1. AFTER 37+ YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, LCOL GRANT GRISWOLD WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 14 APRIL 2025. HE JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN 1987 AND GRADUATED FROM THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, KINGSTON IN 1991 WITH A BACHELOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. HE THEN WENT ON TO COMPLETE HIS SIGNAL OFFICER TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE).

2. LCOL GRISWOLD HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE SERVED IN A VARIETY OF CANADIAN ARMY POSTS AT THE TACTICAL, OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC LEVELS, WORKING AT 1ST CANADIAN DIVISION HQ AND SIGNALS REGIMENT (1 CDHSR), DIRECTOR LAND COMMAND AND INFORMATION (DLCI) OTTAWA, G6 OF THE 4TH CDN DIV HQ IN TORONTO/J6 OF THE JOINT TASK FORCE CENTRAL (JTFC).

3. OUTSIDE OF THE ARMY, LCOL GRISWOLD HAS SERVED WITH CHIEF MILITARY PERSONNEL (CMP) AS THE P6, THE CANADIAN JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT (JSR)-KINGSTON AS OC 3 SQN AND OC SP SQN, G6 OF THE JOINT OPERATIONAL SUPPORT GROUP (JOSG)-KINGSTON, MEMBER OF DEPUTY DIRECTORATE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING (DDIMP)-OTTAWA, DEPUTY COMMANDANT OF CFSCE-KINGSTON. OPERATIONAL TOURS INCLUDE DEPLOYMENTS IN 1994 OP SPEAKER AS PART OF THE UN CONTINGENT IN THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, AND IN 2004 FOR OP PALLADIUM IN BANYA LUKA, BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA AS THE CHIEF G6 OF THE MULTINATIONAL TASK FORCE NORTHWEST.

4. LCOL GRISWOLD HOLDS A MASTER’S IN ENGINEERING – COMPUTER ENGINEERING FROM ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA AND HE IS A 2012 GRADUATE OF THE JOINT COMMAND AND STAFF PROGRAM (JCSP).

5. LCOL GRISWOLD IS GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE THAT HE HAS WORKED WITH AND MADE MEMORIES WITH OVER HIS CAREER. HE IS ALSO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTINUAL SUPPORT FROM HIS WIFE COL CATHY BLUE AND HIS SONS ALEX AND DUNCAN.

6. A DWD IS PLANNED FOR THURSDAY 17 APRIL 2025 AT THE 3 BREWER’S KANATA CENTRUM STARTING AT 1300HRS. RSVPS AS WELL AS BEST WISHES, ANECDOTES AND CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES CAN BE EMAILED TO CAPT W. WILSON AT [email protected].