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. AFTER COMPLETING CELE BASIC IN JULY 2011, HE WAS POSTED TO ADM (IM) AS A SECURITY ENGINEER. FOLLOWING THIS, HE WAS THEN POSTED IN 2014 TO CFINTCOM J2 SIGINT, WHERE HE HAD THE CHANCE TO BE A MILITARY INTEGREE AT COMMUNICATION SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT (CSE). IN 2017, HE WAS THEN POSTED TO CANSOFCOM AS THE CANADIAN FORCES INFORMATION OPERATIONS GROUP (CFIOG) SIGINT AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE LIAISON OFFICER, WHERE HE HAD A CHANCE TO DEPLOY IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IMPACT IN 2019. AFTER THIS HE WAS POSTED TO HIS CURRENT ROLE AT CFIOG AS THE FOREIGN CYBER OPERATIONS (FCO) PLANS AND OPERATIONS OFFICER, WHERE HE AGAIN HAD A CHANCE TO BE A MILITARY INTEGREE AT CSE.

3. UPON RETIREMENT, HE WILL REMAIN IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION WITH HIS FAMILY. MICHAEL WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS FAMILY FOR THE MANY YEARS OF SUPPORT AND HARD WORK THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.

4. A SMALL CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT HIS UNIT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN EARLY DECEMBER 2022 (EXACT DATE TBD). ANYONE WISHING TO EXTEND BEST WISHES OR CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES ARE INVITED TO SEND THEM TO MCPL JESSE BURDECKI ([email protected])