENTED ELECTRONICS TRAINING (POET) AND ATIS QL3 COURSE IN 2004. OVER THE YEARS, WO CLEGHORN WAS POSTED TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS, INCLUDING CFB GREENWOOD, CFB GANDER, AND CFB TRENTON. WO CLEGHORN WAS RECENTLY POSTED BACK CFB TRENTON, AT AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ATESS) AS THE ATIS TRAINING WO. HE THEN RECEIVED HIS FINAL AND CURRENT POSTING TO 8 COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATIONS SYSTEMS (CIS) FLT IN 2024. 3. WO CLEGHORN HAS BEEN DEPLOYED ON MULTIPLE OPERATIONS, INCLUDING OP IMACT IN KUWAIT (2016-2017) AND OP JTF IMPACT (2020-2021), WHERE HIS SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP WERE INVALUABLE TO MISSION SUCCESS. 4. WO CLEGHORN WILL BE STAYING IN THE TRENTON AREA WITH HIS SPOUSE, AMANDA, AND TWO DAUGHTERS, EMMA AND ALYSSA. 5. AS WO CLEGHORN TAKES THE REMAINING DAYS OF HIS ANNUAL LEAVE BEFORE TRANSITIONING INTO A NEW […]
1. AFTER 22 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, CPL KENNETH WELLS WILL RETIRE 1 APRIL 2025. 2. CPL WELLS BEGAN HIS SERVICE IN OCTOBER 2002 AS A LAND COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (LCIS) TECHNICIAN. AFTER COMPLETING THE PERFORMANCE ORIENTED ELECTRONICS TRAINING (POET) COURSE AND THE LCIS QL3 IN 2004, HE ENJOYED POSTINGS TO VALCARTIER AND KINGSTON. IN 2007 HE LEFT THE ARMY TO JOIN THE NAVY AS NAVAL ELECTRONICS (NE) TECH. WHILE IN THE NAVY, HE SPENT TIME ABOARD SEVERAL SHIPS INCLUDING: THE HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC, THE HMCS ST. JOHN’S, THE HMCS CALGARY, THE HMCS OTTAWA, AND THE HMCS WHITEHORSE. CONCLUDING HIS FINAL STINT ONBOARD THE HMCS WHITEHORSE IN 2016, HE RETURNED TO CFB ESQUIMALT WHERE HE THEN REMUSTERED TO AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ATIS) TECH. GIVEN HIS EXPERIENCE AS BOTH A NE TECH AND LCIS TECH, CPL WELLS WAS EXEMPT FROM POET, THE ATIS QL3, AND THE ATIS QL5 COURSE. AS AN ATIS TECH, CPL WELLS WAS FIRST STATIONED AT 8 AIR COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL SQUADRON (ACCS) UNTIL 2020. HE WAS THEN POSTED TO HIS CURRENT POSITION AND FINAL POSITION AS A WORKSHOPS TECH AT 8 COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (CIS) FLIGHT. 3. […]
1. AFTER MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MCPL TROY MCKEOUGH WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES EFFECTIVE 01 APR 2025. 2. MCPL TROY MCKEOUGH JOINED THE CAF IN APRIL OF 1989 AS A CLERK. FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM BASIC TRAINING AND TRADE TRAINING AT CFB BORDEN, HE WAS POSTED TO CFB TRENTON. 3. IN 2002, HE OPTED FOR A VOT TO ATIS TECH AND WENT ON TO COMPLETE TRADE TRAINING AT CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE). HE WAS THEN POSTED TO 12 WING SHEARWATER IN 2004, FOLLOWED BY A POSTING TO 14 WING GREENWOOD IN 2009 WHERE HE WOULD GO ON TO SPEND THE REST OF HIS CAREER, INCLUDING A DEPLOYMENT TO AFGANISTAN. 4. UPON RETIREMENT, TROY PLANS TO STAY WITHIN THE GREENWOOD AREA AND SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH HIS FAMILY. 5. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES AND ANECDOTES ARE TO BE SENT TO [email protected].