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 – MASTER CORPORAL RICHARD VOISINE
1. AFTER 46 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE, MR. RICHARD VOISINE WILL RETIRE ON 15 MARCH 2024. 2. MR. VOISINE ENROLLED IN THE CAF AND COMMENCED BASIC TRANING IN 1978 AT CFB ST-JEAN, QC....
RETIREMENT – SERGEANT MICHAEL (MIKE) R. PURDY – 00381, LINE TECH
1. After over 27 years of loyal and dedicated service to Queen / King and Canada, The Royal Corps of Signals and most notably the Line Trade, Sgt Mike Purdy will be releasing for the CAF on 28 Feb 2024. 2. Purdy, as his friends and the trade know him, joined the...
RETIREMENT – CORPORAL JAMES KOOP – 00109, ATIS TECH
CPL KOOP WILL RELEASE FROM THE CAF 27 MARCH, 2024 AFTER 5 YEARS AS AN ATIS TECH. HE HAS ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE AT 17 CIS. (MEMBER HAS REQUESTED NO PICTURE OR FORMAL MESSAGE BE PUBLISHED.)
RETIREMENT – WARRANT OFFICER KEITH NICOLL, CD – 00109, ATIS TECH
1. WO KEITH NICOLL WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 15 MAR 2024 AFTER 21 YEARS OF SERVICE. 2. BORN IN CAPE BRETON, NS AND RAISED MIRA, NS HE JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN SEP 2002. 3. WO NICOLL COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CFLRS, QC, POET AND ATIS...
RETIREMENT – WARRANT OFFICER PHILIP BERRESFORD, CD – 00109, ATIS TECH
1. WARRANT OFFICER (WO) PHILIP BERRESFORD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) ON 06 MARCH 2024 AFTER 22+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA. 2. FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER, GRANDFATHER, FATHER, MOTHER AND BROTHER, WO...
RETIREMENT – CORPORAL AN JUNG YOON – 00109, ATIS TECH
1. CPL AN JUNG YOON WILL RELEASE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES EFFECTIVE 27 FEBURARY 2024 AFTER COMPLETING 7 YEARS OF SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. 2. CPL AN JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS AN AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION...
RETIREMENT – WARRANT OFFICER STEPHANIE E. EMOND, CD – 00383, SIG OP
1. AFTER 27 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF), THE CANADIAN ARMY, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, WO STEPHANIE ELIZABETH EMOND CD WILL RETIRE ON 18 MARCH 2024. 2. SHE ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 17 DEC 96 AT THE...
RETIREMENT – MASTER WARRANT OFFICER WADE PURCHA, CD – 00383, SIG OP
1. AFTER 36 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF), THE CANADIAN ARMY, AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, MWO WADE EVERTT PURCHA CD WILL RETIRE ON 9 FEB 24. 2. HE ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 29 OCT 87 AT THE AGE OF 18. HE...
RETIREMENT – SERGEANT KARIM ABDOU, CD – 00383, SIG OP
1. SGT KARIM ABDOU WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 7 FEBRUARY 2024 AFTER 15 YEARS OF DEDICATED, DISTINGUISHED, AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE C&E BRANCH, THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, CANADA, AND THE CROWN. 2. SGT ABDOU JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED...