RETIREMENT MASTER CORPORAL NATHAN SMITH – 00383-01 SIG OP

Retirement Date: 20/02/2024

MASTER CORPORAL SMITH IS RELEASING FROM THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 20 FEB 2024, AFTER TEN PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES.
NATHAN WAS SWORN IN AT THE CANADIAN FORCES RECRUITING CENTRE CALGARY ON 23 OCT 2013. AFTER COMPLETING BASIC TRAINING AND HIS ACISS CORE DP 1.0 HE WAS POSTED TO 1 CMBG HQ & SIG SQN EDMONTON. IN 2018 HE MOVED TO 1 PPCLI WHERE HE LEARNED TO WEAR PT AS THE DRESS OF THE DAY UNTIL HIS PROMOTION TO MCPL IN 2020. THAT SAME YEAR HE WAS POSTED, NOT BY CHOICE, TO SHILO. IN 2021 HE MADE HIS WAY BACK TO EDMONTON AND WAS POSTED TO 408 THS WHERE HE ENJOYED THE AIR FORCE LIFE FOR A FEW YEARS. IN 2022 HE EARNED THE SPECIAL SVC MEDAL (SSM) FOR HIS DEPLOYMENT ON OP REASSURANCE WITH 2 PPCLI AS THE ADMIN COY SIGNALLER. FOR HIS FINAL POSTING IN 2023 NATHAN RETURNED TO THE MOTHER SHIP AT 1 CMBG HQ & SIG SQN WHERE HE SPENT THE LAST FEW MONTHS TRANSFERING ALL OF HIS KNOWLEDGE TO A NEW GENERATION OF SIGNALLERS.
NATHAN AND HIS SPOUSE KATHERINE WILL REMAIN IN THE EDMONTON AREA WHERE HE ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH NAVCAN AS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER.
A DWD WILL BE HELD AT THE CANADIAN BREWHOUSE (ST.ALBERT), 101 ST ALBERT TRL #50, ST. ALBERT ON FRIDAY 9 FEB 2024 AT 1200. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES AND ANECDOTES FOR THE DWD CAN BE SENT TO [email protected]

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