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 – WO JOE ALTEEN, CD – 00362-01 ACISS
1. WARRANT OFFICER JOE ALTEEN WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF ON 20 JUN 18 WITH 14 ½ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CAF, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. WO ALTEEN ENROLLED IN CORNER BROOK AS A SIG OP ON 5 SEP 2003. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS...
RETIREMENT – CAPT ALLAN MONTGOMERY, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. CAPT A.J. MONTGOMERY WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 6 AUG 2018 AFTER 37 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME STARTED IN 1976 WHEN ALLAN JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR CADETS IN PEMBROKE ONTARIO, SUMMER CAMPS AWAY...
RETIREMENT – MCPL RUGYS LE BER, CD – 00362-01 ACISS
1. MCPL RUGYS LE BER WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 25 AUGUST 2018, AFTER OVER 16 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. PTE LE BER JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS A MEMBER OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES OWN REGIMENT ON 27 JULY 2002 AT THE...
RETIREMENT – LCOL JAMES (JIM) PALMER, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. AFTER 35 YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO CANADA AND TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, LCOL PALMER WILL RETIRE ON 23 JULY 2018. HIS LAST DAY IN UNIFORM WILL BE 3 JULY. 2. LCOL PALMER ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS A DIRECT ENTRY OFFICER IN 1983. AT THE...
RETIREMENT – MAJ E. GRANT WHITTLA, MMM, CD, MA – 00340 CELE(AIR)
1. SERVING AS BOTH AN NCM AND OFFICER, MAJOR WHITTLA WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH ON 3 JUL 18 AFTER ALMOST 35 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE IN UNIFORM(41 YEARS IF YOU COUNT HIS TIME AS AN AIR CADET)....
RETIREMENT – LCOL GREGG OUELLET, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. LIEUTENANT COLONEL GREGG OUELLET WILL BE RELEASING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 1 AUGUST 2018 AFTER 27 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. FROM SICAMOUS, BC, GREGG JOINED THE CAF IN JUNE 1991 AS A SIGNALS OFFICER. GRADUATING FOUR YEARS LATER FROM...
RETIREMENT – CWO ANTHONY DEGRUCHY, CD
1. CWO TONY DEGRUCHY WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 22 JULY 2018 AFTER 29+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. CWO DEGRUCHY ENROLLED AS A RADIO TECHNICIAN ON 21...
RETIREMENT – SGT JEAN-BENOIT LECLERC, CD – 00362-04 ACISS IST
1. APRÈS 14 ANNÉES DE BONS ET LOYAUX SERVICES, LE SGT LECLERC PRENDRA SA RETRAITE DU CORPS DES TRANSMISSIONS ROYAL DU CANADA ET DES FORCES ARMÉES CANADIENNES LE 10 JUIN 2018. 2. LE SGT LECLERC S’EST ENRÔLÉ DANS LA FORCE RÉGULIÈRE EN AOÛT 2004 AU CENTRE DE RECRUTEMENT...
RETIREMENT – CWO DANIEL FENTON, CD – 00362-01 ACISS
1. ON 6 JULY 2018, AFTER 39 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, CWO FENTON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF), THE COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS BRANCH AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. CWO FENTON JOINED THE CAF IN OCT 1979....