- AFTER 33 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, WARRANT OFFICER DANNY KRAUSKOPF WILL RETIRE ON 20 MAY 2022.
2. DANNY JOINED THE CAF IN JANUARY 1989 AS A COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH OPERATOR AND AFTER COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING AT CANADIAN FORCES RECRUIT SCHOOL CORNWALLIS, HE WAS POSTED TO KINGSTON (CFSCE) AND AFTER QL3 TRADES TRAINING WAS POSTED TO 770 CRS GANDER NFLD.
3. IN 1990, WHILE POSTED TO 770 CRS YOUNG PTE KRAUSKOPF DID A 6 MONTH TOUR OF CFS ALERT FROM DEC 90 TO JUN 91, THEN A POSTING TO CFS LEITRIM IN 1992, 1994 764 ISD SQN, 1997 CFS LEITRIM, 2001 1 CAN DIV HQ AND SIGS REGT (2 EW SQN), 2007 CFS LEITIRM, 2009 CFSCE INSTRUCTING COMM RSCH (DP1,DP2,DP3, ELECTRONIC WARFARE) AND AT THE IED SCHOOL AS AN RCIEDD ECM OPERATOR INSTRUCTOR, 2012 21 EW REGT AND FINALY 2017 CFS LEITRIM (FOR THE LAST TIME).
4. WHILE POSTED TO 2 EW SQN DANNY DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN (X2) AS AN RCIEDD ECM OPERATOR AND IN 2006 WHILE MOST OF THE TOUR WAS SPENT WITH 11 FD SQN DOING CONVOY ESCORT DUTY WITH THE COMBAT ARMS, DANNY DID ALSO GET TO BE A MEWT DETACHMENT CMDR TO SUPPORT THE COMBINED ARMS EFFORT DURING ACTIVE COMBAT OPERATIONS.
5. WO KRAUSKOPF IS GRATEFUL FOR THE EXPERIENCES, MEMORIES AND FRIENDSHIPS GAINED DURING THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER, HE IS ESPECIALLY THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF HIS FAMILY. UPON RETIREMENT, DANNY WILL TRANSITION TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND CONTINUE SERVING CANADA. HE WILL REMAIN IN THE NCR WITH HIS WIFE, PAM, AND THEIR TWO ORANGE CATS, BENTLEY AND LUCIUS.
6. A DWD CEREMONY WILL BE HELD 27 MAY 2022 AT THE JOLLY TAXPAYER BAR & GRILL IN BARRHAVEN AT 1200 HRS. PLEASE RSVP BY CONTACTING LOGAN MACDONALD ([email protected]) NLT 30 APRIL 22. ALL WELL WISHES AND ANECDOTES FOR HIS RETIREMENT MAY BE EMAILED TO LOGAN MACDONALD ([email protected]).