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 – LCOL NEIL MCKENNA, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL NEIL MCKENNA WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF ON 19 AUGUST 2019 WITH 37 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. HAILING FROM THE DOCK ROAD, ELMSDALE, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, LCOL MCKENNA ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN FORCES AS A RADIO OPERATOR...
RETIREMENT – MCPL CHRISTOPHER JACKSON, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. MASTER CORPORAL CHRISTOPHER JACKSON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, 09 JULY 2019, AFTER 17 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. CHRISTOPHER ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN 2002 IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO AND ATTENDED BASIC TRAINING IN SAINT-JEAN QUEBEC. DURING THE...
RETIREMENT – LCOL DAVE JONES, CD – 00340 CELE(AIR)
1. LCOL DAVE JONES WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, 12 JULY 2019, AFTER 26 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. DAVE ENROLLED IN 1993, STARTING BASIC TRAINING THE SAME WEEK HE FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL. HE ATTENDED CMR AT ST-JEAN AND GRADUATED FROM RMC...
RETIREMENT – MCPL JUSTTYN R. GASCON – 00362-09 ACISS-IST
1. IN RECOGNITION OF THE 10 YEAR MILITARY CAREER OF MCPL GASCON, RETIREMENT DATE OF 04 JUNE 2019. 2. MCPL GASCON JOINED THE CAF AS A SIGNALS OPERATOR ON 13 MARCH 2009. AFTER HIS BASIC TRAINING IN ST-JEAN HE WAS POSTED TO BORDEN AND THEN TO KINGSTON WHERE HE COMPLETED...
RETIREMENT – SGT (RET’D) JOHN HUDSON, CD – 00120 COMM RSCH
1. AFTER OVER 37 YEARS OF COMBINED CAF AND DND SERVICE, JOHN HUDSON WILL RETIRE ON 31 MAY 2019. 2. JOHN JOINED THE CAF IN FEBRUARY 1981 AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR (291). HIS MANY POSTINGS INCLUDED INUVIK, CFSCE, BERMUDA, GANDER, MASSET AND FINALLY LEITRIM...
RETIREMENT – MWO GARY JACKLIN, CD – 00362-01 ACISS
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER GARY JACKLIN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS ON 05 JULY 2019 AFTER 35 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. MWO JACKLIN JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 17 OCTOBER 1983...
RETIREMENT – WO ROBERT P. BEATTEAY,CD – 00362-01 ACISS
1. WARRANT OFFICER ROBERT P. BEATTEAY WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF ON JULY 2ND 2019 WITH 36 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CAF, AND THE ROYAL CANAIDAN CORPS OF SIGNALS AS AN ACISS CORE. 2. BOB JOINED THE FORCES IN MAY OF 1983 AND COMPLETED...
RETIREMENT – CAPT MICHAEL SAWLER, CD – 00340 CELE(AIR)
1. CAPT MICHAEL SAWLER WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF 10 JUNE 2019 AFTER 17 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CAF AND THE C AND E BRANCH. 2. CAPT SAWLER ENROLLED IN THE CAF AS A DIRECT ENTRY OFFICER ON 2 JULY 2002 IN HALIFAX, AND COMPLETED HIS BASIC TRAINING...
RETIREMENT – LCOL JAMES BATES, CD – 00340 CELE(AIR)
1. LCOL JIM BATES WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 11 JULY 2019 AFTER 33 YEARS OF SERVICE. 2. JIM ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 25 MARCH 1986 AND COMPLETED CELE(AIR) TRAINING AT CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS. DURING HIS...