- AFTER 29 YEARS OF UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO CANADA, COLONEL LIAM DOYLE WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON JUNE 28, 2024. LIAM EMBARKED ON HIS JOURNEY WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES STRAIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, VENTURING TO CHILLIWACK BEFORE IMMERSING HIMSELF IN A PREP YEAR IN ST-JEAN SUR RICHELIEU. HIS PATH LED HIM TO RMC IN KINGSTON, WHERE HE SPENT FIVE ENRICHING YEARS BALANCING BASKETBALL, CAMARADERIE, AND ACADEMICS, ULTIMATELY EARNING HIS DEGREE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING IN 2001. FOLLOWING HIS SIGNAL OFFICER TRAINING IN KINGSTON, LIAM’S ASSIGNMENTS TOOK HIM TO VALCARTIER, WHERE HE SERVED AS A TROOP COMMANDER, DEPLOYED TO KABUL, AFGHANISTAN AND LATER BECAME THE SIGNAL OFFICER FOR THE 3RD BATTALION ROYAL 22E REGIMENT. IT WAS DURING HIS TIME IN VALCARTIER THAT LIAM MET JENNIFER, BEGINNING THEIR WONDERFUL JOURNEY TOGETHER.
- LIAM TRANSITIONED TO THE CANADIAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES COMMAND, SPENDING FIVE YEARS IN THE MOST DEMANDING AND REWARDING ENVIRONMENT, CULMINATING AS THE SQUADRON COMMANDER OF JOINT TASK FORCE 2 SIGNAL SQUADRON. FOLLOWING STAFF APPOINTMENTS IN DGMC, DGIMO AND A RETURN TO CANSOFCOM AS COMMAND J6, HE WAS SELECTED AS COMMANDING OFFICER FOR 21 ELECTRONIC WARFARE REGIMENT, LEADING THIS REMARKABLE ORGANIZATION FOR TWO YEARS WITH A SUBSEQUENT APPOINTMENT AS CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE CANADIAN COMBAT SUPPORT BRIGADE. LIAM WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF COLONEL IN AUGUST OF 2021 AND WAS APPOINTED PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR WHAT IS NOW THE DEFENCE PROJECT WHERE HE SPENT THE FINAL 3 YEARS OF HIS CAREER AND LEARNED AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT FROM A FANTASTIC TEAM. HE WAS HONORED TO BE NOMINATED AS THE PATRON OF CAF MEN’S BASKETBALL, VIEWING IT AS A REMARKABLE CHANCE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAF SPORTS PROGRAM, A SOURCE OF MOTIVATION THAT HAD BEEN SIGNIFICANT THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.
- WITH A HEART FULL OF MEMORIES AND GRATITUDE, LIAM, ALONGSIDE HIS WIFE JENNIFER AND THEIR SONS JAMES (14) AND WILLIAM (8), WILL SOON EMBARK ON A NEW ADVENTURE IN MONT TREMBLANT, SAVORING THE TRANQUILITY OF THIS PICTURESQUE REGION.TO CELEBRATE LIAM’S CAREER AND BID HIM FAREWELL, THERE WILL BE AN INFORMAL GATHERING ON JUNE 21, 2024, AT THE CRAFT BEER MARKET AT LANSDOWNE FROM 2:00 PM TO 4:00 PM. WELL-WISHES AND ANECDOTES ARE WELCOME AND CAN BE SENT TO THE UNDERSIGNED. KINDLY RSVP TO [email protected].
RETRIEMENT – COLONEL LIAM M. DOYLE, CD – 00341-01 SIGS
Retirement Date: 28/06/2024
Liam,
From the first time I met you at the hill I knew you were gonna be a sh!t pump…but man was I wrong! Congrats on an amazing career and thank you for all the support and leadership you have provided me and the rest of the soldiers that had the honour of serving with you.
All the best and keep in touch!
Steve