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RETIREMENT – MWO RENÉ GUÉRAULT, CD – 00362-03 ACISS-CST
1. AFTER MORE THAN 31 YEARS OF SERVICE, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER RENÉ GUÉRAULT WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS ON 12 FEBRUARY 2020. 2. NATIVE FROM SEPT-ÎLES, QUEBEC, MWO GUÉRAULT JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 12...
RETIREMENT – MWO RICHARD JOHN BEARD, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER JOHN BEARD WILL BE RETIRING 12 JANUARY 2020 AFTER 32+ YEARS OF SERVICE. 2. MWO BEARD JOINED THE CAF AS A RADIO TECHNICIAN IN 1987. UPON COMPLETION OF TRAINING IN KINGSTON HE WAS POSTED TO EDMONTON, WHERE HE MET HIS WIFE JACQUELINE, ALSO A...
Liberation of the Netherlands Commemorative Programme
Liberation of the Netherlands Commemorative Programme ~ Speaker Series #2 ~ 'Signal Heroes & Their Stories' Wednesday, 23 October 20191800 - 2000 hours Military C&E Museum95 Craftsman BlvdCanadian Forces Base Kingston
Significance of Oct to C&E Branch
The month of October is significant for the Communications and Electronic Branch (C&E Br) for a number of reasons: 1 October 1966 - A new Military Occupation (MOC) 291, Communicator Research (Comm Rsch), was created incorporating the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)...
RETIREMENT – LS MICHEL DURAND, CD – 00120 COMM RSCH
1. LEADING SEAMAN MICHEL DURAND WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 05 NOVEMBER 2019 AFTER 14 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. MICHEL ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 12 JANUARY 2005 IN CHICOUTIMI, QC. HE HAS SERVED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS DURING...
RETIREMENT – MCPL OLEKSANDR SERDYUKOV – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. ON 01 OCT, 2019, MASTER CORPORAL OLEKSANDR SERDYUKOV WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER MORE THAN 10 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA 2. MCPL SERDUYKOV JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE IN TORONTO ON 06 MAY 2009 AS AN AEC - AEROSPACE...
Netherlands 2020 Battlefield Study Tour
Members of the C&E Branch and her founding services, as a part of celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Holland the C&E Branch invites you to the Netherlands Battlefield Study Tour 2020. Please see the attached letter from our Colonel...
RETIREMENT – CAPT RONALD MITCHELL, MMM, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. CAPTAIN RONALD (RON) MITCHELL WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, EFFECTIVE 26 SEPTEMBER 2019, AFTER 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. RON ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS A COMMUNICATOR...
75TH ANNIVERSARY – LIBERATION OF THE NETHERLANDS – SEARCH FOR VETERANS
Dear C&E family members, We have been asked to identify any former C&E/RCCS/RCAF Telecom members who are veterans of the Liberation of the Netherlands campaign who would be able to participate in the VAC sponsored 75th anniversary celebrations in May next...
C&E Week 2019: Sergeants’ and Subalterns’ Indoctrination Programme
The Sergeants’ & Subalterns’ Indoctrination Programme for 2019 will take place 23-24 October 2019 in the Mercury Conference Room of the Vimy Officers' Mess at CFB Kingston.The concept this year is twofold: first – to expose our NCOs and junior officers...
Liberation of the Netherlands Commemorative Programme
Liberation of the Netherlands Commemorative ProgrammeWednesday, 18 September 2019 1800 - 2000 hrsMilitary C&E Museum95 Craftsman BlvdCanadian Forces Base KingstonFurther Details:Evening ProgrammeKeynote Speaker Biography
C&E Week 2019: NCMs’ Mess Dinner
The Communications & Electronics Branch requests the pleasure of your company at the Non-Commissioned Members' Mess Dinner Thursday, 24 October 2019 at the Sergeants' and Warrant Officers' Mess. It is requested that you arrive at 1800 hours for 1900 hours.
C&E Week 2019: Officers’ Mess Dinner
The Communications & Electronics Branch Leader - Major-General Francois Chagnon, OMM, MSM, CD, Late RCCS - requests the pleasure of your company to attend the 2019 C&E Branch Officers’ Mess Dinner on Thursday, 24 October 2019 at the Vimy Officers’...
