1. AFTER 46 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE, MR. RICHARD VOISINE WILL RETIRE ON 15 MARCH 2024.

2. MR. VOISINE ENROLLED IN THE CAF AND COMMENCED BASIC TRANING IN 1978 AT CFB ST-JEAN, QC. HE BECAME A RADAR TECHNICIAN FOR THE FIRST 6 YEARS AND WAS STATIONED AT CFB BAGOTVILLE, QC. HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MASTER COPORAL IN AUGUST 1985.

3. IN 1985, MCPL VOISINE WAS SELECTED AS BASIC ELECTRONIC INSTRUCTOR AT CFB ST-JEAN. AFTER 7 YEARS SERVICE AS INSTRUCTOR, HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF SERGEANT IN JANUARY 1992.

4. AS A SENIOR TECHNICIAN, SGT VOISINE FILLED SEVERAL POSITIONS IN OTTAWA BEFORE RETIRING FROM THE CAF IN 1999 WITH 22 YEARS OF SERVICE.

5. MR. VOISINE STARTED HIS PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER IN OTTAWA AS A NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR IN 1999. HE JOINED 76 COMM REGIMENT (WAS NAMED AS DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE, SECURITY, AND OPERATIONS AUTOMATION) TO PROVIDE IT SUPPORT TO CLASSIFIED NETWORKS SINCE 1996.  HE IS RETIRING FROM THE POSITION OF SENIOR NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR IN DEPLOYED SUPPORT SERVICE TROOP, 765 COMM SQN.

6. MR. VOISINE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK ALL THOSE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL WITH WHOM HE HAS HAD THE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH AND WHO HAVE HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON HIS CAREER. HE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIPS DEVELOPED OVER HIS LONG CAREER.

7. A SMALL PRIVATE FUNCTION WILL BE HELD ON 8 MAR 2024 TO CELEBRATE RICHARD’S RETIREMENT.  ANYONE WISHING TO CONVEY BEST WISHES OR MEMORABLE ANECDOTES ARE INVITED TO SEND THEM TO CAPT XIA ([email protected]).