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RETIREMENT – WO GLEN LAMBE, CD – 00385 SIG TECH
1. WARRANT OFFICER GLEN LAMBE WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 29 MAY 2021, AFTER 25 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. WO LAMBE JOINED THE CAF IN 1995 AT THE CFRC IN ST JOHN’S NL AND WAS SOON OFF TO HIS BASIC TRAINING IN ST JEAN...
RETIREMENT – SGT MARIO HORWOOD, CD – 00384 LINE TECH
1. AFTER 23 PLUS YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICES WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONIC BRANCH, THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) AND FOR CANADA, SERGEANT MARIO HORWOOD WILL RETIRE ON 6 APRIL 2021. 2. MARIO...
RETIREMENT – CPL ARUNWENGAD ARULANANTHAM – 00109 ATIS TECH
CORPORAL ARUNWENGAD ARULANANTHAM WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 30 MARCH 2021 AFTER 6 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE IN THE REGULAR FORCES. 2. ARUN ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 02 NOVEMBER 2014 AS AN AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION...
RETIREMENT – MCPL KENNETH FRASER, CD – 00385 SIG TECH
1. MASTER CORPORAL KEN (KENNETH) FRASER WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 26 APR 21 AFTER MORE THAN 32 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS . 2. KEN ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 5 OCTOBER 1988 AS A RADIO TECHNICIAN....
eFP Sig Sqn – Article from Sgt Bickerstaffe
Signaling in the Baltics As a signaler attached to the eFP Signal Squadron at Camp Adazi, Latvia, I bear witness to the work that Canada and its allies have done to ensure outside aggressors (seen and unseen) do not pose a threat to world peace. That includes...
RETIREMENT – MCPL LYNDSAY CROSS – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. ON 18 MARCH 2021, MASTER CORPORAL LYNDSAY CROSS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 11 + YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. MCPL CROSS ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN 2009 AS AN OCDT FROM CHILLIWACK, BC AND MOVED TO KINGSTON, ON TO BEGIN HER CAREER. SHE WENT ON TO...
Virtual Veterans panel – How should Canada commemorate our post-Korean War military efforts?
Greetings, Canada’s impressive service in the First and Second World Wars shaped our country in many ways. However, the conclusion of these conflicts was definitely not the end of Canadian service members’ achievements and sacrifices at home and around the world....
RETIREMENT – SGT KEVIN A. WILSON, CD – 00385 SIG TECH
1. FOLLOWING OVER 32 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, SERGEANT KEVIN WILSON WILL BE RETIRING ON 14 MARCH 2021. 2. SERGEANT KEVIN WILSON FIRST ENROLLED AS A RESERVE ARTILLERYMAN WITH 11TH FIELD REG GUELPH IN...
RETIREMENT – WO PATRICK E.L. VALE, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. AFTER 31 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, WARRANT OFFICER'S PATRICK VALE’S LAST DAY IN UNIFORM WILL BE 8 APRIL 2021. 2. WO PATRICK VALE WAS BORN IN NEW BRUNSWICK. HE JOINED THE CAF IN JULY 1990 AND WAS SENT TO CFSCE KINGSTON FOR THE POET PROGRAM. UPON COMPLETING POET...
RETIREMENT – MCPL GERALD DAIGLE, CD – 00385 SIG TECH
1. ON THE 26TH OF APRIL 2021, MASTER CORPORAL GERALD DAIGLE, CD WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER AN IMPRESSIVE 33 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. MCPL DAIGLE JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER 1987 IN MONCTON, NB....
RETIREMENT – MWO PETER J.P.A. NEILSEN, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER PETER NEILSEN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON THE 13 APRIL 2021 AFTER 37 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICES. 2. MWO NEILSEN JOINED THE FORCES ON 24 NOVEMBER 1982. THROUGH HIS CAREER, HE HAS SERVED IN THESE LOCATIONS: CFS...
RETIREMENT – SGT SEAN NOBLES, CD – 00385 SIG TECH
1. SERGEANT SEAN NOBLES WILL EXIT THE NET ON 25 MARCH 2021 AFTER 27 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. 2. SEAN JOINED THE RESERVES IN HALIFAX JAN 1993 WITH THE PRINCESS LOUISE FUSILIERS. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE NOV 1993 AND ATTENDED...
