1. AFTER 20 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, WO TRAINOR WILL BE RETIRING ON 31 MARCH 2023.

2. WO TRAINOR JOINED THE CAF ON 2 OCTOBER 2002 AND PROCEEDED TO BASIC TRAINING IN SAINT-JEAN, QC. AFTER BASIC TRAINING HE WAS SENT TO CFSCE TO COMPLETE SIG OP QL3 TRADES TRAINING.

UPON COMPLETION OF HIS TRADES TRAINING AT CFSCE, HE WAS POSTED TO 4ESR IN BASE GAGETOWN N.B. AND SERVED TWO TOURS OF DUTY IN AFGHANISTAN: IN 2005 AND 2007. WO TRAINOR WAS THEN PROMOTED TO MCPL AND POSTED TO THE SIG SQN AT BASE GAGETOWN AS HEAD OF THE CLASSIFIED DOMAIN SECTION FOR LFAA.

WO TRAINOR WAS PROMOTED TO SGT IN 2012 AND POSTED TO WHAT WAS THEN CALLED SHARE SERVICES UNIT ATLANTIC (SSU(A)) IN HALIFAX N.S. UNTIL 2016. DURING THIS TIME WO TRAINOR MADE THE TRADE CHANGE TO IT TECHNICIAN.

SUMMER OF 2016 LED HIM TO DIM SECUR AT TUNNEY’S PASTURE IN OTTAWA FOR HIS NEXT POSTING WHERE HE WORKED AS A SECURITY ANALYST. HIS SHORT TWO YEARS STAY WERE MEMORABLE AND ENABLED HIM TO MAKE SOME LIFELONG FRIENDS AND COMRADES.

WO TRAINOR WAS THEN PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK IN 2018 AND SENT TO 766 COMM SQN AS LIFE-CYCLE MATERIEL MANAGER (LCMM) FOR LINK AND NETWORK EQUIPMENT. HE WAS THEN POSTED TO THE SATCOM OPERATIONS CENTER (SOC) IN 2020 AS TROOP WO AT NDHQ PEARKES. THIS POSTING WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS CAREER. AFTER SPENDING AN EXCITING YEAR AT 764 COMM SQN, IT TURNED OUT TO BE SHORT LIVED AS HE WAS QUICKLY MOVED TO 765 TECHNICAL MAINTENANCE. HIS LAST POSTING HAS BEEN BY FAR A HIGH POINT OF HIS CAREER AND HAS AGAIN MADE SOME GREAT MEMORIES AND FRIENDS.

3. WO TRAINOR WILL RETIRE TO OROMOCTO NEW BRUNSWICK TO HIS HOME AND BEGIN THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HIS LIFE AS A CIVILIAN WITHIN BASE GAGETOWN. IN HIS OFF TIME, HE WILL SPEND MUCH NEEDED TIME WITH FAMILY AND GRAND KIDS, CONTINUE WORKING TO PERFECT HIS ART IN A NEW STUDIO AND ENJOY TOURING AROUND THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES ON HIS INDIAN CHIEF MOTORCYCLE.

4.  A DEPART WITH DIGNITY WILL BE HELD AT AULDE DUBLINER & POUR HOUSE – ON 17 MAR 23 @ 11:30. PLEASE INFORM CAPT THEORET IF YOU ARE ATTENDING AND PLEASE SEND HIM ANY CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES OR HUMOROUS ANECDOTES. [email protected]. HE WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER A MEMORY BOOK WITH ALL CERTIFICATES AND MESSAGES.