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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...
RETIREMENT – CAPTAIN TIMOTHY R. CARY, CD – 00340 CELE OFFICER
1. AFTER 20 WILDLY SUCCESSFUL YET SOMEWHAT UNEVENTFUL YEARS IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, CAPT TIMOTHY CARY WILL RETIRE ON 15 OCTOBER 2022. 2. CAPTAIN CARY JOINED THE CAF IN 2002 AS A LAND COMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN. AFTER COMPLETING...
RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER PASCAL DEBLOIS, CD – 00120 SIGINT SPEC
1. AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER PASCAL DEBLOIS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 6 NOVEMBER 2022. 2. MWO DEBLOIS ENROLLED IN THE RESERVE AS A COOK, ON 10 JANUARY 1992, WITH 51ST SERVICE...
RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL DYLAN J. ELLIOTT CD, 00383-01, SIGOP
1. ON 31 OCT 22, MCPL DYLAN ELLIOTT WILL SHUTDOWN AND ZEROIZE ALL EQUIPMENT IN RETIREMENT WITH 13 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF). 2. DYLAN ENROLLED WITH THE CAF ON 28 OCT 09 AT CFRC HAMILTON AS AN ARMY SIGNAL OPERATOR (SIGOP)....
RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL RIGOBERTO F. SANTOS
1. MCPL SANTOS RETIRED ON 30 JANUARY 2021 AFTER 20 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. 2. MCPL SANTOS JOINED THE CF ON 09 APR 2002. AFTER COMPLETION OF QL3 ATIS COURSE, HE WAS POSTED TO 16 WING HQ AND WORKED WITH WTIS UNTIL JUL...
RETIREMENT – SERGEANT LARRY WILSON, SIG TECH 00385-01
1. AFTER 30 YEARS OF LOYAL RESERVE FORCE SERVICE TO CANADA SGT LARRY WILSON WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 31 OCTOBER 2022. 2. SGT WILSON WAS BORN IN CALGARY, AB, AND JOINED THE CAF AT THE AGE OF 17 IN MAY OF 1992 AS A RIFLEMEN WITH THE...
RETIREMENT – COLONEL ROBYN Y. HULAN, OMM, CD, 00341 – SIGS
1. Colonel Robyn Hulan, OMM, CD will retire from the Canadian Armed Forces after 30 plus years of loyal and dedicated service to Canada on 31 October 2022. 2. Colonel Hulan’s career has spanned signals intelligence, electronic warfare and information technology...
RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL NATALIE MURRAY, CD, 00109 – ATIS TECH
1. MASTER CORPORAL MURRAY IS RETIRING AFTER 35 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE CAF. 2. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS AS A CANADIAN FORCES RESERVIST, MCPL NATALIE MURRAY JOINED THE REGULAR FORCE IN JUNE 1987, ENROLLING AS A POET. GRADUATING FROM CFSCE KINGSTON AS A 231 RADAR TECHNICIAN,...
RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL ANTHONY G. M. BROWN, CD, 00109 – ATIS TECH
1. AFTER 15+ YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, MCPL ANTHONY BROWN RETIRED ON 11 AUG 2022 FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. 2. SINCE JOINING THE CAF ON 25 JAN 2007, MCPL BROWN HAS HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER SERVING IN CANADA AND ABROAD. MCPL BROWN DEPLOYED TO...
RETIREMENT – SERGEANT RYAN HEFFERNAN, CD, 00109 – ATIS TECH
1. SERGEANT RYAN HEFFERNAN WILL BE RETIRING AFTER 23 YEARS OF SERVICE. 2. SGT RYAN HEFFERNAN OR AS MOST KNOW HIM “HEFF” JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN 1999 AS RESERVE INFANTEER WITH THE HASTINGS AND PRINCE EDWARD REGIMENT. IN 2001 WHILE A MEMBER OF THE...
RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL BILL WESTBROOK, 00120 – SIGINT SPEC
1. AFTER 15+ YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, MCPL BILL WESTBROOK WILL RETIRE ON 25 SEPT 2022 FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. SINCE JOINING THE CAF ON 19 DEC 2006 MCPL WESTBROOK IS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING THROUGHOUT CANADA AND ABROAD IN...
