- AFTER MORE THAN 9 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, CPL D. MENDONSA WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 19 JUNE 2023.
- CPL MENDONSA WAS SWORN INTO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS AN ENGINEERING OFFICER, ON JULY 14, 2014, UNDER THE ROTP PROGRAM.
HE GRADUATED FROM THE COLLEGE MILITARE ROYAL SAINT-JEAN IN MAY 2015, AND COMPLETED HIS BASIC TRAINING IN AUGUST OF 2015. HE WAS THEN SENT TO THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA AND COMPLETED HIS DEGREE IN GENERAL SCIENCE IN MAY OF 2020.
CPL MENDONSA COMPLETED A COMPONENT TRANSFER, IN 2020, TO BECOME AN ATIS TECHNICIAN, AND COMPLETED HIS POET, AND ATIS QL3 AT CFSCE. HE WAS THEN POSTED TO CFS LEITRIM IN 2022, WHERE HE WORKED AS A MEMBER IN THE HADCS AND SNS/SERVICE DESK SHOPS UNTIL HIS DEPARTURE.
- CPL MENDONSA IS EXTREMELY THANKFUL TO ALL THE PEOPLE HE HAS MET AND WORKED WITH THOUGHOUT HIS CAREER AND WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY ON ALL THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE HE HAS GAINED AS A MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN FORCES FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
- AFTER RELEASING, CPL MENDONSA WILL ENTER THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY OF THE COMPANIONS OF THE CROSS AND UNDERGO SEMINARY FORMATION TO BECOME A CATHOLIC PRIEST.