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 BRYSON MCLELLAN, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. AFTER 21 YEARS OF SERVICE, MAJOR BRYSON MCLELLAN WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 3 AUGUST 2021. 2. MAJ MCLELLAN JOINED THE CAF IN 2000 AND GRADUATED FROM THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE IN 2004 WHERE HE EARNED A BACHELORS OF ENGINEERING AND MET HIS...
RETIREMENT – MAJ JAMES D.E. DUQUETTE, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. ON 2 SEP 2021, MAJOR JAMES D.E. DUQUETTE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF AFTER 21 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, FEW MORE YEARS OF SERVICE, AND THEN FOUR VERY REWARDING YEARS IN AUSTRALIA. 2. MAJOR DUQUETTE FULFILLED A CHILDHOOD DREAM WHEN HE ENROLLED IN THE...
RETIREMENT – MCPL JONATHON SMITH, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. MASTER CORPORAL JONATHON SMITH WILL BE RETIRING 17 AUGUST 2021 AFTER 22+ DEDICATED YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CAF. 2. MCPL SMITH ENROLLED AT THE KINGSTON RECRUITING CENTRE ON 17 MAR 1999. HE WAS INITIALLY RECRUITED AS A MATERIALS TECHNICIAN BUT DUE TO ISSUES WITH THE...
RETIREMENT – MAJ TYLER D. TIBBEL, CD – 00340 CELE
1. ON 3 JULY 2021, MAJOR TYLER TIBBEL WILL RETIRE AFTER 13 YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. 2. MAJ TIBBEL JOINED THE CAF UNDER THE REGULAR OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM ON 4 JULY 2008 IN HALIFAX, NS, AND...
RETIREMENT – MCPL ETIENNE GAUDREAULT, CD – 00394 IS TECH
1. MASTER CORPORAL ETIENNE GAUDREAULT WILL RETIRE ON 15 JULY 2021 AFTER 18 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. ETIENNE JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN APRIL 2003 AT CFRC QUEBEC CITY. AFTER COMPLETING BMQ...
RETIREMENT – MCPL CHRIS J.W. PASVEER, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. AFTER 14.5 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, MASTER CORPORAL CHRIS J.W. PASVEER RETIRED ON 20 MAY 2021. 2. MCPL PASVEER JOINED THE CAF IN KINGSTON ON THE 02 NOV 2006, AND COMPLETED HIS BASIC TRAINING IN ST-JEAN, QC. UPON GRADUATION...
RETIREMENT – WO NATHALIE GIRARD, CD – 00383 SIG OP
1. WARRANT OFFICER NATHALIE GIRARD WILL RETIRE ON 02 JULY 2021 AFTER 27 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. WO GIRARD JOINED THE CAF IN 1994, COMPLETING THE NES OP QL3 AND THEN RAD OP QL3 IN 1995. WO...
RETIREMENT – MWO ALAN AITCHISON, CD – 00383 SIG OP
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER ALAN AITCHISON, CD WILL RETIRE ON 28 JULY 2021 AFTER 37 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. 2. ALAN JOINED THE 1ST BATTALION, THE ROYAL NEW BRUNSWICK REGIMENT IN FREDERICTON AS A RESERVE INFANTRYMAN IN NOVEMBER 1983,...
RETIREMENT – CAPT DAVID HITT, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. CAPTAIN DAVID HITT WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND MOST NOTIBLY THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORP OF SIGNALS ON 1 JULY 2021 AFTER 35+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. ORIGINALLY FROM NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND HOWEVER GROWING UP IN VANCOUVER,...