ON 31 OCT 2023, MWO DEREK STADNICHUK WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 32 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA.

BORN AND RAISED IN GUERNSEY, SK, AND ON COMPLETION OF HIGH SCHOOL, MWO STADNICHUK DECIDED TO PUT THE IDEAL JOB AS MASCOT GAINER THE GOPHER OF SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS ON HOLD AND ENROLLED AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR ON 31 OCT 1991 AT CANADIAN FORCES RECRUITING CENTRE SASKATOON, SK. DURING HIS CAREER, MWO STADNICHUK HAS SERVED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT CANADA AND ABROAD:  CFS LEITRIM (X2), HMCS ALGONQUIN, MARPAC HQ, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY (NSA), CFSCE, CFEWC, CFIOG HQ AND HAS COMPLETED DISTINGUISHED TOURS:  CFS ALERT (1995), OP APOLLO (2002) AND OP IMPACT (2018) RESPECTIVELY.

MWO STADNICHUK WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE HE SERVED WITH FOR THE MEMORIES AND FRIENDSHIPS, OVER HIS 32 YEARS OF SERVICE.

MWO STADNICHUK, WIFE SHANNON AND SON RYDER WILL BE REMAINING IN THE OTTAWA REGION. A DEPART WITH DIGNITY CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2023 IN MWO STADNICHUK’S HONOUR AT ENZO GRILL, EMBRUN ONTARIO, COMMENCING AT 1200. THOSE WISHING TO ATTEND ARE ASKED TO CONTACT OPI CWO ERIC FILION BY EMAIL at:   Filion CWO E@ADM(IM) CFIOG HQ@Ottawa-Hull [email protected], NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, 6 OCTORBER 2023.  IN THE EVENT NUMBERS EXCEED SEATING LIMIT FOR ENZO GRILL, A NEW LOCATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY OPI TO THOSE WHO HAD RSVP PRIOR TO DEADLINE. ANECDOTES, AND PICTURES CAN BE SENT TO OPI.