C&E Branch Members participate in IRON WARRIOR 2022
The annual IRON WARRIOR event, hosted by CFB Petawawa, took place on 27 and 28 Aug 2022. This gruelling event, which involves a ruck march, a canoe portage and then paddling said canoe down the Ottawa River, is a mental and physical challenge for all...
RETIREMENT – CAPTAIN MICHAEL GUERAULT, CD – 00340-01 CELE (AIR)
1. AFTER 13 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) CAPTAIN MICHAEL GUERAULT WILL BE RETIRING ON 01 FEBRUARY 2023. 2. MICHAEL FIRST ENROLLED WITH THE CAF ON 08 JANUARY 2010 AS A COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (CELE) OFFICER....
BURIAL CEREMONY – MASTER CORPORAL CLIFFORD DENNISON, CD
MCPL CLIFFORD DENNISON CD, WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2021, WAS LAID TO REST AT THE CATARAQUI CEMETERY IN KINGSTON ONTARIO ON 25 JUNE 2021. AT THE TIME OF HIS BURIAL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT CLIFFORD WAS AN INDIGENOUS VETERAN AND THEREFORE HEATHER MITCHELL FROM THE CITY...
RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER ALLAN C. (CHRIS) BECKINGHAM, CD – SIG TECH – 00385
1. AFTER MORE THAN 37 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER CHRIS BECKINGHAM WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 29 SEPTEMBER 2022....
RETIREMENT – CORPORAL LANCE MARSHALL, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. CPL LANCE MARSHALL WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON OCT 2ND 2022, AFTER OVER 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. LANCE JOINED THE CF ON THURSDAY THE 12TH OF FEB 1987 IN CALGARY. THE NEXT DAY HE TOOK A WHITE KNUCKLE...
RETIREMENT – WARRANT OFFICER LEONARD TALLIS, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. AFTER 33 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, WO LEONARD TALLIS’S LAST DAY IN UNIFORM WILL BE 02 OCTOBER 2022. 2. WO TALLIS ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 28 MARCH 1989, LANDING IN CORNWALLIS ON APRIL 1ST 1989. UPON COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING AND INITIAL TRADES TRAINING AT...
RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER RONALD LAWTON, CD – IS TECH – 00394
1. AFTER 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, MWO RONALD LAWTON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 24 JULY 2022. 2. MWO LAWTON ENROLLED IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO ON 15 JUNE 1987, UNDER THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PLAN, WITH 705 COMMUNICATION SQUADRON...
RETIREMENT – CAPTAIN JASON ISENOR, CD, 00340 – CELE
1. AFTER MORE THAN 28 YEARS OF SERVICE, CAPTAIN JASON ISENOR WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2022. 2. JAY GREW UP IN ELMSDALE NS, AND JOINED THE CAF IN 1993 AS 031 INFANTRY. AFTER COMPLETION OF BASIC RECRUIT TRAINING AT CFRS...
RETIREMENT – WARRANT OFFICER CARMINE CORRADO, CD, 00383-01 – SIG OP
1. WARRANT OFFICER CARMINE CORRADO WILL RELEASE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 31 AUG, 2022, AFTER 34 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. CARMINE STARTED HIS MILITARY CAREER IN JUNE OF 1988, AS PART OF THE...
ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER – SUMMER 2022
ASSOCIATION NEWS Vol. 1, Issue 2, Summer 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...
ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER – SPRING 2022
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RETIREMENT – MCPL THOMAS HALL, CD, 00394 – IS TECH
AFTER 16 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF), MASTER CORPORAL THOMAS HALL WILL BE RETIRING ON 13 SEPTEMBER, 2022. TOM FIRST ENROLLED WITH THE CAF ON 10 JUNE 2003 AS INFANTRY. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN SERVICE, HE THEN...
RETIREMENT – BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES LAMBERT, CD, 00341 SIGS
1. BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES LAMBERT, CD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 36 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA ON 21 OCTOBER 2022. 2. BGEN LAMBERT JOINED THE CANADIAN FORCES IN 1986 AND GRADUATED FROM THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE...
