1. AFTER 30 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CF, COL DANIEL GENEST, CD, WILL RETIRE FROM THE REG FORCE ON 10 AUG 2011. TO HONOUR HIS SERVICE TO THE NATION, A DEPART WITH DIGNITY CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON 02 JUNE 11. DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE AT PARAS 4 AND 5 BELOW

2. COL GENEST JOINED THE CF AS A MILITARY ENGINEER IN JUNE 1981. HE GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR S DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM THE RMC OF KINGSTON. AMONG MANY POSTINGS, SOME OF HIS ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDED: HE WAS POSTED TO 5 RGC VALCARTIER AS HIS FIRST POSTING (86-88). HE THEN SERVED WITH 9 FIELD ENGR SQN IN ROUYN-NORANDA (88-90) AND RETURNED, TO 5 RGC VALCARTIER (90-93. FROM MAY 93 TO NOV 93 HE PARTICIPATED IN HIS FIRST UN MISSION TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINIA WITH 2E R22ER. UPON HIS RETURN FROM MISSION, HE WORKED AT LFQA HQ FROM NOV 93 TO JULY 97. DURING THIS PERIOD, HE SERVED ON SECOND MISSION, THIS TIME IN CROATIA WITH CANADIAN INFANTRY BATALLION GP FROM APRIL 95 TO OCT 95. IN 97, HE ATTENDED THE CANADIAN FORCES COLLEGE IN TORONTO WHERE HE COMPLETED THE CANADIAN FORCES COMMAND AND STAFF COURSE. FROM 98 TO 00, HE HELD THE POSITION OF J3 ENGR OPS IN NDHQ/DCDS OTTAWA. FROM JUN 00 TO 02, HE WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO 5 RGC AS THE UNIT CO. HE LEFT 5 RGC FOR THE POSITION OF EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DCDS IN OTTAWA FROM (02-04). IN JUN 04, HE WAS PROMOTED TO COLONEL, AND HELD THE POSITION OF COS AT LFQA HQ (04-07). THEREAFTER, HE WENT BACK TO OTTAWA AND HE SERVED WITHIN THE CHIEF OF FORCE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION UNTIL JAN 09. SINCE JAN 09 TO THIS DAY, COL GENEST IS COMMANDER 5 AREA SUPPORT GROUP

3. COL GENEST IS PLANNING TO STAY IN THE OTTAWA AREA AND TAKE ON A NEW CHALLENGE WITH SNC LAVALIN. HE ALSO PLANS TO SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH HIS SPOUSE, NATHALIE, AND HIS THREE DAUGHTERS, STÉPHANIE, ISABELLE, AND MARIE-PIER

4. THE DEPART WITH DIGNITY CEREMONY WILL BE HOSTED AT A BBQ DINNER AT THE OFFICER S MESS IN ST JEAN GARRISON ON THURSDAY, JUN 02, 2011, STARTING AT 18H30

5. COST IS TWENTY DOLLARS AND DRESS IS CASUAL (NO JEANS). YOUR ATTENDANCE MUST BE CONFIRMED BY CONTACTING MARLENE PFEUTI AT 514-252-2777 EXT 4236 OR CSN 621-4239, OR BY EMAIL AT: MARLENE.PFEUTI@FORCES.GC.CA, NLT 25 MAY 2011

6. CONGRATULATORY MSGS, ANECDOTES AND BEST WISHES FOR INCLUSION IN A PRESENTATION BINDER ARE TO BE FORWARDED TO THE SAME PERSON ABOVE IN PARA 5, NLT 25 MAY 2011