- SERGEANT SANDY PRATTE, CD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON SEPTEMBER 03, 2024 AFTER 33 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO THE RCCS AND TO CANADA.
- BORN IN QUEBEC CITY, QC., SHE JOINED THE FORCES ON APRIL 9, 1991.
- AFTER GRADUATING AS A RECRUIT FROM LONGUE-POINTE AND RTOP OPERATOR 214 FROM BEAUPORT, SHE STAYED WITH 713 R COMM REGT FOR 6 YEARS. SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO 71 COMM GP IN ST-HUBERT IN 1997 THEN REGULAR FORCE WITH 5 HQ&SIGS VALCARTIER AS A RAD OP 211.
- AFTER ONE TOUR TO CENTRAFRICA, SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO 5 SVC BN IN 1999, THEN DEPLOYED T0 BOSNIA IN 2002. SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO CFJSR KINGSTON IN 2004.
- AFTER ONE TOUR TO AFGHANISTAN IN 2007, SHE WAS TRANSFERRED BACK IN 5 HQ&SIGS VALCARTIER IN 2008. SHE DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN IN 2009 AND 2010.
- SHE WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO 5 SVC BN IN 2010. IN 2011, SHE BECAME IS TECH 367. SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO 5 CMBG HQ IN 2013.
- SHE WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO CFJSR KINGSTON IN 2016. SHE DEPLOYED IN IRAQ IN 2017. SHE WAS PROMOTED SERGEANT IN JULY 2017. SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO CADTC HQ IN 2019 AS G6 IT HQ SUPPORT.
- SANDY WILL LEAVE ON SEPTEMBER THIRD AND MOVE FULL TIME TO COMPLETE A MASTER IN SOCIAL WORK WITH LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY. SHE WILL REMAIN WITH HER SPOUSE IN THE KINGSTON AREA.
- YOU CAN SEND YOUR GREETINGS AND ANECDOTES TO WO SN GRANT: [email protected].
- HER DEPART WITH DIGNITY WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 20 AT 13:00 AT KINGSTON’S BOSTON PIZZA, 95 DALTON AVE.