Retirements
1. CAPTAIN BLAIR MACKNIGHT RETIRED FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON THE 06 JULY 2020 WITH 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS AND THE LINE TRADE. 2. CAPT MACKNIGHT ENROLLED IN THE PRIMARY RESERVES IN CAMPBELLTON NEW BRUNSWICK AS A RIFLEMAN WITH 2 ROYAL NEW BRUNSWICK REGIMENT (2 RNBR) AT AGE 18 AND TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE IN 1985. FOLLOWING BASIC TRAINING IN CORNWALLIS NS, HE ATTENDED LINEMAN APPRENTICE TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS AT KINGSTON ON. 3. OVER THE NEXT 3 DECADES, CAPT MACKNIGHT SERVED AS A LINEMAN WITH 1ST CANADIAN SIGNALS REGIMENT, 1 LINE TROOP, NAVAL RADIO STATION NEWPORT CORNERS, 76 COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON, 2 CANADIAN MECHANIZED BRIGADE GROUP HEADQUARTERS & SIGNALS SQUADRON, 79 COMMUNICATIONS REGIMENT, CANADIAN FORCES JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT, AND CANADIAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND HEADQUARTERS. 4. UPON PROMOTION TO CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER IN 2012, HE WAS POSTED TO CANADIAN JOINT OPERATIONS COMMAND HEADQUARTERS AS THE LINE CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT (LCS). OVER A 2-YEAR PERIOD HE CHAIRED A WORKING GROUP OF HIS PEERS RESPONSIBLE TO EVALUATE THE FUTURE OF THE LINE TRADE WITHIN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. THIS RESULTED IN […]
1. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL STEPHAN METIVIER WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 3 JULY 2020 AFTER HAVING PROUDLY SERVED HIS BELOVED CANADA FOR A TOTAL OF 40 YEARS, INCLUDING SIX YEARS IN THE PRIMARY RESERVE AND 34 YEARS IN THE REGULAR FORCE. 2. STEPHAN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN QUEBEC CITY AND JOINED THE ARMY CADETS IN 1976 AT THE TENDER AGE OF 12. HE ACHIEVED THE RANK OF SERGEANT BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO THE ARMY RESERVE IN 1980 AS A NON-COMMISSIONED MEMBER WITH LES VOLTIGEURS DE QUEBEC, A LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENT. HE WAS ATTACHED TO 1R22ER DURING THE 1984 FALL EXERCISES IN GERMANY, AND WAS PART OF THE MASSIVE SHOW OF FORCE BY WESTERN NATIONS ALONG THE BERLIN WALL, IN THE THICK OF THE COLD WAR. WHILE SERVING AS A WEEKEND WARRIOR, HE NOT ONLY LEARNED THE BASIC TENETS OF THE LIFE OF A MODEST SOLDIER, BUT HE ALSO COMPLETED HIS COLLEGE EDUCATION AT CEGEP LIMOILOU, OBTAINING AN ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DIPLOMA. 3. HE SERVED IN THE MILITIA UNTIL 1986, WHEN HE TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE, REPORTEDLY JOINING QUOTE THE DARK SIDE UNQUOTE VIA THE DIRECT-ENTRY OFFICER (DEO) PROGRAM TO BECOME A SIGNALS OFFICER. AFTER HAVING BEEN AN INFANTRYMAN […]
1. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL IAN BARNES WILL RELEASE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 28 AUGUST 2020, AFTER 25 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. LCOL BARNES JOINED THE CAF IN 1995 AND GRADUATED FROM THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA IN 1999 WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN CHEMICAL AND MATERIAL ENGINEERING. FOLLOWING HIS SIGNALS OFFICER TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE), HE WAS POSTED TO 2 CANADIAN MECHANIZED BRIGADE GROUP (2 CMBG) WHERE HE SERVED IN 2 CMBG HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL SQUADRON, THE 2ND REGIMENT ROYAL CANADIAN HORSE ARTILLERY, AND WITH THE 3RD BATTALION, THE ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT. IN 2004 HE RETURNED TO THE CFSCE AS AN INSTRUCTOR AND OPERATIONS OFFICER BEFORE BEING PROMOTED AND HEADING TO THE CANADIAN FORCES JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT (CFJSR) AS OFFICER COMMANDING (OC) 3 SQUADRON. IN 2009, HE WAS FORTUNATE TO RETURN TO CFSCE TO COMMAND 1 SQUADRON. IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING HE COMPLETED THE AUSTRALIAN SIGNAL CORPS’ REGIMENTAL OFFICERS’ ADVANCED COURSE AND THE USMC UNIVERSITY COMMAND AND STAFF COURSE. IN 2013 HE WAS POSTED TO CANADIAN ARMY HQ WHERE HE WORKED AS THE G6 CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND IN 2014 HE WAS SELECTED AS THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT […]
1. WARRANT OFFICER CHRIS P. KENDALL RETIRES FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 08 JUN 2020 AFTER 36 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. WO KENDALL WAS THE FIRST OF HIS FAMILY TO JOIN THE MILITARY FAMILY IN 1983. HE JOINED THE CAF IN AUGUST 1983 AT CORNER BROOK NL. HE COMPLETED HIS BASIC TRAINING AT CFB CORNWALLIS, FOLLOWED BY SIG OP QL3 AT CFB KINGSTON. WO KENDALL WAS FIRST POSTED TO 1CSR, CFB KINGSTON (1984 TO 1988); AT THAT TIME, HE TOOK PART IN COUNTLESS EXERCISES IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS TO INCLUDE PETAWAWA, WAINWRIGHT (RV 1985 AS DET MEMBER AND 1987 AS ROVER LO1), GAGETOWN, VALCARTIER, (TO NAME JUST A FEW), BUT FALL EX IN GERMANY WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF 1985. HE COMPLETED BOTH QL4 AND QL5 DURING THIS POSTING AT KINGSTON. HE WAS THEN POSTED TO CFS MILLCOVE, NS AS AN AGA OP (1988 TO 1991). HE WAS POSTED BACK TO 1CDHSR KINGSTON, AGAIN TO DO MULTIPLE JOBS AND EXERCISES, AND FINALLY A TOUR TO RWANDA AFRICA (1994 TO 1995). AFTER RWANDA, HE DID THE INNER SQN POSTING TO 21 EW SQN. AFTER THAT HE WAS POSTED TO 79 COMM REGT IN 1996, IN WHICH HE DEPLOYED […]
1. MASTER CORPORAL FARSHID MOALLEM WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 17 JULY 2020 AFTER 16 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. MCPL MOALLEM ENROLLED WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE IN NOVEMBER 2004 AND SPENT HIS CAREER IN OTTAWA WITH CFS LEITRIM, 764 COMM SQN, 765 COMM SQN, 76 COMM REGIMENT AND DIMEUS. MCPL MOALLEM HAS ONE DEPLOYMENT TO CFS ALERT. 3. UPON RETIREMENT, FARSHID WILL REMAIN IN THE NCR WITH HIS WIFE, OLGA AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN: FARSHAD RYAN AND ARSHIYA EVAN, WHERE HE HAS ACCEPTED EMPLOYMENT AS A PUBLIC SERVANT WITH DIMEUS. 4. TO COMMEMORATE HIS DEDICATION TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, A FAREWELL LUNCHEON (DWD) WILL BE HELD IN OTTAWA AT A LATER DATE ONCE THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED. 5. BEST WISHES AND FUNNY CAREER ANECDOTES CAN BE SENT TO SGT MARTIN SAMSON AT [email protected].
1. PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS JOSEPH INVERARITY, CYBER OPERATOR, WILL BE RELEASING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 08 JULY 2020 AFTER MORE THAN 17 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE IN THE REGULAR FORCE. 2. JOE HAS ENJOYED A DIVERSE AND REWARDING CAREER IN THE CAF. HE JOINED THE CAF ON THE 14 JANUARY 2003 AS A NAVAL COMMUNICATOR (NAV COMM). FOLLOWING HIS NAV COMM TRADES TRAINING AT CFB ESQUIMALT, HE WAS POSTED TO HMCS OTTAWA, HMCS PROTECTEUR, BASE INFORMATION SERVICES, HMCS ALGONQUIN, MARPACHQ INFORMATION PROTECTION GROUP AND HMCS REGINA. JOE ENJOYED SAILING TO MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD, SUCH AS HAWAII, SOUTH AMERICA, INDIAN OCEAN, AND AFRICA FOR 12 YEARS. FOLLOWING HIS PASSION FOR CYBER DEFENCE, HIS FINAL POSTING HAS BEEN WITH THE CANADIAN FORCES NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER (CFNOC). 3. JOE WILL BE REMAINING IN THE OTTAWA AREA WITH HIS FAMILY WHERE HE HAS TAKEN A JOB WITHIN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. 4. TO CELEBRATE HIS CAREER, A DEPART WITH DIGNITY, PANDEMIC PERMITTING, WILL BE HOSTED AT CFS LEITRIM ALL RANKS MESS, TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE. IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND, HAVE ANY FUNNY STORIES OR ANECDOTES, PLEASE CONTACT PO1 DANIEL HARRIS ([email protected]).