Retirements
1. ON 18 JUNE 2020, AFTER 25 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL AMUL WARAICH WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. 2. LCOL WARAICH WAS BORN IN NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO. AFTER NEARLY 5 YEARS OF POLISHING BOOTS, DOING DRILL, PT, AND SHOOTING WEAPONS AS AN ARMY CADET, HE DECIDED TO DO IT FOR REAL BY JOINING THE CAF IN 1995 UNDER THE ROTP. AFTER BASIC OFFICER TRAINING IN CHILLIWACK HE BEGAN HIS ACADEMIC PREP YEAR AT COLLEGE MILITAIRE ROYAL ST. JEAN, AFTER WHICH HE ATTENDED ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA KINGSTON, EARNING A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING. IN 2000, FOLLOWING HIS SIGNALS OFFICER TRAINING AT CFSCE, HE WAS POSTED TO 1 CANADIAN MECHANIZED BRIGADE GROUP WHERE HE SERVED IN 1 CMBG HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL SQUADRON, AND WITH LORD STRATHCONA’S HORSE (ROYAL CANADIANS). IN 2005 HE RETURNED TO CFSCE AS AN INSTRUCTOR BEFORE HEADING TO OTTAWA IN 2006 AS PART OF THE STANDUP OF CANSOFCOM HQ. AFTER PROMOTION TO MAJOR HE WORKED AT CANOSCOM HQ, AND IN 2011 RETURNED AGAIN TO CFSCE TO COMMAND 1 SQUADRON. IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING HE COMPLETED THE JOINT COMMAND AND STAFF PROGRAMME AND EARNED A MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. IN […]
1. CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER MARTIN DUFOUR WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 06 APRIL 2020 AFTER 27+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY. 2. CWO DUFOUR ENROLLED AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH IN CHICOUTIMI, QUEBEC IN SEPTEMBER 1992. DURING HIS CAREER HE SERVED AT CFS LEITRIM (X3), CANADIAN FORCES ELETRONIC WARFARE CENTRE (X2) CFB ESQUIMALT AT THE SIGINT SUPPORT ELEMENT DETACHEMENT (SSE ATHENA), CANADIAN FORCES LEADERSHIP RECRUIT SCHOOL, CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS, 76 COMMUNICATION REGIMENT. 3. IN ADDITION, CWO DUFOUR HAS COMPLETED OPERATIONAL TOURS AT CANADIAN FORCES STATION ALERT, OP APOLLO AS AN ELINT OPERATOR, OP REASSURANCE ONBOARD HMCS TORONTO AS CDSE TEAM LEAD AND OP IMPACT IN KUWAIT AS CDSE TEAM LEAD AS WELL. 4. MARTIN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING A NEXT CHAPTER AS A PUBLIC SERVANT WORKING FOR DND. 5. AT HIS REQUEST, THERE WILL BE AN INFORMAL GOLF / DWD FUNCTION (HYLANDS GOLF COURSE AND ALL RANKS MESS AT CFS LEITRIM) ON 17 JULY 2020. FURTHER DETAILS WILL FOLLOW. 6. PLEASE RSVP AND FORWARD ANY CONGRATULATORY WISHES, STORIES OR ANECDOTES TO MR. LUC BOUCHARD AT CFEWC ([email protected]) NLT 29 MAY 2020.