Happy 100th Birthday to Cpl (ret) Hugh Patterson!
On 17 July 2022, family, friends including military family and friends gathered in the Legion in Caledonia to celebrate Cpl Patterson’s 100th birthday. He enjoyed a few beer while exchanging stories and sharing a few laughs with over one hundred people who...
77 Line Regt Newsletter – The Cable Jul 22
Dear C&E Family: Please read exciting stories about important events and updates from 77 Line Regiment in July 22 newsletter: The Cable - Volume 6 Issue 2
Capt Bencze receives the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (DMSM)
Capt Bencze receives the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (DMSM) from the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, David L. Cohen, during the 03 June 2022 U.S. Embassy Military Awards Ceremony in Ottawa. Captain Christopher G. Bencze, Canadian Army, distinguished himself by...
Burlington Veteran Douglas Ross Rickard marks 104th Birthday
June 25, 2022 — Press release from the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 60 Burlington The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 60 Burlington wishes a very Happy Birthday today to one of its valued members, 104-year old Douglas Ross Rickard (pronounced “rih-KARD”). His...
Promotion – CWO Peter Holub, CD
Peter Holub was promoted to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer, on 21 Jun at the 21 EW Regt H&A.Starting of his his enrollment on the 3rd of May 1996, CWO Peter Holub CD has proven to be exceptional in his career as a former SIGINT Specialist and Career Manager,...
RETIREMENT – MCPL CHRISTOPHER MACMILLAN – 00385-01 – SIG TECH
1. MCPL CHRISTOPHER MACMILLAN WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 01 AUG 2022, AFTER 12 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORP OF SIGNALS AS A SIGNALS TECHNICIAN. 2. CHRIS ENROLLED ON 27 JULY 2010 AT THE CANADIAN FORCES...
RETIREMENT – CORPORAL ALDORIA J. BRIDEAU – 00394-01 – IS TECH
1. CPL AL BRIDEAU WILL RELEASE FROM, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON JUNE 21 2022, AFTER 11 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS AND THE IS TECH TRADE. 2. CPL BRIDEAU ENROLLED ON APRIL 21, 2011, WHERE HE UNDERWENT...
RETIREMENT – COLONEL ERIC CYR CD, 00341 CELE
1. COL ERIC CYR, CD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 34+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA ON 3 JULY 2022. 2. COLONEL CYR JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN 1988, ATTENDING THE COLLEGE MILITAIRE ROYAL DE ST-JEAN AND GRADUATED WITH...
RETIREMENT – WO Martin Mailloux, CD – 00109 – ATIS TECH
1. WO MAILLOUX WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 13 AUGUST 2022, AFTER COMPLETING 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. 2. WO MAILLOUX JOINED THE CAF IN 2002 IN NORTH BAY, ON. HE COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CFB ESQUIMALT, BC. HE WAS SENT TO THE CANADIAN FORCES...
RETIREMENT – CPL JORDAN HEDSTROM – 00384 – LINE TECH
1. CORPORAL JORDAN HEDSTROM WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 10 JUL 2022, AFTER 9 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, ROYAL CANADIAN CORP OF SIGNALS AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE LINE TRADE. 2. JORDAN ENROLLED...
RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER MAURICE L. BOIRE, CD 00394 – IS TECH
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER MAURICE “MOE” BOIRE WILL RELEASE FROM THE REGULAR FORCE ON 14 AUG, 2022, AFTER 36 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE ARMED FORCES, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. MOE STARTED HIS CAREER AS AN INFANTEER IN...
RETIREMENT – MAJ ANTHONY SHIELDS, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. MAJOR ANTHONY SHIELDS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 11 JULY 2022 HAVING COMPLETED 22 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. MAJ SHIELDS JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN JUNE 2000 GRADUATING IN 2004 FROM RMC WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN...
RETIREMENT – CWO CARSON ROBERTS, CD – 00381 – CWO
1. CWO CARSON ROBERTS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 04 JULY 2022 AFTER 34+ YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO CAF AND ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS (RCCS). 2. CARSON WAS BORN IN THE SMALL FISHING COMMUNITY OF TRITON, ON THE SHORES OF NEWFOUNDLAND...
