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 – SGT JOSEPH MURRAY, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. AFTER 20 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, SERGEANT JOSEPH MURRAY’S LAST DAY IN UNIFORM WILL BE 01 FEBRUARY 2022. 2. SGT MURRAY ENROLLED IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (RCAF) FROM THE CANADIAN FORCES RECRUITING CENTER HAMILTON DETACHMENT IN NOVEMBER...
RETIREMENT – MCPL SIDNEY TROY BATTISTE, CD – 00384 LINE TECH
1. MASTER CORPORAL SIDNEY (TROY) BATTISTE WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 20 SEPT 2021 AFTER 19 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CAF, THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORP OF SIGNALS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE LINE TRADE. 2. MCPL BATTISTE...
RETIREMENT – CAPT MICHAEL C. O’KEEFE, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. CAPTAIN MIKE O’KEEFE RETIRED 09 JULY 2021 AFTER 35+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATION SERVICE TO THE RCCS, CANADIAN ARMY AND CAF. 2. MIKE JOINED THE CAF AS AN NCM IN ST. JOHN’S IN JUNE 1986 AS A RADIO OPERATOR. AFTER BASIC TRAINING IN CORNWALLIS, HE COMPLETED DRIVER...
RETIREMENT – COL ERIC CHARRON, CD – 00340 CELE
1. COLONEL ERIC CHARRON IS TRANSITIONING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH AFTER 33+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE ON 1 OCTOBER 2021. HE WILL BE REJOINING HIS BEST FRIEND, AND INDEFATIGABLE SUPPORTER -...
RETIREMENT – MWO DION ROSE, CD – 00384 LINE TECH
1. AFTER 31+ YEARS TO OF SERVICE TO THE QUEEN, COUNTRY AND THE LINE TRADE, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER DION ROSE WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 03 OCTOBER 2021. 2. MWO DION ROSE ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN ST. JOHN’S NL ON 17 AUG 1990. UPON...
RETIREMENT – LCOL SHAWN MOUSSEAU, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. LIEUTENAT-COLONEL SHAWN MOUSSEAU WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 4 SEPTEMBER 2021 AFTER 25 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. LCOL MOUSSEAU ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN JUNE 1996 UNDER THE REGULAR OFFICER TRAINING PLAN AND GRADUATED FROM ROYAL...
RETIREMENT – MWO KRZYSZTOF RYLSKI, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER KRZYSZTOF RYLSKI WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2021, AFTER COMPLETING OVER 38 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. 2. BORN IN CHECINY POLAND AND RAISED IN ORILLIA...
RETIREMENT – SGT JAMES MUNRO, CD – 00385 SIG TECH
1. SERGEANT JAMES MUNRO WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON THE 25 OCT 2021 AFTER 24+ YEARS OF SERVICE TO QUEEN AND COUNTRY. 2. BORN IN CORWALL, ONTARIO, JAMES BEGAN HIS MILITARY CAREER BY ATTENDING BASIC TRAINING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES LEADERSHIP AND...
RETIREMENT – CAPT MAYLANYE FORTIN, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. CAPTAIN MAYLANYE FORTIN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 19 SEPTEMBER 2021 AFTER 14 YEARS OF SERVICE. 2. MAYLANYE ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES RESERVE IN APRIL 2007 AS A SIGNALS OFFICER WITH 714 COMMUNICATION SQUADRON IN SHERBROOKE, QC. DURING...