RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER SEAN SILVER, CD – 00384 – LINE TECH

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  1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER SEAN SILVER, CD WILL RELEASE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON JUNE 03 2022, AFTER 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS AND THE LINE TRADE.

  2. SEAN WAS SWORN IN AND SENT TO RECRUIT SCHOOL IN 1987 IN CORNWALLIS, NS. UPON SUCCESSFUL QUALIFICATION COMPLETION HE THEN STARTED HIS INFMN QL3 COURSE WHERE HE ENGAGED IN RCR BATTLE SCHOOL IN PETAWAWA.

    SUBSEQUENTLY, HE THEN SERVED WITH 1 ROYAL CANADIAN REGT FOR 12 YEARS. DURING HIS TIME WITH THE RCR HE SERVED IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AND CROATIA AS WELL AS COMPLETING A POSTING TO GERMANY AT CFB BADEN-SOELLINGEN. IN MAR OF 1999 SEAN CHANGED TRADES TO BECOME A LINEMAN. HE THEN COMPLETED HIS LINE QUALIFICATION AT CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS IN KINGSTON, ON. AND BECAME A FULLY QUALIFIED TRADESMAN IN 1999.

    UPON COMPLETION, NEWLY TRAINED CPL SILVER WAS POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES JOINT SIGNAL REGIMENT IN KINGSTON, ON. AS A LINEMAN HE DEPLOYED ON SEVERAL TAV’S TO AFRICA AND AFGHANISTAN AS WELL AS VARIOUS BASES ACROSS CANADA. HIS SKILLS CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMPLETION OF MANY COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES WHILE WORKING AS A CREW LINEMAN.

    PROMOTED TO MASTER CORPORAL IN 2004 HE POSTED CMTC IN WAINWRIGHT WHERE HE SERVED IN VARIOUS UNITS THROUGHOUT THIS REGION. SEAN ACHIEVED THE RANK OF SGT AT 742 COMMS SQN AND POSTED TO 3 CDSG SIG SQN IN THE LOCAL LINE WORK CENTER AS A LINE CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN.

    PROMOTED TO WARRANT OFFICER, HE MOVED OUT EAST TO SHARED SERVICES UNIT (ATLANTIC) 5 CDSG IN JUL OF 2014 AS THE LLWC LCF. IN 2016 HE BECAME THE LINE CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDANT. WO SILVER SPENT SEVERAL YEARS BETWEEN OROMOCTO AND HALIFAX AND DEPLOYING TO MULTIPLE BASES PERFORMING CABLE MAINTENANCE TASKS.

    PROMOTED IN 2017, TO THE RANK OF MWO, HE PERFORMED THE DUTIES OF A SQUADRON SERGEANT MAJOR UNDER THE NEWLY FORMED 77 LINE REGIMENT WITH 3 LINE SQN IN EDMONTON. HE AGAIN FOUND HIMSELF POSTED IN 2021 TO 5 LINE SQUADRON HALIFAX. MWO SILVER HAS CONTINUED TO WORK IN CONCERT WITH BOTH ORGANIZATIONS UNTIL HIS UPCOMING RELEASE.

    MWO SILVER HAS GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE POSTINGS, DEPLOYMENTS, TASKS, IN MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS, DURING HIS 35 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE HAS SERVED THE CANADIAN PEOPLE WITH HONOR THROUGHOUT. FROM MULTIPLE TOURS WITH 1 RCR AS AN INFANTRYMAN IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TO AFRICA WHERE HE RECEIVED A COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF COMMENDATION FOR HIS EFFORTS. WHILE SERVING AS A LINEMAN HE FURTHER DEPLOYED TO KABUL AND ERITREA. IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER DECORATIONS FOR HIS SERVICE AND HIS DEPLOYMENTS.

  3. SEAN, WITH HIS SPOUSE PETRA, HAVE DECIDED TO REMAIN IN EDMONTON AREA WHERE THEY INTEND TO ENJOY LIFE TO THE FULLEST.
  4. WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH HIM GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS AS HE ENJOYS A WELL DESERVED RETIREMENT GOING FORWARD. WHEREAS THE MBR WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINING A DWD, CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, CAN BE E-MAILED TO [email protected].
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