Retirements
To submit a Retirement Message, please complete and submit the following form: Retirement Message Submission Form
To request Certificates of Appreciation, please complete and submit the following form: C&E Branch Certificate of Appreciation
Retirements by Year: For a list of retirements by year, click here
RETIREMENT – LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHAD JOHANNES, CD, 00341 – SIGS
1. AFTER MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHAD JOHANNES WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 19 DECEMBER 2022. 2. LCOL JOHANNES CAREER HAS SEEN HIM SERVE IN A NUMBER OF COMMAND AND STAFF POSITIONS...
RETIREMENT – BRIGADIER-GENERAL DAVID AWALT, CD, 00172 – GOL
1. AFTER 31 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE BRIGADIER-GENERAL DAVID AWALT RETIRED FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2022. 2. BGEN DAVID AWALT ENROLLED IN THE REGULAR FORCE IN 1991 IN THE REGULAR OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM GRADUATING FROM ROYAL...
RETIREMENT – PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS SCOTT BROOKES, CD, NAV COMM – 00299
1. PO2 SCOTT BROOKES WILL SWALLOW THE ANCHOR AND PROCEED ASHORE FOR THE FINAL TIME ON 24 NOV 2022 AFTER MORE THAN 23 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF AND THE RCN. 2.PO2 BROOKES ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 18 JAN 1999 IN TORONTO, ON....
RETIREMENT – CAPTAIN JAMES A. TRASK, CD, SIGS – 00341
1. ON 10 JANUARY 2023, CAPTAIN AL TRASK, CD, WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) AFTER 40+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH, AND CANADA. 2. CAPT TRASK’S JOURNEY...
RETIREMENT – CORPORAL WARREN E. HAMELIN, 00109 – ATIS TECH
1. CPL WARREN HAMELIN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 15 NOVEMBER 2022 AFTER MORE THAN 6 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED, DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF). 2. WARREN JOINED THE CAF ON 24 MAY 2016 AS AN ATIS TECH. AFTER...
RETIREMENT – CAPTAIN GREGORY RITONJA, 00341 – SIGS
1. CAPTAIN GREGORY RITONJA IS RETIRING ON 23 NOVEMBER 2022, AFTER 12 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF, C&E BRANCH, THE SIGNALS TRADE, AND CANSOFCOM. 2. HE ENROLLED IN THE CAF AS A SIGNALS OFFICER IN JULY 2010. AFTER 4 YEARS AT RMC, IN THE...
RETIREMENT – CAPTAIN RALPH T. MACDONALD, CD, SIGS – 00341
1. CAPTAIN RALPH T. MACDONALD WILL RETIRE ON 13 JANUARY 2023, AFTER 34 YEARS OF DEDICATED, ALBEIT BROKEN, SERVICE TO CANADA, ITS ARMED FORCES, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. RALPH WALKED THROUGH THE FRONT GATES OF CFRLS CORNWALLIS ON 8 NOVEMBER...
RETIREMENT – MASTER CORPORAL ANDREW LAAGLAND WINDER, 00384 – LINE TECH
1. MASTER CORPORAL ANDREW LAAGLAND WINDER WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 14 OCT 2022 WITH 13 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORP OF SIGNALS AS A LINE TECHNICIAN. 2. MCPL LAAGLAND WINDER ENROLLED IN THE CAF AS A LINEMAN ON 30 JUL 2009...
RETIREMENT – CORPORAL DERRICK CROWDER, 00340 – CELE
1. AFTER 10 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, CPL DERRICK CROWDER WILL RETIRE ON 15 NOVEMBER 2022. 2. BORN IN WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CPL DERRICK CROWDER BEGAN LIFE IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN NOVEMBER 2012 AS AN ATIS TECH....