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 ROD STERLING, CD – 00341 SIGS
1. AFTER 43 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, LIEUTENANT COLONEL ROD STERLING WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 31 MAY 2021. THIS SERVICE INCLUDED 13 YEARS AS A MEMBER OF THE PRIMARY RESERVE, DIVIDED ON BOTH ENDS OF HIS 30 YEARS IN THE REGULAR FORCE....
RETIREMENT – MCPL RICHARD ROUSSEL, CD – 00383 SIG OP
MASTER CORPORAL RICHARD ROUSSEL IS RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 3 MAY 2021 AFTER 19 YEARS OF SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CAF. HE ENROLLED ON 28 SEPTEMBER 2001. 2. MCPL ROUSSEL PROUDLY SERVED AS A SIGNALER THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE CAREER. MCPL ROUSSEL STARTED...
RETIREMENT – SGT JOHN PATRICK BANGS, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH
1. AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, SERGEANT JOHNNY BANGS WILL RETIRE FROM THE RCAF ON 30 APRIL 2020. 2. SGT BANGS ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN JULY 2000 AS AN INFANTRYMAN WITH THE 1ST BATTALION OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT, WHERE HE WAS TRAINED AS...
RETIREMENT – CWO SCOTT EDWARDS, CD – 00381 CWO
1. AFTER 33 + YEARS OF REGULAR FORCE SERVICE TO THE QUEEN AND CANADA, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER SCOTT EDWARDS WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 31 AUG 2021. 2. CWO EDWARDS ENROLLED ON 10 JUNE 1988 UNDER THE POET PROGRAM IN CORNER BROOK, NL. UPON COMPLETION...
RETIREMENT – CPL BRIAN TROTTIER-GAGNON – 00383 SIG OP
1. AFTER MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES (CAF) AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS, CORPORAL BRIAN TROTTIER-GAGNON WILL RETIRE ON 21 APRIL 2021. 2. BRIAN ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN THE FALL OF 2013 AS A SIGNAL OPERATOR AND WAS...
RETIREMENT – SGT JOHN B.E. MICHAUD, CD – 00120 SIGINT SPEC
AFTER 33+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, SERGEANT JOHN B.E. MICHAUD IS RETIRING ON 10 MARCH 2021. SGT MICHAUD JOINED THE CAF IN KINGSTON ON 21 JULY 1987, AND COMPLETED HIS BASIC TRAINING IN CORNWALLIS. UPON GRADUATION FROM BASIC,...
RETIREMENT – WO MATHIEU POULIN, CD – 00383 SIG OP
WARRANT OFFICER MATHIEU POULIN WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 20 MAY 2021 WITH ALMOST 18 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 2. HE JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMY RESERVE IN MAY 2001. AFTER COMPLETING BASIC MILITARY TRAINING IN DUNDURN, SASKATCHEWAN, HE...
RETIREMENT – MWO WILLIAM THERIAULT, CD – 00383 SIG OP
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER BILL THERIAULT RETIRED FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 11 NOVEMBER 2020 AFTER SERVING 25+ YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. 2. BILL JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMY IN MAY 1995 AS A RADIO OPERATOR AND UPON COMPLETION OF HIS...
RETIREMENT – CWO KENNETH HOWE, CD – 00381 CWO
1. AFTER 40 YEARS OF SERVICE, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER KENNETH (KEN) HOWE HAS RETIRED FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 3 MARCH 2021. 2. BORN IN SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CWO HOWE BEGAN HIS MILITARY CAREER IN THE CAF UPON HIS ENROLMENT IN THE PRIMARY RESERVE IN 1981...