Retirements
1. AFTER 15 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, SGT JASON PERRIN WILL RETIRE ON 14 APRIL 2025. 2. SGT PERRIN BEGAN HIS SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER 2009 AS AN AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ATIS) TECHNICAN. AFTER COMPLETING QL3 IN 2010, HE HAS ENJOYED POSTINGS TO TRENTON, NORTH BAY, AND OTTAWA AND DEPLOYED TO CFS ALERT AND OP CALUMET, EGYPT. 3. HE STARTED HIS CAREER AT 8 WING TRENTON WITH THE ATESS CCISF INSTALLATION CREWS, INSTALLING AIRFIELD EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT CANADA. AFTER COMPLETING HIS ATIS QL5 TRAINING HE WAS DEPLOYED TO CFS ALERT FOR 6 MONTHS AS THE “FLOATER TECH”. HE ALSO WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE MESS WHILE IN ALERT AND WAS BOTH THE VPMC AND PMC. UPON RETURNING FROM CFS ALERT, HE INSTRUCTED ON THE ATIS QL5 COURSE. HE MET HIS WIFE, CAPT AMANDA PERRIN, WHILE IN TRENTON AND THEY MARRIED AT THE 8 WING OFFICERS MESS IN MAY 2014. IN MARCH 2015, THEIR FIRST DAUGHTER, HEIDI, WAS BORN. HE THEN SPENT 2 YEARS TEACHING AT ATESS BEFORE BEING PROMOTED TO MCPL AND POSTED TO 22 WING NORTH BAY. HE WORKED AS A CREW 2IC AND CREW CHIEF AND MAINTAINED THE […]
1. AFTER OVER TEN YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE REG FORCE, MCPL ABRAHAM WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 09 APR 25. 2. MCPL ABRAHAM JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE IN 2014. AFTER FINISHING BASIC AT CFLRS, AND BYPASSING POET AS HE ALREADY HAD AN ELECTRONICS DIPLOMA, HE DID HIS QL3 IN KINGSTON IN 2015. HIS FIRST POSTING WAS THEN TO TRENTON WHERE HE DID HIS OJT ROTATION. ONCE FINISHED, HE WAS MOVED TO THE MACS SITE (MILITARY AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM) IN CARRYING PLACE WHERE HE WORKED AS AN HF RADIO TECH FOR 2 YEARS. MCPL ABRAHAM DEPLOYED TO BAHRAIN IN 2018 ON OP FOUNDATION, WHERE HE WORKED WITH THE URSA (UNCLASSIFIED REMOTE-SENSING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS) FOR 6 MONTHS, USING SATELLITES TO DETECT DRUG SMUGGLERS. THIS EARNED HIM THE SSM-EXPEDITION MEDAL. UPON HIS RETURN HE WAS POSTED TO 8 ACCS TRENTON IN 2019. ONCE COVID HIT, HE WAS TASKED BACK TO KINGSTON FOR OVER A MONTH ON OP GLOBE, WHERE HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN STANDING UP THE JOINT TASK FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE CAF TO RESPOND TO THE COVID OUTBREAK. IN 2020 HE WAS DEPLOYED TWICE TO ROMANIA ON OP REASSURANCE TO STAND UP AND TEAR DOWN […]
1. AFTER 15 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE REG FORCE, CPL XIN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 07 APR 25. 2. CPL XIN JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY IN 2010 AFTER FINISHING BASIC AT CFLRS, BEGINNING HIS CAREER AS A PRIVATE AND SIGNAL OPERATOR IN THE 2ND SIGNALS REGIMENT (2 SIGS) IN PETAWAWA. 3. WHILE STATIONED AT 2 SIGS, HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING UP AND DISMANTLING THE COMMAND POST (CP), AFTER COMPLETING HIS DP1 AND DP2 TRAINING, CPL XIN MADE THE DECISION TO SPECIALIZE AS AN INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIST. IN THIS ROLE, HE FOCUSED ON SETTING UP NETWORKS FOR THE COMMANDER POST, CONFIGURING AND PROGRAMMING CISCO ROUTERS. TROUBLESHOOTING NETWORK ISSUES AND ENSURING PROPER CONFIGURATIONS. 4. IN 2016, HE WAS POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES BASE LEITRIM, WHERE HE INDEPENDENTLY MAINTAINED HUNDREDS OF PCS, HANDLED FIBER CONNECTIONS, AND REPLACED HARDWARE. HIS SUCCESS IN MANAGING THE SECURE NETWORK SERVICE SECTION ON HIS OWN DEMONSTRATED HIS RELIABILITY AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE. LATER, IN THE SERVICE DESK AND INS SECTION AT 76 COMMUNICATION REGIMENT, HE CONTINUED TO EXCEL IN TROUBLESHOOTING AND COMPUTER MAINTENANCE, SHOWCASING HIS LEADERSHIP, PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS, AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO HIS WORK IN THE CANADIAN FORCES. 5. A STANDOUT […]
