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RETIREMENT – CORPORAL JONATHAN A. CARDOZO, IS TECH – 00394
1. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 AND A HALF YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, CPL CARDOZO WILL DEPART WITH DIGNITY ON 17 FEB 2023 AND WILL BE JOINING THE YORK REGIONAL POLICE AS A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS SPECIALIST. 2. CPL CARDOZO JOINED THE CANADIAN...
RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER KEVIN HILLS, CD, ATIS TECH 00109-01
MASTER WARRANT OFFICER KEVIN HILLS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 26 MARCH 2023 AFTER 40 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. KEVIN ENROLLED WITH THE CAF IN JUNE OF 1982. AFTER COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING IN CORNWALLIS NS. HE WAS SENT TO...
RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER W. M. RIDING, CD, 00120 – SIGINT SPEC
1. AFTER 27 + YEARS OF COMBINED LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER WILLIAM (BILL) RIDING WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 20 MARCH 2023. 2. BILL EMBARKED ON HIS MILITARY CAREER IN 1988 WHEN, WHILE ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE, HE...
RETIREMENT – WARRANT OFFICER FRED B. TRAINOR, CD, 00394 – IS TECH
1. AFTER 20 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, WO TRAINOR WILL BE RETIRING ON 31 MARCH 2023. 2. WO TRAINOR JOINED THE CAF ON 2 OCTOBER 2002 AND PROCEEDED TO BASIC TRAINING IN SAINT-JEAN, QC. AFTER BASIC TRAINING HE WAS SENT...
RETIREMENT – WARRANT OFFICER CARL W. KEEPING (WOODY), CD, 00383 – SIG OP
1. AFTER 36 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) WO CARL KEEPING (WOODY) WILL BE RETIRING ON THE 13TH OF MARCH 23. WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE AMAZING PEOPLE HE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET DURING HIS TIME IN...
RETIREMENT – SERGEANT DONALD BECKER, CD, 00109 – ATIS TECH
1. AFTER 20+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, SERGEANT DONALD BECKER WILL RETIRE ON 15 FEBRUARY 2023. 2. SGT BECKER ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN FEBRUARY OF 2002, COMPLETING BASIC TRAINING IN SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, FOLLOWED BY POET...
77 Line Regiment Newsletters
77 LINE REGIMENT 77 Line Regiment has been publishing newsletters for a good while now. Here are the latest: January 2022 The Cable - Volume 6 Issue 1 July 2022 The Cable - Volume 6 Issue 2 December 2022 The Cable - Volume 6 Issue 3 June 2023 The Cable - Volume 7...
Master Corporal Donovan Santa: Cyber Operator of the Year 2022
Congratulations to Master Corporal Donovan Santa who was presented with the 2022 Cyber Operator of the Year Award. The citation reads: Cyber Operator of the Year 2022 Award presented to Master Corporal Donovan Santa Master Corporal Donovan Santa has been critical to...
RETIREMENT – SERGEANT ANGELO GALEAZZA, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. SERGEANT (SGT) ANGELO GALEAZZA WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 03 APRIL 2023 AFTER 24 + YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. SERGEANT GALEAZZA JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) IN JUN 1998 AS A MEMBER OF THE CADET...
Happy Birthday to the Cyber Operator Occupation!
On January 31st, 2017, the Cyber Operator occupation (MOSID 00378) was officially stood up. In April of 2017, the first Regular Force positions were converted to reflect the Cyber Operator occupation. The occupation has grown tenfold across all NCM ranks since...
RETIREMENT – COLONEL GARY WHELAN, CD, 00341 – SIGS
1. AFTER CLOSE TO 39 YEARS IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, COLONEL GARY WHELAN WILL RETIRE ON 31 MARCH 2023. 2. WHELAN JOINED THE CAF IN APRIL OF 1984 WHEN HE JOINED AS A RESERVIST AS PART OF A SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (SYEP) WITH 763 (OTTAWA)...
RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL DAVID SAVOY, CD, 00384 – LINE TECH
1. MASTER CORPORAL DAVID SAVOY WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 3 FEB 23 AFTER 19+ YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF, ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS AND THE SUPERIOR TRADE, THE LINE TRADE. 2. MCPL SAVOY ENROLLED IN THE CAF AS AN...