2021 CDA Ottawa Conference Is Virtual!
Every year the Conference of Defence Associations (CDA) sponsors The Ottawa Conference on Defence and Security. As the premier gathering of experts, this forum is pertinent for anyone interested in ‘beyond the headlines’ exploration of such issues affecting Canada and...
Veterans Affairs Update
Veterans Affairs Canada’s magazine, Salute! is now an e-newsletter. Please share this e-mail with your friends and networks, and encourage them to register by visiting letstalkveterans.ca to keep up on issues that matter to Veterans and their families. Let us know...
RETIREMENT – CPL KIMBERLY M. MARTEL, CD – 00120 COMM RSCH
1. AFTER 31 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND 1 YEAR WITH THE RESERVES, CORPORAL KIMBERLY M. MARTEL RETIRED ON THE 15 APRIL 2020. 2. ON 26 OCTOBER 1988, CPL MARTEL JOINED THE CAF IN TORONTO, AND COMPLETED HER BASIC TRAINING IN CORNWALLIS. UPON...
The IM Group Captures the Flag at International Event
On 28 January 2021, four Branch members participated in the 2nd Annual AFCEA TECHNET International Capture the Flag (CTF) cyber challenge. The entirely virtual event hosted 54 teams from 14 different countries, including Canada, Australia, Brazil, France, Germany,...
RETIREMENT – CAPT DENIS ESCULIER, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. CAPTAIN DENIS ESCULIER RETIRED FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 16 APRIL 2020, AFTER MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. CAPTAIN ESCULIER JOINED CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN QUEBEC CITY IN 1985 AS A 211 RADIO OPERATOR. AFTER RECRUIT SCHOOL IN ST-JEAN SUR...
RETIREMENT – CWO MIINA A. PIIR, CD – 00381 CWO
1. CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER MIINA PIIR WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 26 MARCH 2021, AFTER 35 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. CWO PIIR JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN VANCOUVER, BC, IN 1983, ONLY KNOWING SHE WAS GOING TO BE...
RETIREMENT – CWO PIERRE PARADIS, CD – 00381 CWO
CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER PIERRE PARADIS IS RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 34+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. HERE IS HIS RETIREMENT MESSAGE: I ENROLLED IN THE ARMY RESERVE IN 1986 WITH LES FUSILLIERS DE SHERBROOKE. IN 1990, I PROCEEDED...
Soldiers’ Aid Commission
Ontario has expanded the Soldiers’ Aid Commission so Ontario Veterans of all ages and their families can access financial assistance if they are in need. Overview The Soldiers’ Aid Commission provides financial assistance to Ontario’s eligible Veterans and their...
RETIREMENT – CAPT CATHERINE MCCULLOCH, CD – 00340 CELE
1. ON 07 FEBRUARY 2021, CAPTAIN CATHERINE MCCULLOCH (NÉE KEYSER) WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) AFTER 14 PLUS YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE. 2. CATIE JOINED IN 2006, FOUR YEARS LATER GRADUATING WITH A CIVIL ENGINEERING DEGREE FROM RMC WHERE...
RETIREMENT – SGT PATRICIA LECOMPTE, CD – 00384 LINE TECH
SERGEANT PATRICIA LECOMPTE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 26 FEBRUARY 2021 AFTER MORE THAN 17 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE QUEEN, COUNTRY, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND, MOST NOTABLY, THE LINE TRADE. 2. SHE JOINED IN JULY OF 2004 AND 08...
RETIREMENT – SIG BLAKE ROBERT JURGEN HENTZELT – 00120 SIGINT SPEC
1.SIGNALLER BLAKE ROBERT JURGEN HENTZELT WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 26 FEB 2021 AFTER 4 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE REGULAR FORCES. 2. BLAKE ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 27 FEBUARY 2017 AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR (COMMS RSCH)....
RETIREMENT – CAPT A. RICHARD TAYLOR, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. CAPTAIN RICK TAYLOR WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 15 APR 2021 AFTER 34 + YEARS OF LOYAL DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF, CANADIAN ARMY AND THE RCCS. 2. RICK JOINED THE CAF IN ST. JOHN’S NL IN OCTOBER 1986 AS A RADIO OPERATOR (MOC 211). AFTER COMPLETING BASIC TRAINING IN...
