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 CLAUDE LAREAU, CD – 00340 CELE (AIR)
1. Mr. Claude Lareau, Director General Enterprise Application Services (former) will be retiring from the Department of National Defence on 22 November 2019 after 43 years of loyal and dedicated service in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and the Federal Public...
RETIREMENT – LCOL MARTIN PRUD’HOMME, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MARTIN PRUD’HOMME WILL RETIRE ON 6 JANUARY 2020 AFTER MORE THAN 28 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2. LCOL PRUD’HOMME JOINED THE CAF IN JUNE 1991 AND AFTER...
RETIREMENT – MCPL RONALD “JAMES” POLLARD – 00362-01 ACISS
1. MASTER CORPORAL RONALD "JAMES" POLLARD WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 31 JAN 2020, AFTER OVER 9 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. PTE POLLARD JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS A MEMBER OF 721 COMMUNICATION REGIMENT ON 27 MAY 2010 AT THE...
RETIREMENT – SGT JEAN-PHILIPPE ANCTIL, CD – 00362-04 ACISS-IST
1. SERGEANT JEAN-PHILIPPE ANCTIL RETIRES FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 18 NOV 2019, AFTER 15 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE AS AN ARMY COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS SPECIALIST (ACISS). 2. SGT ANCTIL ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN DECEMBER 2003 AS...
RETIREMENT – MWO RODNEY HUTCHINSON, CD – 00109-01 ATIS TECH
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER RODNEY HUTCHINSON WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 8 FEBRUARY 2020 AFTER 36+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. RODNEY ENROLLED IN 1983 AND SPENT 17 YEARS WITH THE ARMOURED CORPS WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A DRIVER, GUNNER,...
RETIREMENT – MWO JOSEPH JANISSE, CD – 00109-01 ATIS TECH
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER JOSEPH WILFRID EDWIN GERARD JANISSE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 28 FEB 2020, AFTER 42 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS BRANCH. 2. MWO JANISSE ENROLLED IN THE CAF...
RETIREMENT – MWO MARK LAROCHE, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER MARK LAROCHE WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 18 NOVEMBER 2019, AFTER COMPLETING OVER 34+ YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CAF, THE RCAF, AND THE C&E BRANCH. 2. MARK ENROLLED IN 1985, SPENDING MOST OF THE FOLLOWING TWO...
RETIREMENT – CPL RYAN SHARP – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. AFTER 9 YEARS OF TOTAL SERVICE, CORPORAL RYAN SHARP IS RELEASING FROM THE RCAF ON 3 MAR 2020. 2. CPL SHARP JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) IN 2007 AS AN INFANTEER OUT OF VANCOUVER BC. AFTER COMPLETING BASIC TRAINING AT CFLRS IN SAINT-JEAN, QUEBEC, CPL SHARP...
RETIREMENT – MWO SHANE DREBIT, CD – 00362-05 ACISS CISTM
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER SHANE DREBIT RETIRED FROM THE REGULAR FORCE ON 23 JANUARY 2019 AFTER 35 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND TO CANADA. 2. MWO DREBIT WAS BORN 18 FEBRUARY 1963 IN BELLEVILLE, ON. HE ENROLLED IN THE...