741 Communication Squadron Newsletters
741 COMMUNICATION SQUADRON 741 Communication Squadron Victoria, now a part of 39 Signal Regiment, published regular newsletters in its time. Many of them have been lost, but thanks to Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Mike Hayes we are able to share a few of them: 741...
RETIREMENT – SERGEANT JONATHAN DÉCARY, CD, 00394 – IS TECH
1. AFTER 15 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, SERGEANT JONATHAN DÉCARY WILL BE RETIRING ON 05 MARCH 2023. 2. SGT DÉCARY FIRST ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 7 AUGUST 2007 AS AN ARMORED OFFICER AT RMC ST-JEAN. HE THEN TRANSITIONED TO...
RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER PATRICK T. LOVE, MMM, CD, 00383 – SIG OP
1. AFTER MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO QUEEN, KING AND COUNTRY, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER PATRICK LOVE MMM CD RCCS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 31 MARCH 2023. THIS SERVICE INCLUDES 2 YEARS AS A MEMBER OF THE PRIMARY RESERVE. 2....
RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER SEAN A. HEWITT, CD, 00385 – SIG TECH
1. AFTER MORE THAN 32 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER SEAN HEWITT WILL TAKE HIS RETIREMENT ON THE 11TH OF FEBRUARY 2023 FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND THE SIG TECH TRADE. 2. MWO SEAN HEWITT...
RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL KIM PIERCEY, CD, SIG OP, 00383
AFTER 16 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE QUEEN, CANADA, AND THE C&E BRANCH, MCPL PIERCEY (TIMON, SHIELL) WILL RETIRE FROM THE ARMY BRANCH OF THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 31 JANUARY, 2023. 2. MCPL PIERCEY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LONDON, ONT. SHE FOLLOWED HER...
RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL LUCAS EDWARDS, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. MASTER CORPORAL LUCAS EDWARDS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 18 JAN 2023 AFTER 14 + YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. MASTER CORPORAL (MCPL) EDWARDS JOINED THE CAF AS A CELE OFFICER AS A PART OF THE REGULAR OFFICER...
Happy 101st Birthday to Cpl Hugh Patterson, WWII Dispatch Rider!
Cpl (Ret) Hugh Patterson recently celebrated his 101st birthday in a modest celebration with friends and family on the 30th of December, 2022. The C&E Branch has previously highlighted Cpl Patterson's career and this year, The Hamilton Spectator wrote an...
32 Signal Regiment Dispatches
32 SIGNAL REGIMENT We are pleased to be able to share some of the newsletters and articles from our friends at 32 Signal Regiment: Volume 1, Issue 1, July 2022: 32 Sig Regt newsletter Vol1_Iss1 Volume 1, Issue 2, September 2022: 32 Sig Regt newsletter Vol1_Iss 2...
ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER – WINTER 2022
ASSOCIATION NEWS Vol. 1, Issue 3, Winter 2022 Greetings to our Members! Yes, all former and serving members (Regular Force and Reserve) of the C&E Branch and its founding elements are automatically members in perpetuity of the C&E Association. Your family...
Op JIMMY SANTA 2022
For six years now the Communications and Electronics (C&E) Association has sponsored Op Jimmy Santa, providing small gifts of Branch memorabilia to each member of the C&E Branch deployed over the Christmas season. With the initial assistance of the...
RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER TIM LYTTLE, CD, 00385-01, SIG TECH
MWO TIM LYTTLE HAS DECIDED TO HANG UP THE COMBAT BOOTS AFTER 32 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CAF AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH. STARTING OUT AS AN OCEANOGRAPHIC OPERATOR, LIFE...
RETIREMENT – CAPTAIN WILLIAM (BILL) KELLAR, CD, 00341 SIGS
CAPTAIN BILL KELLAR WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON THE 18 DECEMBER 2022 AFTER 38+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DISTINCT SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CAF AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS (RCCS). BILL JOINED AS A YTEP SUPPLY TECH IN OCTOBER 1984....
RETIREMENT – CORPORAL KRZYSZTOF KUMOR, CD, 00109 – ATIS TECH
AFTER SIXTEEN YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE REG FORCE, CPL KUMOR WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 1 DEC 22. CPL KUMOR JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (RCAF) IN 2006. AFTER COMPLETING HIS BASIC MILITARY QUALIFICATION (BMQ) IN 2007, CPL KUMOR...
RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL VINCENT MONGEAU-FRANCOEUR, V, 00109 – ATIS TECH
1. AFTER 13 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICES, MASTER CORPORAL MONGEAU-FRANCOEUR WILL TAKE HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND THE ATIS-TECH TRADE. 2. MCPL MONGEAU-FRANCOEUR JOINED THE RCAF...
RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL JOHN LAKATOS, CD, 00385 – SIG TECH
ON 16 DECEMBER 2022, MASTER CORPORAL JOHN LAKATOS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) AFTER 12 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. BORN AND RAISED IN TOTTENHAM, ON, MCPL LAKATOS JOINED THE CAF ON 25 FEBRUARY 2010 IN BARRIE, ON AS AN LCIS TECH. HE...
RETIREMENT – PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS DOMINIC MORIN, CD1 – 00120, SIGINT SPEC
PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS (PO2) DOMINIC MORIN WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON JANUARY 13TH, 2023 AFTER 25 + YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. PO2 MORIN ENROLLED AS A NAVAL COMMUNICATOR IN HULL, QUEBEC ON MAR 20TH, 1996....
RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER WILLIAM GOETTING CD, 00385 – SIGNAL TECHNICIAN
1. MWO WILLIAM “BILL” GOETTING WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE REG FORCE ON 25 DEC 22 AFTER 39 PLUS YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. MWO GOETIING ENROLLED IN THE RESERVES WITH 44 FD ENGR...
RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER DARRYL S. FAUBERT, CD2 – SIG TECH – 00385
1. HAVING SERVED 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, THE ROYAL CANADIAN DRAGOONS, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER DARRYL FAUBERT WILL RETIRE...
77 Line Regt Newsletter – The Cable Dec 22
Dear C&E Family: Please read exciting stories about important events and updates from 77 Line Regiment in Dec 22 newsletter: The Cable - Volume 6 Issue 3
RETIREMENT – LIEUTENANT COLONEL ANIL SHEEHAN, CD, 00340 – CELE
1. LCOL ANIL SHEEHAN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 16 DECEMBER 2022 AFTER 26 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CAF AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH. 2. ORIGINALLY FROM STEPHENVILLE, NL, LCOL SHEEHAN ENROLLED IN 1991 AS A SIGNALS...
RETIREMENT – LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHAD JOHANNES, CD, 00341 – SIGS
1. AFTER MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHAD JOHANNES WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 19 DECEMBER 2022. 2. LCOL JOHANNES CAREER HAS SEEN HIM SERVE IN A NUMBER OF COMMAND AND STAFF POSITIONS...
RETIREMENT – BRIGADIER-GENERAL DAVID AWALT, CD, 00172 – GOL
1. AFTER 31 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE BRIGADIER-GENERAL DAVID AWALT RETIRED FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2022. 2. BGEN DAVID AWALT ENROLLED IN THE REGULAR FORCE IN 1991 IN THE REGULAR OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM GRADUATING FROM ROYAL...
100th Birthday! We need your enthusiasm for Canadian Signalman Stanley W. Dovauo, originally of Vernon, BC.
Signalman Stanley Dovauo will be celebrating his 100th Birthday, come 19 Nov 2022!Having enlisted in Aug of ‘41, Sig Dovauo was deployed to England in preparations for operations in continental Europe. He met his sweetheart Laura Priddle of Sussex and married...
RETIREMENT – PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS SCOTT BROOKES, CD, NAV COMM – 00299
1. PO2 SCOTT BROOKES WILL SWALLOW THE ANCHOR AND PROCEED ASHORE FOR THE FINAL TIME ON 24 NOV 2022 AFTER MORE THAN 23 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF AND THE RCN. 2.PO2 BROOKES ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 18 JAN 1999 IN TORONTO, ON....
RETIREMENT – CAPTAIN JAMES A. TRASK, CD, SIGS – 00341
1. ON 10 JANUARY 2023, CAPTAIN AL TRASK, CD, WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) AFTER 40+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH, AND CANADA. 2. CAPT TRASK’S JOURNEY...
