Retirements
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER JACQUES BOUCHER WILL RETIRE ON 13 MARCH 2020 AFTER MORE THAN 32 YEARS OF SERVICE AS AN ARMY COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS SPECIALIST (ACISS), LAND COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN (LCIS TECH). 2. HE JOINED THE CAF ON 18 MARCH 1987 IN QUEBEC CITY AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS ENDURED BASIC TRAINING IN SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU FOLLOWED BY LANGUAGE TRAINING. HE, THEN, WENT STRAIGHT TO THE RADIO TECHNICIAN TRADE QUALIFICATION (TQ3) AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE) IN KINGSTON. HE WAS POSTED TO THE 2ND BATTALION ROYAL 22E REGIMENT IN QUEBEC CITADELLE UPON COMPLETION. 3. HE SERVED WITH MANY UNITS DURING HIS 32 PLUS YEARS CAREER. HE LEFT QUEBEC TO RETURN TO ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU AT BASE TELECOM AS A RADIO TECHNICIAN. PROMOTED TO MASTER CORPORAL, HE WENT TO BACK TO FIRST LINE UNITS IN VALCARTIER: 12 RÉGIMENT DE BLINDÉS DU CANADA (12E RBC), 5E RÉGIMENT D’ARTILLERIE DU CANADA (5E RALC) ET 5E BATAILLON DES SERVICES (5E BNS). PROMOTED TO WARRANT OFFICER, HE WAS POSTED TO MONTREAL; THE FIRST YEAR TO THE HEADQUARTERS LAND FORCE QUEBEC AREA (HQ LFQA), AND THE FOLLOWING YEARS TO 202 WORKSHOP DEPOT (202 WD). PROMOTED TO MASTER WARRANT OFFICER, HE WAS POSTED IN […]
1. WARRANT OFFICER MICHAEL P. MARGETTS WILL RETIRE ON 2 MARCH 2020 AFTER MORE THAN 32 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF. 2. WO MARGETTS WAS BORN IN HONG KONG TO BRITISH PARENTS, WITH HIS FATHER SERVING IN THE BRITISH ARMY MEDICAL CORP AS A DOCTOR. WO MARGETTS GREW UP IN ENGLAND AND IN 1974 HIS FAMILY MIGRATED TO CANADA. IN 1987 WO MARGETTS JOINED THE CAF AS A WEAPONS TECH LAND. IN 2001, WO MARGETTS APPLIED FOR A TRANSFER TO HIS CURRENT OCCUPATION. IN 2002 WO MARGETTS STARTED TRAINING AS AN AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN AT ST LAWRENCE COLLEGE IN KINGSTON, GRADUATING WITH HONOURS IN 2004. 3. WO MARGETTS WAS DEPLOYED TO SOMALIA IN 1992, BOSNIA IN 1994 AND 2001, HAITI IN 1996 AND MACEDONIA IN 2001. HE HAS OCCUPIED VARIOUS POSITION IN PETAWAWA, KINGSTON, WINNIPEG, NORTH BAY AND OTTAWA. IN JULY 2016, HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK. IN JULY 2019, HE WAS POSTED TO DIRECTOR GENERAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROJECT DELIVERY INTO HIS CURRENT POSITION AS A HARDWARE TECHNICIAN WITHIN THE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT TEAM. 4. WO MARGETTS AND HIS WIFE BRIGITTE PLAN TO MOVE BACK TO PETAWAWA, WHERE HE WILL […]
1. SIGNALER TIMOFEY KNYAZHEVSKIY IS RELEASING FROM THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 15 FEBRUARY 2020 AFTER 4 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. HE JOINED THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 16 FEBRUARY 2016 AND COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CFLRS ST. JEAN. HE THEN IMMEDIATELY ATTENDED BMQ-L AT CFB MEAFORD. 2. WHILE AWAITING TRAINING, HE PARTICIPATED IN A VARIETY OF BTL TASKINGS, SUCH AS BEING ENEMY FORCE FOR CJIRU, ASSISTING WITH A CAC COURSE, AND PARTICIPATING IN EX’S SPECTRUM JOG AND SEPCTRUM VERIFY WITH 21 EW. 3. AFTER COMPLETING HIS ACISS DP1.0 IN AUGUST 2017, HE WAS POSTED TO 4 CDSG SIG SQN DET KINGSTON, NOW KNOWN AS SMC KINGSTON. WHILE POSTED THERE, HE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS TIME WORKING WITH DESKTOP SUPPORT AND IT ASSET LIFE CYCLING FOR CFB KINGSTON. HE CHOSE THE IST PATH, AND IN MARCH 2019 HE COMPLETED THE ISS DP1.1 COURSE. 4. HE PLANS TO RESIDE IN THE KINGSTON AREA AND AIMS TO STUDY MATHEMATICS AT QUEENS UNIVERSITY. 5. ANECDOTES, BEST WISHES, AND FUNNY STORIES CAN BE SENT TO MCPL LEBLANC AT [email protected].
