AFTER 22 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF), THE CANADIAN ARMY AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNAL, WO ANTHONY (TONY) KUHMAYER CD WILL RETIRE ON 30 SEPT 2024. TONY ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN SASKATOON, SK ON 22 JULY 02 AT THE AGE OF 24.
HE COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU IN OCT 02. HE’S BEEN POSTED TO CFB EDMONTON BEGINNING HIS CAREER IN 1 BDE, SPENT MANY YEARS IN SUNNY WAINWRIGHT, SOME TIME IN 2 BDE AND BACK TO WAINWRIGHT FOR SOME MORE ENJOYABLE YEARS.AFTER BASIC TRAINING, TONY COMPLETED BASIC DRIVER TRAINING IN CFB KINGSTON BEFORE COMPLETING HIS QL3 SIG OP TRAINING IN JUL 03. HIS FIRST POSTING WAS WITH 1 SVC BN FROM JUL 03 TO APR 07. DURING THIS TIME, TONY DEPLOYED TWICE, ATTACHED TO 2 RCR AS PART OF OP HALO, HAITI FROM FEB TO JUL 04. PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF CPL IN OCT 05, TONY PREPARED FOR DEPLOYMENT AGAIN WITH 1 PPCLI AS PART OF THE NSE OP ARCHER, TF AFGHANISTAN FROM FEB TO AUG 06. TONY REMAINED WITH 1 SVC BN, UNTIL APR 07, WHEN HE WAS POSTED TO 1 CMBG HQ & SIG SQN FOR JUST A SHORT TIME, BEFORE BEING POSTED TO CMTC CFB WAINWRIGHT IN JULY 07.
PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF MCPL IN JUL 08, TONY FILLED MANY ROLES WITH CMTC, STAYING HIS FIRST STINT WITH CMTC UNTIL JUL 2013, BEING POSTED TO 2 CMBG HQ & SIG SQN. PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF SGT IN APR 14, STAYING ANOTHER YEAR WITH 2 SIGS, HE PARTOOK IN HIS ONLY MAPLE GUARDIAN FROM THE OTHER SIDE AS PTA, IN MAY 2014. TONY WAS POSTED TO 2 CER IN JUL 15, WHERE HE STAYED TWO YEARS, BEFORE HAVING A SOLID CONVERSATION WITH THE CM, ON A POSTING BACK TO WAINWRIGHT, IN JUL 17. HE DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF OP REASSURANCE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS BEFORE BEING PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF WO IN DEC 18. ASSUMING THE ROLE OF CCO WITH CMTC IN MAR 19, AFTER HIS LAST DEPLOYMENT TO LATVIA, WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.
TONY HAS MANY GREAT MEMORIES WHILE SERVING VARIOUS CAF ELEMENTS DURING EXERCISE AND OPERATIONS BOTH IN CANADA AND ABROAD. MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES INCLUDE PATROLLING WITH RCR WITHIN THE MOUNTAINS IN HAITI, DEVELOPING CMTC’S SIGNALS INTEGRATION WITH THE ARMY AND ALL THE EXTENDED MILITARY FRIENDS AND FAMILY HE’S MET OVER THE YEARS.
ANTHONY AND HIS WIFE SANDRA WILL BE REMAINING IN THE WAINWRIGHT AREA WHERE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ARE CLOSE.
TONY HAS ACCEPTED A CIVILIAN PUBLIC SERVANT POSITION WITH CMTC AND LOOKS TO REMAIN IN THE WAINWRIGHT AREA FOR YEARS TO COME, SPECIFICALLY SPENDING TIME ON THE GOLF COURSE, CHASING GRANDCHILDREN, AND STAYING YOUNG AT HEART.
THERE WILL BE NO DEPART WITH DIGNITY AT THE REQUEST OF TONY. WITH THE PLAN OF ACCEPTING THE PUBLIC SERVANT POSITION WITH CMTC, TONY ISN’T GOING FAR AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY FAR-FETCHED TALES, AS WE SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN. THOSE WISHING TO SEND CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, PICTURES, TALL TALES AND/OR ANECDOTES ARE TO EMAIL MJ COOPER AT [email protected] NLT 20 SEPT 24.