Kandahar Cenotaph Rededication
Last weekend I had the privilege of attending the Kandahar Cenotaph rededication ceremony at the NDHQ Carling Campus in Ottawa honouring 158 fallen soldiers. For veterans, serving members, and families, our time in Afghanistan holds a significant importance in our...
RETIREMENT – WO KEVIN DWIGHT HOLLOWAY, CD – 00362-01 ACISS
1. WARRANT OFFICER KEVIN DWIGHT HOLLOWAY WILL RETIRE FROM CAF ON 27 SEPTEMBER 2019, AFTER 42 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. KEVIN DWIGHT HOLLOWAY ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 25 AUGUST 1977, SERVING THE FIRST 19 YEARS IN THE REGULAR FORCE AS A...
Obituary Notice – Colonel Peter H. Sutton, CD, Late RCCS (Retired)
Colonel (Ret'd) Peter Hutingford Sutton, CD (15 December 1932 – 24 August 2019) Loving husband, devoted father and grandfather, Colonel Peter Sutton passed away 24 August 2019 in Kingston, Ontario, aged 86 years. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Audrey...
RETIREMENT – MAJ SIMON LAROCQUE, CD – 00340 CELE
1. ON 26 JULY 2019, MAJ SIMON LAROCQUE RETIRED FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 34 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. SIMON STARTED HIS CAREER AS A RADIO TECHNICIAN IN 1985. HE SERVED AT CFS ALDERGROVE (MATSQUI) WHERE HE APPLIED FOR THE UTPNCM PROGRAM IN...
RETIREMENT – LCOL DARREN L. HARPER, OMM, CD – 00340 CELE
1. ON 17 MAY 2019, LCOL DARREN L. HARPER, OMM, CD RETIRED FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 36 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. DARREN STARTED HIS CAREER WITH THE CAMERON HIGHLANDERS OF OTTAWA AS A RESERVIST. IN MAR 1989 HE TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE...
RETIREMENT – MWO CHRISTOPHER HISCOCK, CD – 00120 COMM RSCH
1. MWO CHRIS HISCOCK WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 17 OCT 2019, AFTER 28+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. CHRIS ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 11 MAY 1991 AT ST. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR. DURING HIS CAREER...
RETIREMENT – CWO J. CAMERON WINTERS, MMM, CD – 00381-04 CWO
1. AFTER MORE THAN 32 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, THE COUNTRY, AND TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF), CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER CAMERON WINTERS HAS DECIDED TO TAKE OFF THE UNIFORM AND TRANSITION OVER TO A JOB WITH...
The Late LCol Ed Drake (Ret’d), RCCS inducted into NSA Cryptologic “Hall of Honor”
LCol Ed Drake (Ret'd), RCCS officer drove the Canadian military SIGINT program throughout the Second World War. At war's end, LCol Drake was appointed to head the Canadian Government's newly established and highly secretive Communications Branch of the National...
VIDEO: Dieppe Raiders, D-Day Dodgers, and D-Day Fighters
A friend of BGen (Retired) Pep Fraser, Ted Ryczko has developed a video to commemorate and celebrate the courageous soldiers who stormed the D-Day beaches and fought through Normandy. He has included in the video a tribute to our own HCol David Hart, MMM,CD who...
Communications and Electronics Week 2019
Members of the C&E Branch and its founding services, the attached letter and annexes provide guidance and direction concerning C&E Week 2019. Further information, as required, will be communicated here and by distribution list.Branch Leader's Introductory...
RETIREMENT – CAPT KRESHNIK MEQA – 00340 CELE
1. CAPTAIN KRESHNIK MEQA WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 09 SEPTEMBER 2019 AFTER 10 YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH. 2. CAPT MEQA ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF)...
RETIREMENT – MWO JAMES WILLIAMSON, CD – 00362-01 ACISS
1. AFTER MORE THAN 29 YEARS OF GOOD AND LOYAL SERVICE, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER JAMES WILLIAMSON WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 9 AUGUST 2019. 2. MWO JAMES WILLIAMSON JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN MARCH...
