CMCEN

Sergeant Jérémie Choquette

Signal Operator

Member of the Year

SUMMARY:

The Member of the Year Award recognizes the top C&E Branch junior-ranking NCM whose outstanding sense of duty, steadfast dedication to the mission, and unfaltering professional bearing brought great credit to the Branch, and enabled exemplary Command & Control capabilities to the Canadian Armed Forces.

ELIGIBILITY:

It may be awarded to a C&E Branch NCM at – or below – the appointment of Master Corporal / Master Sailor …

• CA: MCpl to Sig;
• RCN: MS to S3; and
• RCAF: MCpl to Avr.

A Sergeant / Petty Officer 2^nd Class may be nominated so long as the NCO served as a Master Corporal / Master Sailor at some point throughout the reporting period, and only their time as a junior NCO may be counted toward the nomination.

Beyond the time and rank criteria, the nominee must have performed a deed or activity considered beyond the demands of normal duty and who made an exceptional contribution to the goals and objectives of the C&E Branch in support of the Canadian Armed Forces.

The member is considered a top performer who manifests the highest tier of professional bearing coupled with an unrivaled degree of dedication. The award is bestowed during C&E Week (late October timeframe) each year.

NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS:

Eight (8) submissions must come from the following Occupational Advisors (OAs) based on the Corps or Element of the candidate; all nominations from across the CAF must be channeled to either:

1. Director RCCS: Top Signal Operator, Signal Technician, Line Technician, Information Systems Technician, and Reserve Junior Signaller;

2. Strategic A6: Top Aerospace Telecommunications & Information Systems Technician;

3. Cyber Operator Senior Trade Advisor: Top Cyber Operator; and

4. SIGINT Spec Senior Trade Advisor: Top Signals Intelligence Specialist.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

RCCS / P Res (IS Tech, Line Tech, Sig Op, Sig Tech, Reserve Jr Signaller) – Submitted to Major Matt Drover at [email protected] – 6 June 2025

ATIS Tech – Submitted to Lieutenant-Colonel Travis Loughery at [email protected] – 23 May 2025

Cyber Op – Submitted to Chief Warrant Officer Graham Bell at [email protected] – 9 May 2025

SIGINT Spec – Submitted to Chief Petty Officer 1^st Class Geoffrey Whitten at [email protected] – 9 May 2025

HOW TO APPLY: 

• 01 – C&E Branch Member of the Year – Instruction – 2025
• 02 – C&E Branch Member of the Year – Nomination Letter

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