RETIREMENT – PO 2 CHRIS WOODS, CD – 00120 SIGINT SPEC

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1. ON 31 MARCH 2022 PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS CHRIS WOODS, CD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AFTER 17 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA.

2. CHRIS JOINED THE REGULAR FORCE IN NOVEMBER 2004 AS A NAVY COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR (COMM RSCH OPERATOR) FROM THE CANADIAN FORCES LONDON ONTARIO RECRUITING CENTRE. HE EASILY COMPLETED HIS BASIC MILITARY QUALIFICATION AT ST-JEAN, QC IN FEBRUARY 2005. HE THEN ATTENDED THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE) AT CANADIAN FORCES BASE (CFB) KINGSTON, ON; TO START HIS QUALIFICATION LEVEL 3 (QL3) COURSE AND SUBSEQUENT JOURNEY AS A COMM RSCH OPERATOR (ALSO AFFECTIONATELY AND COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN AS RUBBERHEADS). UPON GRADUATION FROM HIS QL3, THEN ORDINARY SEAMAN WOODS WAS POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES STATION (CFS) LEITRIM IN OTTAWA, ON.

3. IN AUGUST 2008, AFTER COMPLETION OF HIS QL5 (NOW SUBSTANTIVE LEADING SEAMAN), CHRIS WAS POSTED TO 2 ELECTRONIC WARFARE SQUADRON (2 EW SQN), IN KINGSTON, ON TO EMBARK ON HIS ‘ARMY CAREER’ WITHIN THE OCCUPATION. WHILE AT 2 EW SQN HE LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE ARMY SUPPORT VEHICLES AND WAS DEPLOYED TO JOINT TASK FORCE AFGHANISTAN – ALL SOURCE INTELLIGENCE CENTRE FROM MAY 2010 TO JANUARY 2011. UPON HIS RETURN TO 21 EW REGIMENT (21 EW REGT), CHRIS WAS SELECTED TO GO ON AN OUTSIDE OF CANADA (OUTCAN) POSTING TO CANADIAN FORCES INFORMATION OPERATIONS GROUP HEADQUARTERS (CFIOG HQ) OUTCAN DET FORT MEADE, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) FROM JULY 2011 TO JULY 2014. DURING MARCH TO APRIL 2012 CHRIS COMPLETED HIS PRIMARY LEADERSHIP QUALIFICATION COURSE AT CFB GAGETOWN AND WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MASTER SEAMAN.

4. FROM THE SUMMER OF 2014 UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 2022, CHRIS WAS A MEMBER OF CFSCE AND 21 EW REGT AT CFB KINGSTON, ON. HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING COMM RSCH INSTRUCTOR AND OPERATIONS PO2 AT CFSCE; AND TROOP SERGEANT / OPERATIONS PO2 AT 21 EW REGT. HIS FINAL POSITION BEFORE RETIREMENT, AFTER RETURNING TO CFSCE, WAS AS A STANDARDS WRITER FOR SIGINT AND EW RELATED COURSES. IT WAS ALSO DURING THIS TIME THAT HE EARNED HIS PROMOTION TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS. TO CLOSE OUT HIS INTERESTING CAREER, HE WAS A FORTUNATE WITNESS TO HIS OCCUPATION’S TITLE CHANGE TO SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST.

5. CHRIS AND HIS SPOUCE LAUREN WILL REMAIN IN KINGSTON, ON TO ENJOY RETIREMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME HIS WAY. HE WILL MISS ALL THE CLOSE AND PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS HE ESTABLISHED OVER THE YEARS. IN LIEU OF A FORMAL DEPARTURE WITH DIGNITY (DWD) CEREMONY, CHRIS WILL HAVE AN INFORMAL GATHERING AT CFB KINGSTON, CFSCE GLOUCESTER BUIDLING CLOSE TO HIS RETIREMENT DATE AND ALSO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, ANECDOTES, AND RETIREMENT BEST WISHES (HUMOROUS OR OTHERWISE). WHEN THE DATE FOR THE GATHERING HAS BEEN DETERMINED, AN INVITATION WILL BE SENT OUT FOR THOSE THAT WISH TO ATTEND.

6. PLEASE COMMUNICATE ALL MESSAGES TO PO1 G.L. WILL VIA EMAIL AT <[email protected]>

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