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 – MAJ MARTIN RIVARD, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. AFTER 27 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, MAJOR MARTIN RIVARD WILL BE RELEASING FROM HIS SERVICE TO THE CROWN AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 20 SEPTEMBER 2020. 2. HE JOINED THE COMMUNICATIONS RESERVE IN 1993 WITH 714 COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON IN SHERBROOKE AND SERVED...
RETIREMENT – LCOL DAVID PICHETTE, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DAVID PICHETTE WILL BE RELEASING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 4 AUGUST 2020 AFTER 27 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. LCOL PICHETTE ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN QUEBEC CITY IN JUNE 1993 AND GRADUATED FROM THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF...
RETIREMENT – CAPT ALEXANDER KISIELIUS, CD – 00340 CELE
1. CAPTAIN ALEXANDER KISIELIUS WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 17 AUGUST 2020 AFTER 12 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. ALEX ENROLLED IN THE FORCES UNDER THE REGULAR OFFICER TRAINING PLAN IN 2008 AND, FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF AN AERONAUTICAL...
RETIREMENT – MWO RODNEY NOBLE, CD – 00362-01 ACISS
1. AFTER 33 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER RODNEY NOBLE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 28 SEPTEMBER 2020. 2. MWO NOBLE BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES...
RETIREMENT – CPL RYAN KENDALL, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. CORPORAL RYAN KENDALL WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES WITH 19 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE IN BOTH THE CANADIAN ARMY AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE ON 29 JUNE 2020. 2. INITIALLY POSTED TO GAGETOWN IN 2001, FOLLOWING HIS GRADUATION FROM BASIC TRAINING AT ST...
RETIREMENT – MWO CHRIS CHRISTENSON, CD – 00362-05 ACISS CISTM
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER CHRIS CHRISTENSON RETIRED FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 29 APRIL 2020 AFTER 30 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. CHRIS ENROLLED WITH THE ARMY IN MARCH 1989 AND SPENT 10 YEARS AS AN INFANTEER, WHERE HE ENJOYED HIS POSTINGS TO 1 RCR,...
RETIREMENT – LCOL MICHAEL W. HILLIKER, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MICHAEL (MIKE) HILLIKER WILL RETIRE ON 31 MAY 2020, AFTER 29 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. 2. LCOL MIKE HILLIKER JOINED THE CAF ON THE 23 AUG 90 AS A SIGNAL OFFICER, PREDOMINATELY SERVING IN FIELD AND...
RETIREMENT – MWO JOHN SPENCER, CD – 00362-01 ACISS SIG OP
1. ON 3 JULY 2020, AFTER 38 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED COMBINED SERVICE TO CANADA, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER JOHN SPENCER WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, THE COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. JOHN...
RETIREMENT – MCPL MARK FLOOD – 00109-01 ATIS TECH
1. MASTER CORPORAL MARK FLOOD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES WITH 8 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE. 2. INITIALLY POSTED TO TRENTON IN 2012, FOLLOWING HIS GRADUATION FROM ATIS TECH QL3, HE MADE HIS MARK AS AN EXCELLENT TECH WHILE RECEIVING MULTIPLE AWARDS. AS A...