Retirements
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 […]
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER MARK WITKOWSKI, CD, IS RETIRING ON 25 MARCH 2020 AFTER 34+ REWARDING YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. MWO WITKOWSKI ENROLLED IN REGINA SASKATCHEWAN AND ATTENDED CF RECRUIT SCHOOL CORNWALLIS, THEN WENT TO CFSCE TO TRAIN AS A RADIO OPERATOR. HE WAS POSTED TO 1 CANADIAN SIGNAL REGT, 1ST REGT ROYAL CDN HORSE ARTY (REAR), 1 SERVICE BATTALION, 1 CMBG, AND 748 COMM SQN; DEPLOYED TO TASK FORCE EL GORAH, 2 CMBG; DEPLOYED TO TASK FORCE KABUL, CANADIAN FORCES JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT; DEPLOYED TO TASK FORCE AFGHANISTAN – THEATRE SUPPORT ELEMENT, CFJSR, SHAPE, 32 SIGNAL DET BORDEN, CANADIAN FORCES BASE BORDEN, AND 4 CDN DIV HQ. 3. UPON RETIREMENT, MARK WILL REMAIN IN THE KINGSTON AREA WITH HIS PARTNER PHIL, WHERE HE WILL RELAX FOR A BIT AND THEN SEE WHAT’S OUT THERE FOR HIM (COSTCO GREETER?). 4. A FAREWELL LUNCHEON WILL BE HELD IN TORONTO ON 13 MARCH 2020. ANECDOTES AND CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES MAY BE SENT DIRECTLY TO LT BING CHEN ([email protected]; 416-633-6200 EXT 5607).
1. MASTER CORPORAL MATT WATERS WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE RCAF ON 15 APRIL 2020, AFTER 10+ YEARS OF SERVICE. 2. MCPL WATERS JOINED THE CAF ON 29 SEPTEMBER 2009, AS AN ATIS TECHNICIAN, AT THE AGE OF 21. AFTER COMPLETING HIS TRAINING AT CFB SAINT-JEAN AND CFB KINGSTON, HE WAS POSTED TO 12 WING SHEARWATER IN AUGUST 2011. HE WAS INITIALLY EMPLOYED AS A HELPDESK REPRESENTATIVE, AND UPON SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE ATIS QL5 COURSE, HE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE COMMAND AND MISSION SUPPORT SECTION. DURING THE SUMMER OF 2016, HE DEPLOYED TO ALI-AL-SALAM KUWAIT, IN SUPPORT OF OP IMPACT. UPON RETURNING FROM OP IMPACT, HE WAS POSTED ATESS AS AN ATIS QL5 INSTRUCTOR. IN 2019, MCPL WATERS WAS ONCE AGAIN POSTED TO 12 WING SHEARWATER, UNTIL HIS RELEASE ON 15 APRIL 2020. 3. MATT WILL NOT BE GOING FAR AS HE WAS ABLE TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT WITH SHARED SERVICES CANADA, AS NETWORK SERVICES TECHNICIAN. 4. A LUNCHEON FOR MCPL WATERS WILL BE HELD TO CELEBRATE HIS SERVICE TO THE CAF. LOCATION, DATE, AND TIMING WILL BE AT 1130 ON 9 APRIL 2020, AT THE MICMAC TAVERN IN DARTMOUTH, NS. ALL WHO KNOW MATT ARE WELCOMED TO ATTEND. 5. ANY […]
1. CORPORAL ADAM SAVORY WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 21 FEBRUARY 2020 AFTER 14+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. ADAM ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 15 JANUARY 2006 IN HALIFAX, NS AS A DRIVER. IN 2010 HE REMASTERED AS COMM RSCH. DURING HIS CAREER HE WAS POSTED TO CFS LEITRIM (X2), CFB HALIFAX, AND THE CANADIAN FORCES ELECTRONIC WARFARE CENTER (CFEWC) WHERE HE IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS ELINT ANAYLST WITH THE JOINT ELINT ANALYSIS CELL (JEAC). 3. ADAM COMPLETED ONE TOUR WITH OP REASSURANCE/ARTEMIS SERVING ON BOARD OF HMCS TORONTO FROM AUGUST 2014 TO JANUARY 2015. HE HAD SEVERAL EXCELLENT POSITIONS THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS IN UNIFORM BUT SHARING HIS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE ON OPERATIONAL ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE (OP ELINT) MISSION WAS ONE THE BEST HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS CAREER. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE FIVE EYES ELINT COMMUNITY. HE RECEIVED THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL PRESENTED BY HER EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JULIE PAYETTE, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA. 4. ADAM WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE THAT HE SERVED WITH AND HE IS THANKFUL FOR THE LONG AND GREAT FRIENDSHIPS DEVELOPED OVER HIS 14 YEARS IN UNIFORM. 5. ADAM AND HIS CHARMING WIFE CHANTELE WILL […]