RETIREMENT – MCPL SCOTT KEOGH – 00362-04 ACISS-IST
1. MASTER CORPORAL SCOTT KEOGH WILL BE LEAVING THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON AUGUST 18TH, 2019 AFTER 9 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE RCCS, CAF, AND CANADA. 2. HE JOINED AS A SIGNAL OPERATOR ON AUGUST 19TH, 2010 IN NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., HOWEVER, HE TRANSFERRED TO AN...
C&E Museum Foundation Seeks Secretary-Treasurer Contract
The Military Communications and Electronics Museum Foundation is seeking a contractor to provide secretary-treasurer services. The contract will commence 1 September 2019 and will entail approximately 40 hours per month of work. It will be for an initial period of six...
RETIREMENT – SGT ADAM DEWIS, CD – 00362-01 ACISS
1. SERGEANT ADAM DEWIS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON THE 02 AUGUST 2019 AFTER 21+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DISTINCT SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. SGT DEWIS JOINED THE REGULAR FORCE IN EDMONTON,...
RETIREMENT – SGT KEVIN QUAST, CD – 00109 ATIS-TECH
1. SERGEANT KEVIN QUAST WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 06 AUG 2019 AFTER MORE THAN 15 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. KEVIN ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN MARCH OF 2004 AS A SKILLED AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ATIS) TECHNICIAN...
Vintage Signals Team in Davos, Switzerland
The Vintage Signals Team has returned from the Youth Leadership Summit in Davos, Switzerland.The theme was communications for approximately 2,000 American and German students. Our team expanded our Morse Code and Caesar shift cipher to a Key word...
RETIREMENT – MWO JOHN KEOUGH, CD – 00362-05 ACISS-CISTM
1. MWO KEOUGH WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 12 SEPTEMBER 2019 AFTER 28 PLUS YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN FORCES AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH. 2. MWO KEOUGH IS ORIGINALLY FROM ST. JOHN’S NL. HE ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN...
Horseless Carriage Club visits C&E Museum
The Museum has been contacted by the Horseless Carriage Club as they plan on visiting the gallery Fri, 26 July afternoon. I have asked permission from them to let people know online about their visit as people may be interested at looking at the automobiles. At this...
Horseless Carriage Club visits C&E Museum
The Museum has been contacted by the Horseless Carriage Club as they plan on visiting the gallery tomorrow afternoon. I have asked permission from them to let people know online about their visit as people may be interested at looking at the automobiles. At this time...
RETIREMENT – CAPT JEFFREY MUNN, MMM, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. CAPTAIN JEFFREY MUNN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS ON 27 NOV 19 AFTER 36 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. CAPT MUNN ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 27 MAY 1983 IN BOIESTOWN, NB. UPON...
D RCCS communiqué regarding NCM occupation transition and required delta training for DP1 and 2
Attached is the communiqué to update the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (RCCS) on the status of the transition of the Non-Commissioned Member (NCM) Army Communications and Information Systems Specialist (ACISS) to Signal Operator (Sig Op), Line Technician (Line...
RETIREMENT – CAPT BARTOSZ FRANCISZEK WOZNIAK, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. AFTER 17 YEARS OF SERVICE, CAPT WOZNIAK WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 30 AUGUST 2019. 2. BORN IN CHORZOW BATORY, POLAND, CAPT WOZNIAK IMMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1982 AND SETTLED IN THE NIAGARA REGION. AFTER COMPLETING HIS ENGINEERING DEGREE AT THE...
RETIREMENT – CWO ROBERTA BILLINGSLEY, MSM, CD – 00120 COMM RSCH
1. CWO ROBERTA BILLINGSLEY WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, 21 AUGUST 2019, AFTER 30+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. ROBERTA ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 20 OCT 1988 AT CFRC KAMLOOPS, BC AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR. DURING HER...
RETIREMENT – MCPL KYLE WIGHT, CD – 00378 CYBER OP
1. MCPL KYLE WIGHT WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 31 JULY 2019 AFTER 17 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, THE CANADIAN ARMY, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. KYLE JOINED THE...
