1. SGT BURCHELL WILL BE RETIRING ON 18 SEPTEMBER 2024 AFTER 23 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS OF DEDICATED SERVICE.
2. SGT BURCHELL JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN SEPTEMBER 2000 AT THE RECRUITING CENTRE DETACHMENT IN SYDNEY, NS. FOLLOWING HIS INITIAL TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES LEADERSHIP AND RECRUIT SCHOOL AND THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS, SGT BURCHELL WAS POSTED TO 2 CANADIAN MECHANIZED BRIGADE GROUP HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL SQUADRON IN PETAWAWA, ON. DURING HIS TIME THERE, HE DEPLOYED WITH OP ATHENA FROM JULY 2003 TO FEBRUARY 2004, WAS PROMOTED TO CPL LATER THAT YEAR, AND DEPLOYED WITH TASK FORCE AFGHANISTAN FROM AUGUST 2006 TO FEBRUARY 2007. HE REMAINED IN PETAWAWA UNTIL JULY 2007, WHEN HE WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL AND POSTED TO 1 CANADIAN MECHANIZED BRIGADE GROUP HEADQUARTERS AND SIGNAL SQUADRON IN EDMONTON, AB. IN FEBRUARY 2010, MCPL BURCHELL WAS POSTED TO THE 5TH CANADIAN DIVISION SUPPORT GROUP SIGNAL SQUADRON IN OROMOCTO, NB, WHERE HE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMAND POST SECTION, AND AS THE BATTERY SIGNALLER WITH THE 4TH ARTILLERY REGIMENT (GENERAL SUPPORT) ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY. MCPL BURCHELL DEPLOYED ON OPERATION LENTUS FROM JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 2017. SHORTLY AFTER HIS RETURN, HE WAS PROMOTED TO SGT AND POSTED TO 2ND BATTALION OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT IN JULY 2017, WHERE HE FILLED THE ROLE OF COMMAND POST SECTION COMD AND RAD SGT. FROM JANUARY TO JULY 2018, HE WAS DEPLOYED TO LATVIA ON OPERATION REASSURANCE AS THE MULTI NATIONAL BDE COMMAND POST SGT. LATER THAT YEAR HE DEPLOYED ON A SECOND OP LENTUS, WHERE HE RECEIVED A COMMENDATION FROM THE ATLANTIC FORCES COMMAND. IN JULY 2015, HE TOOK A POSITION AT THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS AS SECTION COMD, INSTRUCTOR, AND OPERATIONS SGT FOR 2 SQN AND BTL RESPECTIVELY. SGT BURCHELL RECEIVED HIS FINAL POSTING IN JULY 2022 TO 14 WING GREENWOOD, WHERE HE WORKED AS THE COMSEC CUSTODIAN AND 14 OSS ETO.
3. SGT BURCHELL IS SUPPORTED BY HIS WIFE, ANGELA NICOLE BURCHELL, AND THEIR CHILDREN: ASHTON BAILEY BURCHELL, DAWSON ZACHERY BURCHELL, ISABELLA FAITH BURCHELL, KALEB NATHANIEL BURCHELL, AND EMILY MADDISON BURCHELL.
4. SGT BURCHELL HAS REQUESTED A SMALL, PRIVATE CEREMONY TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT.
5. WELL WISHES MAY BE SENT TO SGT BURCHELL DIRECTLY.