Retirements
1. CAPTAIN MICHAEL COADY WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 1 OCT 2020 AFTER A COMBINED 38 + YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CAF, CANADIAN ARMY AND THE RCCS. 2. MIKE JOINED THE CAF THROUGH THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM IN THE SUMMER OF 1982 AT 744 COMM REGT VANCOUVER, AS AN RTOP. HE LATER TRANSFERRED TO 763 COMM REGT OTTAWA, WHERE HE COMPLETED A 6 MONTH CALL-OUT AT CFS CARP. IN AUGUST 1984 HE JOINED THE REGULAR FORCE AS A RADIO OPERATOR (MOC 211). AFTER COMPLETING DRIVER TRAINING IN BORDEN AND HIS INITIAL SIGNALS TRAINING ON THE FIRST AIRBORNE DESIGNATED SERIAL AT CFSCE, HE WAS POSTED TO THE CANADIAN AIRBORNE REGT. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY POSTINGS TO 3 PPCLI VICTORIA, 1 CMBG HQ & SIGS SQN CALGARY, THEN EDMONTON, LDSH(RC) EDMONTON, 79 COMM REGT KINGSTON, CFJSR KINGSTON, LDSH(RC) EDMONTON, 1 CMBG HQ & SIGS SQN EDMONTON, AND CFSCE KINGSTON. UPON BEING COMMISSIONED AS A SIGNALS OFFICER IN 2010, HE WAS POSTED TO LFDTS HQ KINGSTON, SSU (DET) KINGSTON AND FINALLY BACK TO CFSCE IN KINGSTON. MIKE COMPLETED 7 OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS DURING HIS CAREER: CYPRUS WITH THE CANADIAN AIRBORNE REGIMENT, GOLAN HEIGHTS WHILE POSTED WITH 3 PPCLI, CROATIA WITH […]
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER STEVEN NICHOL WILL RETIRE FROM THE RCAF ON 13 OCT 2020 AFTER A COMBINED 33 + YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CAF, THE RCAF AND THE RCCS. 2. MWO STEVEN NICHOL WAS BORN IN GRAND FALLS, NEW BRUNSWICK. HE ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN FORCES IN NOVEMBER 1987 AS A LINEMAN. AFTER COMPLETION OF HIS BASIC TRAINING IN CORNWALLIS, NS, HE COMPLETED HIS DRIVER TRAINING COURSE AND LAND TACTICAL TRAINING (LTT) AT CFB BORDEN IN FEB 1988. THIS TRAINING WAS FOLLOWED BY HIS LINEMAN TQ3 AT CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE), AT CFB KINGSTON. HE GRADUATED IN AUG 1988 AND WAS POSTED TO SSF HQ & SIGS, PETAWAWA. IN 1991 HE WAS POSTED TO 742 COMMUNICATION SQUADRON IN EDMONTON UNTIL 1996 WHEN HE WAS POSTED TO 1 LINE SQUADRON IN KINGSTON. WHILE IN KINGSTON, HE SERVED WITH 79 COMMUNICATION REGIMENT, AREA SUPPORT UNIT KINGSTON, AND CFSCE AS AN INSTRUCTOR. AS A LINEMAN HE DEPLOYED TO VARIOUS THEATERS OF OPERATION: CYPRUS IN 1989, GOLAN HEIGHTS IN 1993, AND KOSOVO IN 1999. IN 2002 MWO NICHOL COMPLETED AN OCCUPATIONAL TRANSFER TO AIR TELECOMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN (ATIS TECH). IN OCTOBER 2003, AFTER GRADUATING ATIS […]
1. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL TIMOTHY MALO WILL BE RELEASING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 01 SEPTEMBER 2020 AFTER 31 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. LCOL MALO ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN EDMONTON, ALBERTA IN JUNE 1989 AND GRADUATED FROM ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE IN 1993. UPON COMPLETION OF CELE TRAINING AT CFSCE, HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH 4 TIS SQN AND 42 RADAR SQN IN COLD LAKE, MARLANT N6, RLO(A), 12 WTIS SHEARWATER AND SSU(A) IN HALIFAX, DDCEI AND D STRAT CS IN OTTAWA WITH HIS FINAL POSTING AS CO OF 76 COMMUNICATION REGIMENT IN OTTAWA. LCOL MALO’S QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE ALLOWED HIS TO ACQUIRE 2 ADDITIONAL DEGREES FROM THE MILITARY WITH AN M ENG FROM RMC AND MDS FROM CFC. 3. LCOL MALO IS GRATEFUL FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL CAREER HE HAS HAD WITHIN THE CAF AND THE FRIENDSHIPS HE HAS FORGED THROUGHOUT HIS TIME WITHIN THIS INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION. HE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO HIS FAMILY WHO WENT THROUGH HIS MILITARY JOURNEY TOGETHER WITH HIM, HIS WIFE MARSHA AND CHILDREN GRACE AND JOSHUA FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND LOVE THROUGHOUT HIS TIME IN THE CAF. 4. LCOL MALO IS LOOKING FORWARD TO BEGINNING HIS NEW CAREER AS A […]
