1. MASTER CORPORAL ANDERSON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES HAVING SERVED 17 YEARS. A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH, HE PROUDLY WORE CANADIAN ARMY UNIFORM. HE ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS COMM RSCH, IN FEB 2001, AT HAMILTON, ONTARIO. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF BASIC TRG AT THE CANADIAN FORCES LEADERSHIP AND RECRUIT SCHOOL IN SAINT-JEAN. HE COMPLETED HIS QL3 COMM RSCH TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE) IN JULY 2002. UPON COMPLETING INITIAL TRADES TRAINING, HE WAS POSTED TO CFS LEITRIM. IN JUNE 2004 HE WAS ADVANCE PROMOTED TO CORPORAL AND COMPLETED QL5 TRAINING THE FOLLOWING YEAR. HE WAS POSTED TO 2 EW SQN IN AUG 2005 AND COMPLETED AN OPERATIONAL TOUR TO AFGHANISTAN IN 2007. UPON RETURN FROM TOUR HE WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL IN 2008.

2. MCPL ANDERSON WAS POSTED TO CFS LEITRIM FOR THE SECOND TIME IN JUNE 2009. DUE TO HIS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE HE WAS POSTED TO THE LAND ELECTRONIC WARFARE CENTRE (LEWC) IN OCTOBER 2011. AFTER NUMEROUS OPERATIONS AT THE LEWC HE WAS POSTED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTRE (CFNOC) IN SEPTEMBER 2016.

3. HE WILL BE REMAINING IN THE OTTAWA AREA AND TAKING A PUBLIC SERVICE POSITION WITH DND. HE HOPES HE WILL HAVE MORE TIME TO SPEND WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.

4. AN INFORMAL DWD CEREMOY WILL BE HELD TO HONOUR BOTH MCPL ANDERSON AND HIS FAMILY ON 6 JULY, AT THE MANDARIN RESTARAUNT , 290 W HUNT CLUB RD, NEPEAN, AT 1200..

5. ANECDOTES, STORIES, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES FOR MCPL ANDERSON ARE WELCOMED AND ARE TO BE FORWARDED TO: (CONTACT REMOVED 2023 APR 20 BY ADMIN. SEND INQUIRIES HERE: https://cmcen-rcmce.ca/contact/).