1. SERGEANT BRAD FRASER WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 26 JUNE 2020, AFTER 17+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. SGT FRASER JOINED THE CAF ON 6 MAY 2003 AT CFRC DET HALIFAX, AND SHORTLY AFTER, HE ATTENDED BOOT CAMP AT CFLRS SAINT JEAN, QUÉBEC. HE WAS THEN POSTED TO CFB BORDEN IN JULY 2003 TO THE POST RECRUIT EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER (PRETC) BORDEN, ONTARIO. IN JANUARY 2004 HE ATTENDED HIS SIG OP APPRENTICE TRAINING AT CFSCE, CFB KINGSTON. HIS FIRST POSTING AS A TRAINED SIG WAS TO CFB GAGETOWN, WHERE HE SERVED WITH 2RCR SIGNALS PLATOON FROM 2004 TO 2007 AS AN ADP REP AND C/S OB OPERATOR. HE WAS THEN POSTED TO CFS ST. JOHN’S, STIS FROM 2007-2013 WORKING AS A HELPDESK TECH AND SERVER ROOM ADMINISTRATOR. IN 2013-2014, HE WAS POSTED TO CFJSR WITH 1 SQN B TROOP AND DEPLOYED TO OS HUB, KUWAIT DURING THAT TIME. UPON RETURN, HE WAS PROMOTED TO SGT AND CROSSED THE STREET BACK TO CFSCE, 1 SQN AS INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. IN 2015, HE WAS POSTED TO CFB HALIFAX, WHERE HE WAS THE SECT COMD FOR BASE INFORMATION SERVICES / JOINT DEPLOYABLE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. WITH HIS […]
1. AFTER 30 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER GARRY SMITH WILL TAKE HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND THE ACISS-TECH TRADE. 2. MWO G.V. SMITH ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 17 MARCH 1990 FROM PICTOU, NOVA SCOTIA AS AN INFANTRYMAN WITH THE FIRST BATTALION NOVA SCOTIA HIGHLANDERS, E-COY. FOLLOWING HIS TRADES TRAINING, MWO SMITH PARTICIPATED IN OP HARMONY, UNPROFOR, CROATIA WITH CANADIAN INFANTRY BATTLE GP 1 FROM APR –OCT 1993. UPON HIS RETURN FROM CROATIA MWO SMITH COMPONENT TRANSFERRED TO 1ST BATTALION PRINCESS PATRICIA’S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY (PPCLI) WHERE HE RETURNED TO OVERSEAS IN KOSOVO, OP KINETIC, KFOR WITH CANADIAN TASK FORCE KOSOVO FROM AUG 1999 TO DEC 1999. FOLLOWING HIS RETURN TO CANADA, MWO SMITH COMPLETED HIS JLC AND JNCO INFANTRY COURSE IN WAINWRIGHT, AB. MWO SMITH COMPLETED A VOLUNTARY OCCUPATIONAL TRANSFER IN OCT 2003 AND WAS POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE) TO EMBARK ON HIS PERFORMANCE OBSERVED ELECTRONICS TRAINING (POET) AND LATER THE LAND COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEMS (LCIS) TECHNICIAN COURSE. UPON COMPETITION OF HIS TRADES TRAINING MWO SMITH WAS POSTED TO PETAWAWA, WHERE HE CONTINUED TO SERVE ON MANY OPERATIONS FOR THE CAF. […]
1. MASTER CORPORAL JOEL HOLLOWAY, CD, IS RELEASING AFTER 13+ YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. MCPL HOLLOWAY JOINED 41 SIGNAL REGIMENT 2 SQN (749 COMM SQN) RED DEER IN 2006. HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER WITH 2 SQN. 3. JOEL IS A MEMBER OF THE CALGARY POLICE SERVICE AND WILL NOW BE ABLE TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS WIFE KRISTEN AND THEIR INFANT PETER. 4. A DEPART WITH DIGNITY WILL BE HELD IN THE COMBINED MESS AT CORMACK ARMOURY, RED DEER, AB ON WEDNESDAY, 8 APRIL 2020 AT 2030HRS. CASH BAR ONLY. ANECDOTES AND CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES CAN BE SENT DIRECTLY TO WO DREW ADKINS AT [email protected] OR [email protected].
1. SERGEANT STEVE KEEPING WILL RETIRE ON THE 3RD OF MAY 2020 AFTER MORE THAN 15 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS (RCCS). 2. HAILING FROM PORT AUX BASQUES NL, STEVE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS CHILDHOOD AS A BASE BRAT IN KINGSTON ON. AFTER WORKING AT THE KINGSTON MILITARY COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTER (KMCS) FOR 4 YEARS, STEVE TOOK THE PLUNGE AND ENROLLED IN 2005 AS A LAND COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN (LCIS 227). UPON COMPLETING HIS INITIAL SIGNALS TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE) HIS FIRST POSTING WAS NOT TOO FAR AWAY AT THE CANADIAN FORCES JOINT SIGNALS REGIMENT (CFJSR). WHILE AT JSR, STEVE WAS EMPLOYED PRIMARILY AS A MOBILE TERMINAL (MT) TECHNICIAN. PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MCPL IN 2011, STEVE LEFT CFJSR AND WAS POSTED TO CFSCE PERSERVING HIS SELF DRIVEN “NEVER LEAVE KINGSTON” CAREER PLAN. WHILE AT CFSCE, STEVE COMPLETED HIS PLQ AND WAS EMPLOYED IN R TP AS COUNTER RCIED INSTRUCTOR. SADLY AFTER ONLY A YEAR AT CFSCE, STEVE WAS FORCED TO UPROOT AND MOVE TO GAGETOWN FOR HIS NEXT POSTING TO THE 5TH CANADIAN DIVISION SUPPORT […]