- SERGEANT W.K. RVERSON SGT WADE K RYERSON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 10 MAR 2024 AFTER 15 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA SGT RYERSON ENROLLED ON 21 OCT 2009 AT THE CANADIAN FORCES RECRUITING CENTER IN HALIFAX ON A SUBSIDIZED EDUCATION PLAN TO COMPLETE A DIPLOMA IN ELECTRONIC/ ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AT NOVA SCOTIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AFTER COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING IN AUG 2010 AND HIS DIPLOMA IN JUL 2011, HE WAS POSTED TO CFB TRENTON ON OCT 2011 AWAITING ENROLLMENT AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE) IN CFB KINGSTON AFTER OBTAINING HIS QL3 AND BYPASSING POET, HIS FIRST POSTING WAS TO 4 AIR COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT SQUADRON IN CFB COLD LAKE IN MAR 2012.
- AFTER COMPLETING HIS QL5 IN AUG 2013, HE WAS PROMOTED TO CPL. HE HAD THE CHANCE TO HONE HIS SKILLS WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT OP NANOOK AND IMPACT IN 2015 AND 2016. HE WAS PROMOTED TO MCP! IN JUN 2018 AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT POSTED TO 8 ACCS IN JUL 2018. AT 8 ACCS HE WORKED IN THE NAVIGATION AIDS SECTION UNTIL 2021, WHERE HE THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE COMMON GROUND STATION (CGS) SECTION.
- IN FEB 2023, HE OBTAINED HIS QL6A, AND FOLLOWING THAT WAS PROMOTED TO SGT IN SEP 2023. AS A SGT, HE THEN TOOK OVER THE TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SECTION WHERE HE SUPPORTED OP REASSURANCE IN NOV 2023 SGT RYERSON MARRIED HIS WIFE SARAH IN JUN 2020 THEY HAVE TWO KIDS, CLAIRE WHO IS 3 YEARS OLD, AND CALLUM WHO WILL BE 1 SHORTLY. SGT RYERSON WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE CANADA THROUGH HIS NEW CAREER IN THE DURHAM REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE. NO DEPART WITH DIGNITY (DWD) EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE MEMBER’S REQUEST. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES. SALUTATIONS, AND WELL WISHES CAN BE FORWARDED TO [email protected].