1. AFTER 36 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO CANADA (35+ YEARS IN THE REGULAR FORCE AND 1+ YEAR IN THE RESERVES), LIEUTENANT-COLONEL BRIAN MARANTA WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 14 AUGUST 2020. 2. LCOL MARANTA ENLISTED WITH THE STORMONT, DUNDAS AND GLENGARRY HIGHLANDERS IN MARCH OF 1984, RISING TO THE ESTEEMED RANK OF CORPORAL BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO THE REGULAR FORCES IN JUNE OF 1985. HE GRADUATED FROM THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA IN 1989 AND COMPLETED SIGNAL OFFICER TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS. 3. HE ENJOYED FIELD POSTINGS WITH THE SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL SQUADRON, THE THIRD BATTALION PRINCESS PATRICIA’S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY AND THE JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT. HIS STAFF TOURS HAVE INCLUDED THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE FOR THE TACTICAL COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PROJECT, THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS, THE DIRECTORATE FOR LAND COMMAND SYSTEMS AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, CANADIAN JOINT OPERATIONS COMMAND AND THE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT GROUP. 4. HE COMPLETED OPERATIONAL TOURS WITH THE UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE IN CROATIA AS THE SIGNAL OFFICER FOR THE CANADIAN INFANTRY BATTLE GROUP IN 1992 (OP HARMONY ROTO 1), […]
1. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL (LCOL) BRIAN MOSHER WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 12 AUGUST 2020 AFTER 28 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. LCOL MOSHER ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN JUNE 1992 AND GRADUATED FROM THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA IN 1996. AT THE END OF THE SIGNAL OFFICER COURSE AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS, HE REMAINS IN KINGSTON AND WORKS IN THE 79TH COMMUNICATIONS REGIMENT. ITS SUBSEQUENT POSTINGS INCLUDE THE MARITIME FORCES ATLANTIC (MARLANT) HEADQUARTERS (HQ), THE ORGANIZATION OF THE DIRECTOR LAND – COMMAND AND INFORMATION (DLCI), THE CANADIAN FORCES INFORMATION OPERATIONS GROUP (CFIOG) HQ, LIAISON OFFICER POSITIONS FOR THE US CYBERCOMMAND AND COMMANDER OF THE CANADIAN FORCES NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER (CFNOC). HE ENDED HIS CAREER IN THE TEAM OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL – CYBERSPACE (DG CYBER). 3. LCOL MOSHER IS GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE FRIENDSHIPS HE MADE DURING HIS CAREER, AND WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO HIS FAMILY FOR THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. 4. LCOL MOSHER IS HAPPY TO START HIS NEW CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THE DG CYBER TEAM. 5. BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT SITUATION, THERE WILL BE […]
1. MASTER CORPORAL CHRIS FOWLER WILL BE LEAVING THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 11 AUG 2020 AFTER 29 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE RCCS, CAF, AND CANADA. 2. HE JOINED AS AN ARMOURED CREWMAN; HOWEVER, HE REMUSTERED AS AN LCIS TECH IN 2002 AND LATER BECAME AN ACISS-IST IN 2011. 3. CHRIS HAS HAD A LONG AND VARIED CAREER. HE HAS SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE RCD, BASE SIDE AT ASU LONDON, 1 CMBG HQ & SIGS SQN IN EDMONTON, AND FINALLY AT CFSCE, BOTH AS AN INSTRUCTOR AND AS SUPPORT STAFF. HE HAS DEPLOYED TO THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, AFGHANISTAN, AND DOMESTICALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE 2010 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES IN VANCOUVER. 4. MCPL FOWLER WILL BE LEAVING THE REG FORCE TO START A RESERVE CLASS B POSITION WITH 21 EW REGT IN KINGSTON. HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL HIS PEERS AND MENTORS FOR THEIR GUIDANCE DURING HIS MILITARY CAREER. 5. CHRIS WILL STAY IN KINGSTON AND ENJOY STAYING IN ONE PLACE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 6. DUE TO THE ONGOING COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE, A DWD FUNCTION WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. 7. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, WISHES, AND HUMOROUS ANECDOTES CAN BE SENT […]