RETIREMENT – CORPORAL WARREN E. HAMELIN, 00109 – ATIS TECH
1. CPL WARREN HAMELIN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 15 NOVEMBER 2022 AFTER MORE THAN 6 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED, DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF). 2. WARREN JOINED THE CAF ON 24 MAY 2016 AS AN ATIS TECH. AFTER...
RETIREMENT – CAPTAIN GREGORY RITONJA, 00341 – SIGS
1. CAPTAIN GREGORY RITONJA IS RETIRING ON 23 NOVEMBER 2022, AFTER 12 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF, C&E BRANCH, THE SIGNALS TRADE, AND CANSOFCOM. 2. HE ENROLLED IN THE CAF AS A SIGNALS OFFICER IN JULY 2010. AFTER 4 YEARS AT RMC, IN THE...
RETIREMENT – CAPTAIN RALPH T. MACDONALD, CD, SIGS – 00341
1. CAPTAIN RALPH T. MACDONALD WILL RETIRE ON 13 JANUARY 2023, AFTER 34 YEARS OF DEDICATED, ALBEIT BROKEN, SERVICE TO CANADA, ITS ARMED FORCES, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. RALPH WALKED THROUGH THE FRONT GATES OF CFRLS CORNWALLIS ON 8 NOVEMBER...
RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL ANDREW LAAGLAND WINDER, 00384 – LINE TECH
1. MASTER CORPORAL ANDREW LAAGLAND WINDER WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 14 OCT 2022 WITH 13 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORP OF SIGNALS AS A LINE TECHNICIAN. 2. MCPL LAAGLAND WINDER ENROLLED IN THE CAF AS A LINEMAN ON 30 JUL 2009...
RETIREMENT – CORPORAL DERRICK CROWDER, 00340 – CELE
1. AFTER 10 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, CPL DERRICK CROWDER WILL RETIRE ON 15 NOVEMBER 2022. 2. BORN IN WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CPL DERRICK CROWDER BEGAN LIFE IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN NOVEMBER 2012 AS AN ATIS TECH....
RETIREMENT – SERGEANT ZAW AUNG, CD, 00340 – CELE
AFTER 20 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, SGT ZAW AUNG WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 15 DECEMBER 2022.
RETIREMENT – WARRANT OFFICER JAKE OUELLET, CD, 00383 – SIG OP
AFTER 23 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) WO JAKE OUELLET WILL BE RETIRING ON THE 9TH NOV 22.
RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER MICHAEL TAYLOR, CD, 00384 – LINE TECH
MASTER WARRANT OFFICER MICHAEL TAYLOR, CD, WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 23 NOVEMBER 2022 AFTER 31 + YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS AND THE LINE TECHNICIAN TRADE.
Congratulations to Captain Russell Storring!
Captain Russell Storring, awarded the Military Personnel Generation Group Commanders Commendation for his work in Decentralized Recruit Training. Citation: Captain Storring was a success enabler in the establishment of the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School...
Congratulations to Major Jennifer Arsenault!
Major Jennifer Arsenault, awarded the SSM with Expedition bar, for her work on Op PRESENCE TF-Training Support to Peacekeeping Operations (TF-TSPO), which saw the TF deploy to Rwanda and Uganda in the fall of 2021 and spring of 2022. TF-TSPO was tasked to develop and...
RETIREMENT – WARRANT OFFICER STEVE WINDSOR, CD, 00109 – ATIS TECH
1. AFTER MORE AND 33 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, WARRANT OFFICER STEVE WINDSOR’S LAST DAY OF WORK WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES WILL BE 9 JAN 2023. 2. WO WINDSOR ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN JUN 1986 UNDER THE ROTP PROGRAM AS A MARINE ENGINEERING OFFICER...
C&E Week 2022 has begun!
C&E week has kicked off with raising of our Branch flag and a brief of our strong history of RCCS and the North. Blueberry cupcakes with grey coloured icing to enjoy. Our Sr Sig Offr (CELE) is our JTFN Comd, BGen Godbout. [gallery type="rectangular"...
FLASH SAVE The Netherlands 2023 Battlefield Tour (28 Apr – 7 May 23)
The Netherlands 2023 Battlefield Tour (28 Apr - 7 May 23) FLASH SAVE $1162pp on Tour, first-come-first-served More information click here: Netherlands 2023/Itinerary Netherlands 2023 the “75th+3 Anniversary of Liberation” Victory Tour 28 April – 7 May, 2023...