RETIREMENT – MAJOR JOHN MILNE, CD – 00341 – SIGS
1. MAJ JOHN MILNE WILL RETIRE ON 27 JULY 2022 AFTER MORE THAN 38 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. MAJ MILNE STARTED HIS JOURNEY WITH THE CAF AS A BANDSMAN WITH THE WEST NOVA SCOTIA REGIMENT IN 1979. AS A SIGNALS OFFICER, LT MILNE WAS POSTED TO 1...
Veterans Affairs Update June 2022
In this edition What you told us about accessibility Wait times for disability benefits: what you told us Take part in a study on chronic pain Celebrating Indigenous people’s military service Veteran story: Raymond Goodchild Invictus Games report: Winter is coming...
RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER SEAN SILVER, CD – 00384 – LINE TECH
MASTER WARRANT OFFICER SEAN SILVER, CD WILL RELEASE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON JUNE 03 2022, AFTER 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS AND THE LINE TRADE. SEAN WAS SWORN IN AND SENT TO RECRUIT SCHOOL IN 1987 IN...
Veterans wanted for Dieppe Raid 80th Anniversary
The Government of Canada is planning an overseas commemorative event to mark the Dieppe Raid’s 80th Anniversary. An official delegation will travel overseas from approximately August 14 to August 21, 2022 to attend events at several sites in Dieppe, France. The...
RETIREMENT – SERGEANT MICHAEL SCHLIWA – 00120 – SIGINT SPEC
SERGANT MICHAEL SCHLIWA WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 26 MAY 2022 AFTER 17 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. SGT SCHLIWA ENROLLED AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR - NOW SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST - ON 12 OCTOBER 2005. DURING...
RETIREMENT – CPL GARRY REYNOLDS – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. ON 14 AUGUST 2022, CORPORAL GARRY REYNOLDS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 21+ YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. CPL REYNOLDS ENROLLED IN THE CAF RESERVES IN 1982, FROM WINNIPEG, MB AS A PTE WITH 735 COMMUNICATION REGIMENT AS A RADIO TELETYPE...
MULTIPLE AWARDS FOR OP REASSURANCE 22-01 PARTICIPANTS
To recognize Sqn members’ accomplishment and performance throughout OP REASSURANCE, the TFL Command Team handed out various TFL awards to members of the Sig Sqn on 20 May 2022. The awards were: TFL Commander’s Coin: Awarded in recognition of remarkable performance or...
Fred Whichelo Promoted to Colonel
On behalf the C&E Family, The Branch Leader – Brigadier-General James Lambert, CD – extends his congratulations to Fred Whichelo on becoming the newest member of the C&E Branch and Royal Canadian Corps of Signals to attain the rank of Colonel. Colonel...
RETIREMENT – LCOL SHELLEY NICKERSON – 00340 CELE
AFTER 39+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, LCOL SHELLEY NICKERSON WILL RETIRE ON 15 JULY 2022. LCOL NICKERSON JOINED THE CAF ON 23 SEPTEMBER 1983, AS PART OF THE YOUTH TRAINING EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (YTEP, 1YR...
Col (Ret) Nigel Van Loan – 00120 SIGINT
Our community lost a retired officer and fine person on 15 May 2022. Col (Ret) Nigel Van Loan was an outstanding Signal Officer who made significant contributions to our profession. His work in the SIGINT community was transformative. A memorial mass will be held at...
RETIREMENT – LCOL MARTIN OUELLET, CD, 00341 SIGS
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MARTIN OUELLET RETIRED FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 15TH FEBRUARY 2022, AFTER MORE THAN 26 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. LCOL OUELLET JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN JUNE 1995. HE GRADUATED FROM RMC WITH AN ELECTRICAL...
RETIREMENT – WO KATHY WINNING – 00109 ATIS TECH
AFTER 19 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, WARRANT OFFICER KATHY WINNING WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, 1ST CANADIAN DIVISION AND THE AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEMS TRADE ON 15 MAY 2022. WO WINNING ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON...