1. AFTER AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER SPANNING 35+ YEARS, MWO SIMPSON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 03 MARCH 2025.

2. MWO SIMPSON ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON JANUARY 5, 1989, AS AN ARTILLERYMAN. HE COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CANADIAN FORCES RECRUIT SCHOOL CORNWALLIS (CFRS) BEFORE ATTENDING THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY BATTLE SCHOOL AT CFB SHILO, MB. IN THE FALL OF 1989, HE WAS POSTED TO THE 2ND REGIMENT, ROYAL CANADIAN HORSE ARTILLERY (2 RCHA) AT CFB PETAWAWA, ON. DURING HIS TIME WITH 2 RCHA, HE COMPLETED NUMEROUS COURSES, INCLUDING ARTILLERY COMMUNICATIONS, DRIVER WHEELED, BASIC ARTILLERY SURVEY, BASIC PARACHUTIST, GUN DETACHMENT 2IC, AND THE COMBAT LEADERSHIP COURSE. WHILE SERVING IN 2 RCHA, MWO SIMPSON COMPLETED TWO OPERATIONAL TOURS: A UN MISSION IN CYPRUS IN 1993, WHERE HE WAS PART OF THE LAST CANADIAN UNIT BEFORE THE SECTOR WAS HANDED OVER TO THE BRITISH, AND A DEPLOYMENT TO THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA FROM 1994 TO 1995, WHERE HE SERVED AS A MORTAR DETACHMENT COMMANDER.

3. IN 1996, MWO SIMPSON TRANSITIONED TO A NEW TRADE, ATTENDING THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE) IN KINGSTON, ON, TO QUALIFY AS A LINEMAN (052). UPON COMPLETING HIS TRAINING, HE WAS POSTED TO 1 RCHA SIGNALS TROOP AS A LINE DETACHMENT MEMBER. WHILE THERE, HE PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS, INCLUDING THE 1997 WINNIPEG FLOODS, AVCON 1998 IN ROGERS PASS, BC, AND A NATO MISSION TO BOSNIA IN 2000.

4. FOLLOWING HIS TOUR IN BOSNIA, HE WAS POSTED TO 19 WING COMOX UNTIL 2001, WHERE HE WAS PROMOTED TO MASTER CORPORAL (MCPL) AND ASSIGNED TO 1 LINE SQUADRON (SQN), CANADIAN FORCES JOINT SIGNALS REGIMENT (CFJSR) AS A PROJECT CREW 2IC. DURING HIS TENURE AT CFJSR, HE WAS INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING DEPLOYMENTS TO AFGHANISTAN, BOSNIA, AND EGYPT.

5. IN 2004, MWO SIMPSON WAS POSTED TO CFSCE AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN LINE TRAINING. FOLLOWING A PROMOTION IN 2006, HE WAS POSTED TO CFJSR DET EDMONTON AS A PROJECT FOREMAN, WHERE HE DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN FROM 2008 TO 2009. FROM 2009 TO 2013, HE WORKED IN THE WESTERN AREA DESIGN CELL.

6. IN 2013, HE WAS POSTED TO 1 CANADIAN MECHANIZED BRIGADE GROUP HEADQUARTERS & SIGNAL SQUADRON (1 CMBG HQ & SIG SQN) AS A SECTION COMMANDER AND LATER BECAME THE OPERATIONS SERGEANT. HE WAS PROMOTED TO WARRANT OFFICER (WO) AND POSTED TO THE NEWLY FORMED 77 LINE REGIMENT, 3 LINE SQUADRON, WHERE HE DEPLOYED TO JORDAN AND LATVIA.

7. AFTER REDEPLOYING FROM LATVIA IN 2020, MWO SIMPSON WAS PROMOTED TO MASTER WARRANT OFFICER (MWO) AND POSTED BACK TO 1 CMBG HQ & SIG SQN AS THE 1 BRIGADE LINE COMMUNICATIONS SUPERINTENDENT (LCS).

8. MWO SIMPSON’S DISTINGUISHED CAREER HAS BEEN MARKED BY EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE, LEADERSHIP, AND DEDICATION TO THE MISSION. HIS EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CAF.

9. UPON RETIREMENT, HE PLANS TO RIDE MOTORCYCLES AND YELL AT THE TV ANGRILY.

10. A DEPART WITH DIGNITY (DWD) CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON 28 FEBRUARY 2025 AT 1400, AT SGT’S AND WO’S MESS AT CFB EDMONTON.

11. THOSE WISHING TO ATTEND ARE REQUESTED TO RSVP TO WO OSCAR COREAS AT 825-459-6672 / [email protected].

12. ANECDOTES AND WELL WISHES CAN BE SENT TO [[email protected]].

13. MWO SIMPSON’S LEADERSHIP, MENTORSHIP, AND CAMARADERIE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED WITHIN THE RANKS OF THE CAF. WE WISH HIM ALL THE BEST IN HIS WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT!