1. COLONEL N.P. TORRINGTON-SMITH, CD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 25 JUL 2025.

2. COLONEL TORRINGTON-SMITH COMMENCED HIS DISTINGUISHED MILITARY CAREER IN 1990, JOINING AS A COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING OFFICER. THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE, HE HAS HELD NUMEROUS PIVOTAL OPERATIONAL POSITIONS, INCLUDING ASSIGNMENTS AT 14 WING GREENWOOD, THE NATO SATELLITE GROUND TERMINAL IN FOLLY LAKE, NOVA SCOTIA, THE CANADIAN FORCES NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTRE, 76 COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, CANADIAN FORCES INFORMATION OPERATIONS GROUP HEADQUARTERS, AND THE CANADIAN FORCES ELECTRONIC WARFARE CENTRE. HE ALSO PROVIDED HIS EXPERTISE TO THE UNITED NATIONS PEACE KEEPING MISSION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.

3. IN ADDITION TO HIS OPERATIONAL ROLES, COLONEL TORRINGTON-SMITH HAS HELD VARIOUS STAFF POSITIONS WITHIN THE DIRECTOR GENERAL AEROSPACE EQUIPMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, DIRECTORATE OF SPACE DEVELOPMENT, DIRECTORATE OF AIR DOMAIN DEVELOPMENT, CANADIAN JOINT OPERATIONS COMMAND, CHIEF MILITARY PERSONNEL AND MOST RECENTLY WITHIN THE CHIEF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND CULTURE. HIS ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS ARE EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE, HOLDING A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS FROM ROYAL ROADS MILITARY COLLEGE (1993), A MASTER OF ENGINEERING IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING FROM THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA (2000), AND BEING A GRADUATE OF THE CANADIAN FORCES COLLEGE JOINT COMMAND AND STAFF PROGRAM (2012).

4. COLONEL TORRINGTON-SMITH’S LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONALISM, AND STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE HAVE LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON OUR ORGANIZATION. AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF, DIRECTOR GENERAL PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND DEVELOPMENT, HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND CULTURE HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF NUMEROUS POLICY UPDATES AND TACTICAL LEVEL TOOLS, AND THE COMPLAINTS PROCESS TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE.

5. AS COLONEL TORRINGTON-SMITH EMBARKS ON THIS NEW CHAPTER OF HIS LIFE, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND WISH HIM EVERY SUCCESS IN HIS RETIREMENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT HE CAN DO WITH ALL THE EXTRA TIME HE CAN NOW DEDICATE TO HIS HOBBY OF BARBERSHOP SINGING! HIS PRESENCE, SENSE OF HUMOUR, AND JOY OF LIFE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED, BUT HIS IMPACT WILL ENDURE.

6. THERE WILL BE SMALL DEPART WITH DIGNITY TO BE HELD ON 17 JULY WITH FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES OR ANECDOTES, PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO CPO1 CASHIN AT [email protected].