RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL MAXIME ROUSSEL, LINE TECH – 00384-01

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Retirement Date:

01/04/2023

1. MASTER CORPORAL MAXIME ROUSSEL WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 01 APRIL 23 AFTER MORE THAN 13 PLUS YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED, DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE LINE TRADE AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF).

2. MAXIME JOINED THE CAF ON 28 MAY 2009 AS A LINEMAN. AFTER COMPLETING BASIC TRAINING IN JUNE OF 2009, HE WAS POSTED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS(CFSCE) KINGSTON FOR QL3 TRAINING.

UPON COMPLETION OF THE QL3 LINE COURSE, ON 28 MARCH 2011, MAXIME WAS POSTED TO 1 HQ & SIGS EDMONTON WHERE HE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF BRAVO TROOP. DURING HIS FIRST POSTING TO 1 HQ & SIGS, HE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO PERSONALLY IMPROVE HIS MINIMAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING TO A HIGH STANDARD. HE WAS THEN POSTED TO 3VP IN 2012, JTFN HQ YELLOWKNIFE IN 2014 WHERE HE SPENT THE NEXT 3 YEARS ENJOYING A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.  HE WAS POSTED TO CFB TRENTON IN 2017, WHERE IT TOOK HIM 4 LONG YEARS TO BREAK FREE OF THE STRONG ONTARIO CURRENT AND GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED A POSTING BACK TO YELLOWKNIFE, THIS TIME DECIDING TO DIG IN FOR THE LONG HAUL.

3. MAXIME WILL BE STAYING IN THE YELLOWKNIFE AREA WITH HIS CHILDREN WILLIAM (5) AND HAILEY (3) AS HE STARTS HIS NEW CAREER WITH NORTHWEST TEL AS A CABLE SPLICER ON 04 APRIL 23.

4. MAXIME WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS COMRADES IN ARMS FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, CAMARADERIE AND MENTOR-SHIP GIVEN UNSELFISHLY OVER THE YEARS.

 

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Ellick Pau
11 months ago

Congrats MCpl Roussel! It has been a pleasure working collaboratively with you in the past. I’m glad you’ll be staying in Yellowknife.