RETIREMENT – MCPL AARYN BRYANTON – 00383 SIG OP
1. ON 20 JANUARY 2021, MASTER CORPORAL AARYN BRYANTON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER MORE THAN 10 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. MCPL BRYANTON JOINED IN OTTAWA, ONTARIO ON 26 OCT 2010 AS A SIGNALS OPERATOR. AFTER COMPLETION OF HIS...
RETIREMENT – SGT RICHARD NEWTON, CD – 00120 SIGINT SPEC
1. SERGEANT RICHARD NEWTON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 17 FEBRUARY 2021 AFTER 31 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. RICHARD ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 20 APRIL 1989 IN VANCOUVER, BC. HE HAS SERVED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS DURING HIS...
Op REASSURANCE: Sig Pl Update
Signallers of the Battle Group (BG) Latvia participated in the exercises BEAST RAIDER and HORNED VIPER during December 2020. From 30 November to 3 December, members of the BG Signals Platoon participated with our Italian allies in the Ex BEAST RAIDER patrol...
Oldest Veteran in Canada, 107, Receives Second Dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine
John Boyd, the oldest known Veteran in Canada, received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine today - from another Veteran. A physician at the Sunnybrook Veterans Centre, and a Veteran himself, Dr. David Shergold administered the vaccine. Upon preparing John for...
RETIREMENT – MWO JODI B. JONES, CD – 00384 LINE TECH
1. WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ANNOUNCE THE RETIREMENT OF MASTER WARRANT OFFICER JODI JONES, CD ON 16 FEB 2021 AFTER 31 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, C&E BRANCH, ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS AND THE LINE...
RETIREMENT – WO ANDRÉ OUELLET, CD – 00362 ACISS
1. WARRANT OFFICER ANDRÉ OUELLET WILL RETIRE ON 26 JAN 2021 AFTER OVER 34 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. WO OUELLET ENROLLED IN THE NAVY IN DEC 1986 AS A MARINE ENGINEER MECHANIC WITH...
RETIREMENT – WO RICHARD POIRIER, CD – 00384 LINE TECH
1. WARRANT OFFICER RICHARD POIRIER WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 18 JANVIER 2021 WITH 26 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICES TO CANADA, THE CAF, AND C&E BRANCH AS A LINEMAN. 2. RICHARD ENROLLED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN...
Remembrance and Commemoration of a UNEF I Signalman Philip Crouse
Signalman Crouse was born in Liverpool, NS. He enlisted in The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals in 1960. In 1965 he was posted as a Radio and Telegraph Operator (later Rad Op) to 56 Signal Squadron as part of UNEF I (UN Emergency Force in Egypt). Unfortunately, Philip...
RETIREMENT – WO GRANT KRYGSVELD, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. ON 29 JANUARY 2021, WARRANT OFFICER GRANT KRYGSVELD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 31+ YEARS OF SERVICE. 2. WARRANT OFFICER KRYGSVELD JOINED THE RCAF AS AN INTEGRAL SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN IN 1989. FOLLOWING AMALGAMATION TO AVIONICS TECHNICIAN IN 1996,...
RETIREMENT – MWO KEN BAILEY, CD – 00384 LINE TECH
MASTER WARRANT OFFICER KEN BAILEY IS RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 5 JANUARY 2021 AFTER 33 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. MWO BAILEY ENROLLED IN IN ST. JOHN’S NL ON 22 JANUARY OF 1987. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS BASIC AND INFANTRY BATTLE...
RETIREMENT – SGT KEVIN T. MOLLOY, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. SERGEANT KEVIN T. MOLLOY WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 01 FEBRUARY 2021 AFTER 13+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. SGT MOLLOY ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 29 AUGUST 2007 AS AN ATIS TECH IN REGINA, SK. IN 2009 HE COMPLETED HIS TRADES...
RETIREMENT – CWO CHRISTINE OUELLET, MMM, CD – 00381 CWO
1. AFTER 38 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER CHRISTINE OUELLET WILL RETIRE ON 29 JAN 2021. 2. CWO OUELLET, IS ORIGINALLY FROM THE LAURENTIDES, QUEBEC AND JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN OCT 1982 AS A...
RETIREMENT – MWO MARTIN WESLEY CRUIKSHANK, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. ON 06 JANUARY 2021 MWO MARTIN CRUIKSHANK, CD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 31 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. MARTIN...