1. WARRANT OFFICER ST-AMANT JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) IN 2004 AT THE TROIS-RIVIÈRES RECRUITMENT CENTER. AFTER HIS BASIC TRAINING AND SIGNAL-OPERATOR TRAINING AT CFSCE IN KINGSTON, HE WAS POSTED TO VALCARTIER. HE WAS PART OF THE 2ND EXPEDITIONARY WING IN BAGOTVILLE WITH THE 8 ACCS. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL OPERATIONS, INCLUDING OP ATHENA, OP HESTIA, OP NANOOK, OP LENTUS, AND OP LASER. 2. HIS FAVORITE HOBBIES INCLUDE CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING, CROSS-FIT, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN GENERAL. HE IS THE HUSBAND OF MRS. JESSYCA ABEL AND THE FATHER OF FIVE CHILDREN. DURING HIS RETIREMENT, WARRANT OFFICER ST-AMANT PLANS TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND ENJOY LIFE.
1. WE ANNOUNCE THE RETIREMENT OF SGT D. LEROUX AFTER MORE THAN 41 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN SIGNAL CORPS AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. 2. DURING HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER, HE JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN DECEMBER 1981. A GRADUATE OF THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS AND A SPECIALIST IN RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES MARINE COMMUNICATIONS STATION MILCOVE IN NOVA SCOTIA FROM MAY 1983 TO JULY 1988. 3. THE SECOND ASSIGNMENT WAS TO QGET AT VALCARTIER FOR THREE YEARS, FROM JULY 1988 TO JULY 1991, AND TO THE “5E AMBULANCES” DE CAMPAGNE FOR TWO YEARS, FROM JULY 1991 TO JULY 1993. 4. HE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO BAGOTVILLE WITH THE 12TH RADAR SQUADRON FOR SIX YEARS, FROM JULY 1993 TO JULY 1999. ON HIS RETURN TO VALCARTIER, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH GENERAL SUPPORT BATTALION FROM JULY 1999 TO JULY 2002. HE TOOK PART IN THE OPERATIONAL THEATER IN BOSNIA IN 2002 WITH 2R22R. 5. FINALLY, HIS LAST REGULAR MILITARY ASSIGNMENT WAS MAINTENANCE AT CFB SAINT-HUBERT FROM NOVEMBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2005, FOR A TOTAL OF 23 YEARS. CHOOSING A NEW CHALLENGE, […]
1. MASTER CORPORAL DAVE HANNAN WILL BE RELEASED FROM THE REGULAR FORCE ON 1 APR, 2025, AFTER 21+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE ARMED FORCES, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. BEFORE JOINING THE MILITARY, DAVE WAS EMPLOYED WITHIN THE AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, MAINLY FULFILLING VARIOUS MANAGEMENT POSITIONS OVER THE SPAN OF 10 YEARS. AFTER MENTALLY AND FINANCIALLY SURVIVING THE VOLATILITY OF THIS INDUSTRY, HE FELT IT WAS TIME FOR A CHANGE IN HIS CAREER PATH AND DECIDED TO JOIN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN JULY OF 2003. 3. DAVE’S MILITARY CAREER STARTED OFF BY ATTENDING BASIC MILITARY QUALIFICATION TRAINING (BMQ) IN ST. JEAN, QC. UPON COMPELETION OF THIS COURSE, HE WAS RECOGNIZED BY HIS PEERS AND FELLOW SOLDIERS AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE COMRADESHIP AWARD. AFTER COMPLETING BMQ TRAINING, DAVE WAS IMMEDIATELY LOADED ONTO HIS SOLDIER QUALIFICATION (SQ) COURSE IN MEAFORD, ON. HE MENTIONED THAT HE FOUND THIS COURSE EXTREMELY CHALLENGING, MAINLY BECAUSE AN ADDED ELEMENT OF WINTER WARFARE WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE COURSE CURRICULUM. THIS MADE TRAINING OUTSIDE BARELY BEARABLE BECAUSE OF THE AVG TEMPERATURES USUALLY BEING IN THE -20 TO -40 RANGE. EVEN THOUGH HE FOUND HIMSELF BEING ONE […]