1. AFTER 22 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND CANADA, SGT GOOSEN WILL BE MEDICALLY RELEASED EFFECTIVE 01 APRIL 2025.

2. SGT GOOSEN JOINED THE CAF IN 2003 AS A VEHICLE TECHNICIAN. HE COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES LEADERSHIP AND RECRUITING SCHOOL IN SAINT-JEAN QUEBEC. FOLLOWING HIS GRADUATION, KEITH COMPLETED HIS TRADE TRAINING AT THE ROYAL CANADIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS SCHOOL IN BORDEN ONTARIO, FOLLOWED BY SOLDIER QUALIFICATION IN GAGETOWN NB.

3. KEITH STARTED HIS RCEME MAINTENANCE CAREER ON A VAST MIX OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT AS A CRAFTSMAN IN 2004 AT RCEME BASE MAINTENANCE AT 4 WING COLD LAKE ALBERTA. DURING HIS POSTING, HE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING THE AURORA BOREALIS AT NIGHT AND FELT THE INTENSE COLD OF MINUS 55. HE WORKED AT THE COLD LAKE AIR WEAPNONS RANGE (CLAWR) MAINTAINING HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND AIR DEFENCE VEHICLES. HE PARTICIPATED IN EXERCISE MAPLE FLAG, EXERCISE MAPLE RESOLVE, AND MANY TRIPS TO THE ARTIC CIRCLE.

4. IN THE WINTER OF 2007, HE WENT ON DEPLOYMENT TO SOUTHWEST ASIA WITH THE JOINT TASK FORCE AFGHANISTAN (ROTO 5) OP ATHENA IN CAMP MIRAGE AND MUCH TIME AT KANDAHAR AIRFIELD MAINTAINING CRITICAL RUNWAY EQUIPMENT, AND RETURNING SPRING 2008 WHERE HE RECEIVED THE GSM.

5. IN 2009, HE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE ARMY AND TRANSFER TO THE RCAF TO HIS PRESENT OCCUPATION AS AN AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN (ATIS). HE WAS POSTED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS IN KINGSTON ONTARIO, WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS TRADE TRAINING.

6. IN 2010, HE WAS POSTED TO THE 76 COMMUNICATIONS REGIMENT DETACHMENT KINGSTON, AS A REPAIR AND OVERHAUL TECHNICIAN AT THE CANADIAN FORCES CRYPTO MAINTENANCE UNIT (CFCMU), NOW KNOWN AS 6 CLASSIFIED INFRASTRUCTURE SQUADRON (6CI). HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS POSTING WAS THE PLETHERA OF TD TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS TO INSPECT SHIELD ENCLOSURES AND THE RECERTIFICATION OF CLASSIFIED EQUIPMENT, AND THE INTENSE SCHEDULE OF HOCKEY, BASEBALL AND SQN BBQS.

7. IN 2015 HE WAS PROMOTED TO MASTER CORPORAL WHICH RESULTED IN A POSTING TO 4 WING COLD LAKE ALBERTA, FOR THE SECOND TIME, AS A TPS-70 RADAR TECHNICIAN WITH 42 RADAR SQUADRON, AND RECEIVED HIS CD. HE WAS THE IC OF DEPLOYABLE COMMUNICATIONS, DATA LINK IN GARRISON AND IN CLAWR. HE TOOK PART IN EXERCISE MAPLE FLAG, EXCERSICE IRON RAM, EXCERSICE MAPLE RESOLVE, AND REGULAR DEPLOYMENTS IN AND OUT OF CANADA; TO INCLUDE OP CADENCE (G7 SUMMIT 2018) WHEN HE COLLABORATED WITH THE USA RANGERS RADAR SPECIALIST TO SERVEY THE SKYS FOR THREATS.

8. IN 2019, HE WAS POSTED TO 19 OPERATIONS SUPPORT SQUADRON (19 OSS) AT 19 WING COMOX, AS THE RCS AIRFIELD SYSTEMS SUPERVISOR, AND LATER PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. IN 2022 HE MOVED SECTIONS AND WAS THE ACTING WO FOR DEPLOYABLE MISSION SUPPORT CENTRE (DMSC). IN 2023 HE SWITCHED OVER TO THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT SECTION AS A PROJECT ANALYST WHERE HE WORKED HIS REMAINING TIME WITH 19 OSS. THIS POSTING BROUGHT MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES FROM THE WING AND FROM THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION, TO INCLUDE A VAST SELECTION OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITES AND FUN IN NATURE.

9. KEITH CREDITS HIS TIME IN THE CAF AS BEING EXTREMELY MEMORABLE BOTH AT WORK WITH HAVING SEEN MUCH OF MUCH OF CANADA AND WORKING WITH THE ALLIES ABROAD, AND HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY MANY SPORTS AT THE BASE LEVEL.

10. KEITH WILL BE REMAINING IN THE COMOX VALLEY AREA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND PLANS TO HEAL FROM INJURIES AND EVENTUALY CONQUER A FEW MOUNTIAN PEAKS, HIKES, AND CONTINUE WITH PHOTOGRAPHY FOR A FEW YEARS WHILE HE ENJOYS RETIREMENT WITH FRIENDS AND MUCH NEEDED TIME WITH FAMILY.

11. THERE WILL BE A DWD AT THE FLYING CANOE, COURTENAY, ON 04 APRIL 2025 COMMENCING AT 1130.

12. EMAILS AND WELL WISHES CAN BE DIRECTED TO WO DROLET AT [email protected].