RETIREMENT – MCPL SATARA STEPHENS – 00120 COMM RSCH
1. MCPL SATARA STEPHENS WILL BE RELEASING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 9 AUGUST 2019 AFTER 10 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. 2. MCPL SATARA STEPHENS ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 28 JULY 2009 IN KINGSTON, ONTARIO. AFTER COPMPLETING...
RETIREMENT – CAPT WAYNE MACDONALD, CD – 00340 CELE
1. AFTER 36 PLUS YEARS, CAPTAIN WAYNE MACDONALD HAS DECIDED TO CALL IT A CAREER. HE ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN MAY 1983 AND AFTER COMPLETING BASIC TRAINING IN CORNWALLIS NS WAS OFF TO POET TRAINING AT CFSCE IN KINGSTON. HE COMPLETED HEAVY RADAR TECH (231) TRAINING IN NOV...
RETIREMENT – SGT PAUL HAWKINS, CD – 00362-02 ACISS LST
1. SERGEANT PAUL HAWKINS WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF ON 04 JULY 2019 WITH 22 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CAF, AND THE ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS AS A LINEMAN. 2. SGT HAWKINS ENROLLED IN 1993 INTO THE INFANTRY RESERVE. HE SERVED TWO YEARS...
CFIOG HQ OUTCAN detachment at Fort Gordon, Georgia, USA, organizes a golf tournament to support local injured soldiers
Since 2003, the Canadian Forces Information Operations Group Headquarters (CFIOG HQ) has a detachment located at Fort Gordon, Georgia, USA. They are part of the Military Personnel Exchange Program (MPEP) between United States Navy (USN) and Canadian Armed Forces...
C&E Branch Educational Bursary – 2019 Competition
The Communications and Electronics Branch (C&E) Branch Office is currently accepting nominations for the 2019 Educational Bursary competition. Deadline for application is Friday 12 July, 2019. Details are available at:...
RETIREMENT – MCPL MARTIN PERRON, CD – 00362 ACISS
1. MR. MARTIN PERRON WILL RETIRE ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2019, AFTER MORE THAN 34 YEARS OF COMBINED MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE. 2. MARTIN ENROLLED 18 JUL 1985 AND COMPLETED HIS BASIC AND LANGUAGE TRG AT...
Graduation of Army Communication & Information Systems Specialist Course ACISS 0045 (28 Jun 19)
Photo Caption: Front: MCpl J.M. Tremblay Séguin, MCpl R.M. Coté, MCpl M.A.S. Barry, MCpl G.J.A.D. Lavoie Lauzon, Lt E.J. Brisebois, Sgt D.W.A. Hocquard, MCpl S. Tousignant, MCpl A.D. Guay, MCpl C.A.C. Bellegarde, MCpl B.J. Massett (Staff)...
RETIREMENT – SGT DARRYL RANGER, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. SERGEANT DARRYL RANGER WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, 15 JULY 2019 AFTER 20 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. DARRYL ENROLLED IN THE CAF AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA IN 1999 AND PROCEEDED TO CANADIAN FORCES LEADERSHIP AND RECRUIT SCHOOL (CFLRS) IN...
C&E Branch Home Station Golf Tournament
Event DetailsC&E Branch Home Station Golf Tournament16 August 2019Garrison Golf & Curling ClubCanadian Forces Base Kingston Schedule0730hrsCheck-in / Registration0830hrsTee off start – shotgun1230hrsBBQ Lunch1300hrsPrize presentation Registration...
RETIREMENT – MAJ BILL GORHAM, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. MAJ BILL GORHAM WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON O3 SEPTEMBER 2019, AFTER COMPLETING OVER 37 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS (RCCS). 2....
Congratulatory Message- BGen James Lambert, CD
Senior Leaders and retired members of the Communications and Electronics Branch; it is my pleasure to inform you of the following promotion: Brigadier-General James Lambert, CD, Late RCCS was promoted to his present rank on Tuesday, 25 June 2019 by the Chief of...
RETIREMENT – MWO JOSÉE LAMOTHE, CD – 00120-01 COMM RSCH
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER JOSÉE LAMOTHE WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, 29 JULY 2019 AFTER 30+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. JOSÉE ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 20 JULY 1989 AT CFRS SHERBROOKE, QC AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH. DURING...