RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL J.R. GASCON – 00362-09 ACISS-IST

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Retirement Date: June 4, 2019

1. IN RECOGNITION OF THE 10 YEAR MILITARY CAREER OF MCPL GASCON, RETIREMENT DATE OF 04 JUNE 2019.

2. MCPL GASCON JOINED THE CAF AS A SIGNALS OPERATOR ON 13 MARCH 2009. AFTER HIS BASIC TRAINING IN ST-JEAN HE WAS POSTED TO BORDEN AND THEN TO KINGSTON WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS SIGNALS OPERATOR QL3 TRAINING.

3. HE WAS POSTED TO QGET IN VALCARTIER 30 AUGUST 2010. HE SPENT 2 YEARS AT QGET IN A TROOP AS A BISON DRIVER FOR THE ADVANCED CP. IN 12 JUNE 2012 HE WAS POSTED TO 12 RBC, WHERE HE WORKED FOR THE SIGNALS QM AND THE SIG’S TRANSPORT SECTION.

4. MCPL GASCON TRADE TRANSFERRED TO ACISS-IST AND BECAME IC OF UNIT’S IT SECTION. HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF CPL 14 MARCH 2013. HE MAINTAINED AND RAN THE UNIT IT SECTION FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

5. IN JULY 2015 MCPL GASCON WAS POSTED TO THE 24/7 WATCH AT CFNOC. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THERE UNTIL THE CREATION OF DEFSOC AND SAW THE MOVE UNDER 7 COMM GP IN MAY 2017. MCPL GASCON WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MCPL ON 17 JULY 2017 AND BECAME THE B SHIFT 2 I/C.

6. HE HAS ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH DEFSOC IN IT SERVICE OPS. UPON RETIREMENT, HE PLANS TO CARE FOR HIS GROWING FAMILY AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DND AS A CIVIL SERVANT.

7. AN INFORMAL LUNCHEON WILL BE HELD IN HIS HONOUR FRIDAY 14 JUNE 2019 AT 1200 AT THE SMOQUE SHACK, 89 CLARENCE ST, OTTAWA. FOR THOSE WISHING TO ATTEND OR FOR OTHER INQUIRIES CONTACT: (CONTACT REMOVED 2023 APR 20 BY ADMIN. SEND INQUIRIES HERE: https://cmcen-rcmce.ca/contact/).

7. ANY MEMORABLE ANECDOTES OR DONATIONS FOR THE MEMBER ARE TO BE SENT TO: (CONTACT REMOVED 2023 APR 20 BY ADMIN. SEND INQUIRIES HERE: https://cmcen-rcmce.ca/contact/). ANY CONTRIBUTIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND WILL OFFSET EVENT COSTS AND THE COST OF HIS RETIREMENT GIFT.

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