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 – MWO DARREL MACKENZIE, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER DARREL MACKENZIE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 15 JUNE 2018 AFTER 28 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. FROM VANCOVER, BC, DARREL MACKENZIE SIGNED ON THE DOTTED LINE HALLOWEEN DAY 1989 IN HOPES TO GET A LAST...
RETIREMENT – MWO DANIEL LANOUE, CD – 00362-03 ACISS-CST
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER DANIEL LANOUE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF ON 08 AUG 18 WITH 30 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CAF, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. MWO LANOUE ENROLLED IN ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU AS A RAD TECH ON 9 AUG 1988....
RETIREMENT – MAJ MARK YOUNG, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. MAJOR MARK YOUNG WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH ON 15 JULY 2018 AFTER 33 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. MAJOR YOUNG JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES UNDER THE YOUTH TRAINING...
RETIREMENT – SGT WILLIAM (BILL) WHITEHEAD, CD – 00362-02 LST
1. AFTER 29 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, AND TO THE CANADIAN ARMY, SGT W.C. (BILL) WHITEHEAD WILL RETIRE ON 12 JUNE 2018. 2. ON 21 JUNE 1989, BILL ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES PRIMARY RESERVE AS...
RETIREMENT – COL GILBERT BLAIS-PARENT, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. ON 9 JUNE 2018, AFTER 30 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, COL GILBERT BLAIS-PARENT WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF), THE COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. COL BLAIS-PARENT JOINED THE...
RETIREMENT – MCPL ROBERT KEW, 00362-01 ACISS
1. MCPL ROBERT KEW WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES 08 JULY 2018, AFTER OVER 7 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. MCPL KEW JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 24 JUNE 2011, AT THE TORONTO DETACHMENT IN LONDON, ONTARIO. HE COMPLETED HIS BASIC...
RETIREMENT – LCOL DURWIN MCLELLAN, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. ON 31 JULY 2018, WITH OVER 34 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DURWIN MCLELLAN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF). 2. LCOL MCLELLAN ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN 1984. HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS CAREER INCLUDE...
RETIREMENT – DAVID ALBRIGHT, CD
1. DAVID ALBRIGHT, DIRECTOR APPLICATION PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT IN DGEAS WILL RETIRE ON 4 JULY 2018, AFTER A DISTINGUISHED 35 YEAR CAREER WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE. DAVID JOINED THE AIR FORCE IN 1983, AS A DIRECT ENTRY OFFICER...
RETIREMENT – MWO WILSON BILLARD, CD – 00120 COMM RSCH
1. AFTER 27 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MWO WILSON BILLARD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CAF AND THE SIGINT WORLD ON 19 JUNE 2018. 2. WILSON ORIGINALLY JOINED THE CAF IN CORNERBROOK, NEWFOUNDLAND IN FEBRUARY 1991 AS A COMMUNICATOR RESEARCHER. AFTER COMPLETING...