- AFTER 21 YEARS IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, WO AARON JUDSON WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE MILITARY ON 22 SEPT 24.
- WO JUDSON GREW UP IN FLAT RIVER, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND JOINED THE RESERVES ON THE 12TH OF JUNE 2003 AS A SIGNAL OPERATOR AT 721 COMMUNICATION REGIMENT IN CHARLOTTETOWN. UPON JOINING, HE ATTENDED BMQ/SQ IN SHILO MANITOBA THE SUMMER OF 2003. IN 2004 WO JUDSON TRAVELED TO KINGSTON, ONTARIO WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS SIG OP QL3 AND THEN QL5 IN 2005. WHILE IN THE RESERVES, WO JUDSON ATTENDED OULTON’S TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE IN MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK COMPLETING THEIR ADVANCED PROGRAMMING DIPLOMA. DURING THE FALL OF 2005 WO JUDSON ATTENDED PRIMARY LEADERSHIP QUALIFICATION IN ALDERSHOT, NOVA SCOTIA. IN THE SPRING OF 2006, THEY WERE ATTACHED TO THE 2ND BATTALION, THE ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT AND DEPLOYED TO KANDAHAR AFGHANISTAN AS A MEMBER OF THEIR SIGNAL PLATOON ON TF1-07. PROMOTED TO MCPL ON THEIR RETURN IN NOV 2007, THEN MCPL JUDSON WORKED AS A PLQ INSTRUCTOR IN GAGETOWN PRIOR TO JOINING THE REGULAR FORCE ON 3 NOV 2008 AND WAS POSTED TO 4 ENGINEER SUPPORT REGIMENT AS THE COMMAND POST DET COMMANDER. WHILE AT 4 ESR THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE UNIT’S DEPLOYMENT TO NEWFOUNDLAND ON OP LAMA AFTER HURRICANE IGOR, AS WELL AS GOOSE BAY SUPPORTING DISPLACED COMMUNITY MEMBERS DURING EXTENSIVE FOREST FIRES IN THE AREA. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN 2012 THEY WERE POSTED TO 5 CDSG SIGNAL SQUADRON WHERE THEY FILLED THE ROLES OF CP SECTION SGT AND OPERATIONS AND TRAINING SGT. POSTED TO GRN PETAWAWA IN 2015, SGT JUDSON WAS POSTED TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN DRAGOONS AS THE ADP/CP SGT. PROMOTED TO WARRANT OFFICER IN 2016, THEY MOVED OVER TO 3RD BATTALION, THE ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT AS THE SIGNAL PLATOON WO FROM 2016-2019. WHILE POSTED TO 3 RCR THEY DEPLOYED IN 2017 TO IRAQ ON OP IMPACT AS THE JTFSE DET ERBIL OPERATIONS WO AS WELL AS SUPPORTED OP LENTUS DURING THE OTTAWA RIVER FLOODS IN 2019. IN 2019 WO JUDSON WAS POSTED TO 2 CMBG HQ & SIG SQN WHERE THEY SERVED AS THE OPERATIONS WO AND BRAVO TROOP WO. IN 2022 THEY WERE POSTED TO 4 CDSG SIGNAL SQUADRON AS THE OPS WO AND IN 2023 WERE POSTED BACK TO GAGETOWN AS THE 5 CDSG SIGNAL SQUADRON OPERATIONS WO.
- WO JUDSON WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CAF AS THE SENIOR FIELD SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE FOR CFB GAGETOWN IN THEIR NEXT JOB. THEY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THEIR WORK IN AND WITH THE SIGNAL COMMUNITY IN THE AREA. WO JUDSON WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS AMAZING WIFE TIFFANY AND CHILDREN COHEN, CALEB, AND CASEY FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS, AND ALSO TO ALL THE GREAT FRIENDS AND COWORKERS THEY HAVE HAD THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER.
- A DWD IS PLANNED AT THE WO’S AND SGT’S MESS IN CFB GAGETOWN, 1330 HRS 20 SEPT 24. WO DON POWER WILL BE COORDINATING THE DWD. PLEASE RSVP WITH HIM AT [email protected] IF YOU HAVE ANY STORIES OR CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES YOU WISH TO SHARE TO WO JUDSON AT THE DWD, PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO WO POWER.