After more than 15 years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Military Engineers, Cpl Dan MacKinnon, CD will retire on 01 April 2022. At the member’s request, a small gathering will be held on 31 Mar 2022 from 1400 to 1600 hrs at the Annapolis Mess, Nova Scotia. All are welcome. Congratulatory messages and best wishes can be sent to Sgt A.L. Coy at Adam.Coy@forces.gc.ca.

Daniel MacKinnon joined the CAF on 13 July 2006 as an Infantryman. Upon completion of BMQ, SQ, and QL3 training, he became a member of 2 RCR in CFB Gagetown.

While at 2 RCR, Pte MacKinnon deployed to Afghanistan from September 2008 to April 2009 as a member of the KPRT. In October 2009, he was promoted to Corporal and shortly thereafter completed the Infantry PLQ course.

In June 2016, Cpl MacKinnon left the Infantry to join the Engineers as a Construction Technician. After completing QL3 training, Cpl MacKinnon was posted to 14 Wing Greenwood.