RETIREMENT – MCPL C.M. DESROSIERS, RMC, CD, B.A. – 00120 COMM RSCH

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1. MASTER CORPORAL C.M. DESROSIERS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF ON 6 SEP 18 AFTER MORE THAN 22 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA.

2. MCPL DESROSIERS ENJOYED A FULL AND DIVERSE CAREER, HAVING WORN ALL THREE ENVIRONMENTAL UNIFORMS AND SERVED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS. MCPL DESROSIERS WAS A NAVAL ELECTRONIC SENSOR OPERATOR, ARMY LOGISTICS OFFICER, AIR NAVIGATOR/AIR COMBAT SYSTEMS OFFICER, AND FINALLY A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR. SHE ALSO SPENT 13 MONTHS DOING ON THE JOB TRAINING AT NDHQ AT AIR PUBLIC AFFAIRS. STARTING HER CAREER AS A NCM, SHE WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE UNIVERSITY TRAINING PLAN NON COMMISSIONED MEMBERS PROGRAM IN 2003 AND ATTENDED THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA IN KINGSTON WHERE SHE GRADUATED IN 2008. AFTER AN ACADEMIC FAILURE AT 1 CANADIAN FORCES FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL IN WINNIPEG, SHE REMAINED DEDICATED TO THE CAF AND ACCEPTED AN OCCUPATIONAL REASSIGNMENT TO COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR.

3. DURING HER CAREER, MCPL DESROSIERS’S POSTINGS INCLUDED HMCS COWICHAN, HMCS HURON, MARPAC, HMCS REGINA, HMCS VANCOUVER, RMC IN KINGSTON, 1 CFFTS IN WINNIPEG, RCAF HQ IN OTTAWA AND FINALLY CFS LEITRIM. AS PART OF HER AIR TRAINING, SHE FLEW ONBOARD SEA KING, AURORA, HERCULES, GROB AND DASH 8 GONZO. WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY, SHE TRAVELLED TO WARM LOCATIONS ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN. WHILE AT RMC, MCPL DESROSIERS WAS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN A TOUR OF WWI AND WWII BATTLEFIELDS IN FRANCE. WHAT MCPL DESROSIERS WILL REMEMBER MOST FROM HER CAREER ARE THE INSPIRING AND EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE WITH WHOM SHE HAS SERVED.

4. IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT MCPL DESROSIERS IS SAYING GOODBYE TO HER REGULAR FORCE CAREER, ALTHOUGH SHE WILL NOT BE LEAVING DND AND THE CAF COMPLETELY. MCPL DESROSIERS IS PLANNING ON TRANSFERRING TO THE PRIMARY RESERVE AS AN OFFICER IN THE CADET INSTRUCTOR CADRE WHERE SHE WILL SHARE HER KNOWLEDGE WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR CADETS AS A STAFF MEMBER OF A LOCAL SQUADRON. IN ADDITION, MCPL DESROSIERSHAS ACCEPTED A CIVILIAN POSITION WITH DND AND WILL BE REMAINING IN OTTAWA WITH HER TWO CHILDREN. IN HER SPARE TIME, MCPL DESROSIERSHOPES TO KEEP BUSY WITH MULTIPLE PERSONAL GOALS SUCH AS GETTING HER MASTER’S DEGREE, TO KEEP DOING TRIATHLONS AND RUNNING CANADA ARMY RUNS, LEARNING HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO AND SO MUCH MORE.

5. MCPL DESROSIERS’S DEPART WITH DIGNITY WILL BE HELD AT THE CFS LEITRIM ALL RANKS MESS ON 21 AUG FROM 1330 TO 1530. SHE WOULD BE DELIGHTED IF THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED OR STUDIED WITH HER COULD ATTEND. A PRESENTATION COMMEMORATING MCPL DESROSIERS’S CAREER WILL BE GIVEN AT HER DWD. IF ANYONE HAS PICTURES THAT COULD BE INCLUDED PLEASE FORWARD THEM TO: (CONTACT REMOVED 2023 APR 20 BY ADMIN. SEND INQUIRIES HERE: https://cmcen-rcmce.ca/contact/). FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND, CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES AND WELL WISHES CAN ALSO BE SENT TO THE EMAILS ABOVE.

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