RETIREMENT – SGT STEVEN CHAMAILLARD, CD – 00109 ATIS TEC
1. SERGEANT STEVEN CHAMAILLARD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 02 FEBRUARY 2021 AFTER 36 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. SERGEANT CHAMAILLARD JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS A FIELD ENGINEER WITHIN THE PRIMARY RESERVE ON 03...
MCpl Kyle Ladouceur – CJOC Commendation
4 Dec 2020 , CJOC COMD virtually presented MCpl Kyle Ladouceur with Commendation: MCpl Kyle Ladouceur (Information Systems Technician) CJOC COMMENDATION Since his arrival in July 2020, Master Corporal Ladouceur has demonstrated remarkable technical skill as the...
William J. Henderson Philanthropy Award – Colonel John Catto, CD
The Military Communications & Electronics (C&E) Museum Foundation's donor recognition program acknowledges various levels of financial support to our Museum. In 2015 the Board of Directors added a special award to recognize outstanding support by individuals...
RETIREMENT – CWO ROBERTO GENTILE, CD – 00381 CWO
1. AFTER 33 + YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER ROBERTO GENTILE WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 3 FEBRUARY 2021. 2. ROBERTO ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 11 MARCH 1987 AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR (COMM RSCH)....
MCpl Bilodeau on Exercise NOBLE SKYWAVE
Since 2013, Communications and Electronics Branch has brought hundreds of teams from dozens of Nations together to test, strengthen expertise and compete in a friendly atmosphere to what is now known as the most prestigious military led HF competition in the world:...
RETIREMENT – CWO MICHELLE HERRINGTON, CD – 00381 CWO
1. AFTER 35 + YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER MICHELLE HERRINGTON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 15 JANUARY 2021. 2. MICHELLE JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN ST. JOHNS, NL IN JULY OF 1985 AS A COMM RSCH OPERATOR. SHE...
A Korean War Soldier: Sergeant Edward Allan Buckner
To everyone who’s gone through the Canadian Forces School of Communication and Electronics (CFSCE), you would’ve gone to the Communication and Electronics (C&E) Museum at least once. Within, there is a name mentioned several times – Sgt (Ret’d) Edward Allan...
RETIREMENT – CWO JAMES DOPPLER, MMM, CD – 00381 CWO
1. CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER JAMES (JIM) DOPPLER, M.M.M., CD, WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 20 JANUARY 2021 AFTER 34 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATE SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. JIM WAS BORN IN HUMBOLDT, SASKATCHEWAN, WAS RAISED ON A FARM AND GREW UP IN THE TOWN...
RETIREMENT – MCPL KENT HENNIGAR, CD – 00384 LINE TECH
1. MASTER CORPORAL KENT L. HENNIGAR WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF ON 1 DEC 2020 WITH 18 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CAF, THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS AND MOST NOTABLY THE LINE TRADE. 2. MCPL HENNIGAR ENROLLED IN THE SIGNALS CORPS ON 10...
eFP BG Latvia Signals Update
The month of October for eFP Latvia saw the Battle Group (BG) deploy on our rotation’s biggest exercises of the tour. The NATO Combat Readiness Evaluation (CREVAL) exercise, Ex SILVER ARROW, was conducted in two phases, first in South-Eastern Latvia and then in the...
RETIREMENT – SGT ÉRIC G. NADEAU, CD – 00385 SIG TECH
SERGEANT ERIC G. NADEAU WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, CANADIAN ARMY AND THE COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONIC BRANCH ON 15 JANUARY 2021, AFTER 33 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. SGT NADEAU ENROLLED IN THE PRIMARY RESERVE (P RES) ON 2...
EX READY POSTURE: Testing Out the New Headquarters Shelter System
Ex READY POSTURE (RP) is the annual exercise conducted by Canadian Forces Joint Operational Support Group (CFJOSG). Its objective is to validate the formation’s readiness level so it can accomplish its domestic and expeditionary mandate by deploying a Joint Task Force...
RETIREMENT – MAJ VAUGHAN CURNEW, CD – 00340 CELE
1. MAJOR VAUGHAN CURNEW WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 1 DECEMBER 2020, AFTER 34 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. MAJ CURNEW JOINED THE CANADIAN FORCES IN APRIL 1986 AS A RADAR TECH, RISING THROUGH THE RANKS FROM PRIVATE TO MASTER WARRANT...