RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL FRÉDÉRIC BOLDUC, CD – 00383, SIG OP

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MCPL BOLDUC BEGAN HIS JOURNEY WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS A SIGNALS OPERATOR IN MONTREAL, QUEBEC, AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 17 ON JANURAY 13, 2010. AFTER COMPLETING QL3 IN 2011, HE WAS POSTED TO THE 2 CANADIAN MECHANIZED BRIGADE GROUP, AT HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNALS SQADRON (2 CMGB HQ & SIGS HQ) IN PETAWAWA ONTARIO. HIS CONTRIBUTION WERE INVALUABLE SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE MAIN CP DETACHMENT AND THE RRB DETACHMENT AND BECOMING A SIBJECT MATTER EXPERT IN TACTICAL RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS THROUGHT HIS DEDICATION TO LEARNING ENGLISH. HIS CAREER PATH LED HIM TO 1RCR IN 2012, WHERE HE DEPLOYED TO NORWAY AS A MEMBER OF THE RRB DETACHMENT. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL IN 2014 MCPL BOLDUC WAS POSTED TO 3RCR, WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS JUMP COURSE AND ACQUIRED SKILLS AS A RECONNAISSANCE PATROLLER. HIS DETERMINATION LED HIM BECOME A PRONTO FOR THE RECCE PLATTON, SHOWCASING HIS LEADERSHIP AND PROFICIENCY.

MCPL BOLDUC’S DEDICATION TOOK HIM OVERSEAS ONCE AGAIN IN AN EXERCICE WITH THE 82ND AIRBORNE IN NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE HE EARNED HIS AMERICAN JUMP WINGS. PROMOTED TO MASTER CORPORAL IN 2017, HE WAS REASSIGNED TO THE HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNALS SQANDRON OF 3 CANADIAN BRIGADE MECHANIZED BRIGADE GROUPE.

IN 2018, MCPL BOLDUC JOINED THE 1 RCR SIGNALS PLATOON FOR DEPLOYMENT TO EFP LATVIA AS A C/S 8 RADIO OPERATOR, FUTHER DEMONSTRATING HIS VERSATILITY AND CAPABILITY. HIS SERVICE CONTINUED WITH A POSTING TO CFB KINGSTON AT 21 E/W AS SIGS STORES. AFTER THAT, MCPL BOLDUC STAYED AT 21EW, INSTRUCTING MANY RADIO COURSES AND HELPING WITH THEIR PRE-PLQ COURSEÉ. AND FINALLY, TO CFJSR, WHERE HE UNFORTUNATELY FELL ILL. IT IS WITH DEEP RESPECT AND GRATTUDE THAT WE BID FAREWELL TO MCPL BOLDUC AS HE ENTERS RETIREMENT. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ARE COMMENDABLE, AND HIS LEGACY WILL ENDURE THROUGHOUT THE LIVES HE HAS TOUCHED AND THE MISSION HE HAS SERVED.

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Audrey C. Thibault
1 month ago

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