1. MAJOR ANN ERVIN WILL RETIRE ON 1 APR 2020 AFTER MORE THAN 42 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH. 2. MAJ ERVIN JOINED THE NAVAL RESERVE 4 JULY 1977 AS A FINANCE CLERK AT HMCS NONSUCH. AFTER SURVIVING CORNWALLIS, JLC AT PATRIOT, AND SEVERAL CLASS A AND B OPPORTUNITIES, SHE WOKE UP TO THE IDEA THAT BEING A PERMA-SHAD WAS PERHAPS NOT THE BEST OF CAREERS, SO IN JULY 1981 SHE TRANSFERRED (ROTP) TO THE REGULAR FORCE. 3. AFTER COMPLETION OF UNIVERSITY AND OCCUPATION COURSES, MAJ ERVIN STARTED HER LONG (HOW MANY MOVES CAN SHE HAVE BEFORE GOING TO OTTAWA) CAREER. HER NUMEROUS POSTINGS HAVE TAKEN HER TO WONDERFUL PLACES, SUCH AS EDMONTON (D/BTELO), KINGSTON (CFSCE INSTRUCTOR THEN STANDARDS), BORDEN (BTELO AND DCO BIS/706 COMM SQN), NORTH BAY (SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE OFFICER THEN WTISO), AND WINNIPEG (1 CAD A6 SECTION AND CAOC TIS COORD), BEFORE FINALLY COMING TO OTTAWA (ADM(MAT) R&CS THEN DMILC AS THE CELE CAREER MANAGER). SHE WAS ALSO POSTED OUTCAN WITH NORAD TO PANAMA CITY, FL AND COLORADO SPRINGS, CO AND HAD THE CHANCE TO DEPLOY TO HAITI AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE. ALTHOUGH SHE WAS PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HAD […]
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER TIM BROWN WILL RETIRE ON 15 MAR 2020 AFTER MORE THAN 27 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF, ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS AND THE SUPERIOR TRADE, THE LINE TRADE. 2. MWO BROWN JOINED THE CAF IN JUNE 1992 AS A RESERVIST AT 722 COMM SQN, SAINT JOHN N.B. AFTER 5 YEARS OF A COMBINATION OF CLASS A AND B CONTRACTS, HE TRANSFERRED TO THE REG FORCE IN AUG 97 AND WAS POSTED TO CFJSR, 1 LINE SQN, KINGSTON. IN 2003 HE WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL. AFTER 8 YEARS OF LIVING THE LIFE OF A ROCK STAR, TRAVELLING THE GLOBE, HE WAS POSTED TO 3 ASG SIGS, GAGETOWN IN 2005. IN 2008, MWO BROWN WAS PROMOTED TO SGT AND POSTED BACK TO 1 LINE SQN AS A CREW FOREMAN. IN 2012 HE WAS PROMOTED TO WO AND POSTED TO 4 WTIS AS THE LCS OF 4 WING COLD LAKE. AFTER COMPLETING HIS 4 YEAR SENTENCE IN COLD LAKE, HE WAS LET OUT ON RELATIVELY GOOD BEHAVIOUR. IN 2016, MWO BROWN WAS PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK AND POSTED TO 1 CMBG HQ AND SIGS AS THE BDE LCS. 3. MWO BROWN HAS COMPLETED […]
1. CAPTAIN CHUCK “GOAT” GAUTREAU WILL RETIRE ON 7 MARCH 2020 AFTER MORE THAN 33 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS (RCCS). 2. HAILING FROM FOX CREEK NB, CHUCK ENROLLED AS A RADIO OPERATOR (MOC 211) IN 1987 AND COMPLETED HIS INITIAL SIGNALS TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE) IN KINGSTON. HIS FIRST POSTING WAS TO THE 1ST CANADIAN SIGNAL REGIMENT KINGSTON, FOLLOWED BY 444 TACTICAL HELICOPTER SQUADRON LAHR GERMANY, 4 CMBG HQ & SIGS SQN LAHR GERMANY, COMMUNICATION SQUADRON LAHR GERMANY, 1ST CANADIAN HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL REGIMENT KINGSTON, 724 COMMUNICATION SQUADRON GAGETOWN, COMBAT TRAINING CENTRE HEADQUARTERS (CTC HQ) GAGETOWN, AND 1 CMBG HQ & SIG SQN EDMONTON. UPON BEING COMMISSIONED AS A SIGNAL OFFICER IN 2016, HE WAS POSTED TO 742 SIGNAL SQUADRON EDMONTON, 73 COMMUNICATION GROUP HQ EDMONTON, ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA (RMCC) KINGSTON, CFSCE KINGSTON, CANADIAN FORCES CRYPTOGRAPHIC MAINTENANCE UNIT (CFCMU) KINGSTON, THE SERVICE MANAGEMENT CENTRE (SMC) KINGSTON AND FINALLY THE TRANSITION CENTRE (TC) KINGSTON. 3. GOAT COMPLETED 5 OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS TO IRAQ, HONDURAS, RWANDA, UGANDA (THE BUNGLE IN THE JUNGLE) AND THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. AS A […]