1. AFTER 19 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, WARRANT OFFICER JORGE ARGUETA WILL RETIRE ON 14 MARCH 2023.

2. WO ARGUETA JOINED IN SEPTEMBER 2003 AT THE RECRUITING CENTRE IN OTTAWA, ONTARIO, AS A SIG OP. AND THEN, THE ADVENTURE BEGAN.

STARTING HIS JOURNEY WITH BASIC TRAINING IN ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, HIS ADVENTURE TOOK HIM TO BORDEN AWAITING HIS SIG OP COURSE. WHILE SPENDING SEVERAL MONTHS CONDUCTING VALUABLE LIFE TRAINING AT PRETC, HE WON THE GOLDEN TICKET AND WAS SENT TO CFS LEITRIM AS A GENERAL DUTY SPECIALIST WITH THE STATION. AFTER MANY MONTHS OF WAITING, HE ATTENDED HIS SIG OP QL3 AT CFSCE IN OCTOBER 2004. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS TRAINING, HE WAS POSTED TO CFJSR IN MARCH 2005. DURING HIS POSTING, HE DEPLOYED TO OP ATHENA IN 2007 AND 2009, PARTICIPATED IN AN ENDURING OP TROPICAL HAMMER IN JAMAICA, TAV TO CYPRUS, JERUSALEM AND MIAMI. IN 2013, AFTER 8 YEARS AND TWO PROMOTIONS LATER, ARGUETA WAS POSTED TO CFNOC AS A MASTER CORPORAL TO SLOW DOWN THE MOMENTUM. IN 2016, HE WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT AND POSTED TO CJOC AS THE ASSISTANT FOREMAN TO THE J6. AFTER 5 YEARS OF HARD WORK SUPPORTING DEPLOYED OPERATIONS AND TAVS TO HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS SUCH AS TAMPA BAY, MIAMI, KEY WEST AND BARBADOS, HE WAS PROMOTED TO WARRANT OFFICER AND POSTED TO DIMEUS AS THE SNS1 TROOP WO.

3. IN HIS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE, MULTIPLE COURSES, EXERCISES AND DEPLOYMENTS, HE WAS GRATEFUL TO HAVE MET A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE WHO HE SHARED MEMORABLE MOMENTS. HE WILL REMAIN IN THE NCR WITH HIS AWESOME DAUGHTER ANNABELLE AND JOINING THE PUBLIC SERVICE WITHIN DND.

4. THERE IS A PLANNED DWD AT THE MILL ST BREW PUB, LOCATED AT 555 WELLINGTON ST, OTTAWA, ON 24 MARCH 2023 FROM 1100-1300. SGT MARY MACPHERSON WILL BE COORDINATING THE DWD WHICH WILL ALLOW ALL TO SHARE A MEAL AND BEVERAGE WITH FRIENDS. IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND OR SHARE A MEMORABLE STORY, PLEASE CONTACT [email protected] OR 343-543-0105.