CME Family Retirements

MAJOR CHRIS CAMBRIDGE WILL RETIRE FROM THE CF ON 3 JULY 2007 AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CF AND THE ENGR BRANCH.

MAJOR CAMBRIDGE ENROLLED IN 1977 AS A MILITARY MUSICIAN AND HAD TOURS IN ESQUIMALT, HALIFAX AND THEN ESQUIMALT AGAIN BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE AIR COMMAND BAND IN 1987 AS A CLARINETTIST, BACK-UP VOCALIST AND DRUM MAJOR. DURING ALL THAT TIME HE PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS CANADIAN AND INTERNATIONAL FORUMS INCLUDING TATOOS, ROYAL VISITS…

1. Capt Chrétien will be retiring from the CF on 05 Nov 07 after 36 plus years of loyal and dedicated service to the CF and the Engineer Branch.

2. Capt Chrétien joined the CF on the 03 February 1971 as a 612 STR Tech. He rose through the ranks from private to CWO, which he received in 1990. The 03 June 2000, Capt Chrétien joined the Officer’s rank as a captain.

3. He has served at 3 Wing Bagotville x 3, CFB St-Jean, CFB Montréal x 2, Ottawa (DG IRP), CFB…

1. AFTER 27 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN FORCES, THE ARMY, AND THE ENGINEER BRANCH, MAJOR AL JENSEN WILL RETIRE FROM THE MILITARY ON 5 NOV 07.

2. MAJOR AL JENSEN WAS BORN IN BADEN-SOELLINGEN, GERMANY ON 09 JUNE 1962. HE GRADUATED FROM THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA (KINGSTON, ONTARIO) IN 1985 WITH A DEGREE IN BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (APPLIED). UPON GRADUATION FROM ENGINEER OFFICER TRAINING FROM CFSME IN 1985, HE THEN EMBARKED ON A CAREER…

MWO Arsenault has decided to leave the Military after 29 plus years of service to Queen and Country. He joined the Canadian Forces in Toronto on the 15 Feb 1978 and on the 24 Feb he was off to CFB Cornwallis. Once basic training was completed he proceeded to Chilliwack for Electrician Trades training. Upon graduation he was posted to 4 ESR Gagetown to start his apprentice training as an Electrician. In 1980 he was posted to CFB Borden and in 1985 he was posted to CFB…

WO Mathieu signed up in Quebec city, joining the Canadian Armed Forces as a reservist in 1979 and then the Regular Force in Aug 1984 as an Infantryman. After 4 years with the infantry back from Cyprus, WO Mathieu came in realisation that it was time for a change. In 1988, he graduated from the Fire Academy as an Apprentice and was transferred to CFB Shearwater from 1988 – 1992.

In 1992, he was posted to CFB Borden until 1994 from there back to the salty air to HMCS…

MCpl Ward will be retiring after 23 plus years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Forces and Canada.

MCpl Ward joined the Canadian Forces on 01 Feb 1983. He then went of to Cornwallis, NS for his recruit training. Thereafter, he was off to CFB Borden to become a Supply Technician. His Supply Technician training and knowledge provided postings to; Edmonton, Holdberg, Gander and Calgary.

Changing trades in September 2001, he entered the halls of…

On 31 October 2007, after 21 + years of loyal and dedicated service to the CF, the Engineer Branch and Country, Warrant Officer Alan Burden will retire from the CF.

WO Burden joined the Canadian Forces in October 1983 as a YTEP Safety Systems Technician. Following his Safety System training and being forced to remuster to MSE OP or Supply he decided to return to Newfoundland to seek greater opportunities. After a two year stint working at a GM garage he decided to…

On 30 Oct 2007 after 30 years and 8 months of loyal and dedicated service to the CF and the Engineer Branch, WO M.A. Tracey (Mark) will retire from the CF.

WO Tracey joined the Canadian Forces in May 1977 after getting the parachutists bug. Following his basic jump course with the PPCLI in Calgary, he was sent to CFB Petawawa and service with 2 Commando of the Airborne Regiment.

In 1982 Mark decided to get reacquainted with the construction world, so he…

Dave Hopkins joined the military in Petawawa, Ontario, 24 Oct 85, as an Artilleryman. He completed Basic Training at CFB Cornwallis in time to return home for Christmas leave, before embarking to Shilo, Manitoba in January 1986 where he began his QL3 at the Artillery Battle school training as a mud Gunner. Upon graduation the troop was informed they were going Air Defence. Posted to Chatham, N.B. to 119 AD Bty until May 88, when the opportunity arose to see Europe. Gnr…

MCpl Sundelin joined the CF on 07 July 1988 in CFRC Saskatoon, SK. Upon completion of recruit training in CFRS Cornwallis he was posted to CFB Petawawa to the RCR Battle School. After completion of his trades training he was posted to CFB Gagetown, 2 RCR where he remained until his voluntarily release on the 30th of September 1992. On the 12th of July 1994 he re-enrolled in CF as a RCR infanteer and in April 2001, accepted an occupational transfer to Plumbing and Heating…

1. Sgt Dix will be retiring from the CF on 04 Sep 07 after 22 plus years of loyal and dedicated service to the CF and the Engineer Branch;

2. Ronald joined the CF on the 17 May 1985 as a Cbt Engr and climbed through the ranks to Sgt. He has served proudly in three different trades: 041 Field Engineer, 042 Field Engineer Equipment Operator and finally as a 043 Combat Engineer. He has served at various bases and stations during his career, 2 CER, CFB Petawawa, 4 CER…

Major Trent L. Watson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 7 January 1967. As a result of his father’s career in the Royal Canadian Navy, he lived on both the east and west coasts, graduating from Dartmouth High School in 1985. After a year in the Reserves, he transferred to the Regular Force under the Regular Officer Training Plan, and later graduated from the Royal Military College in Kingston in 1989 with a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering.

After his engineer…

1. CAPT BOB ADAMS WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CF ON 02 OCT 07 AFTER 25 PLUS YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CF

2. CAPT ADAMS ENROLLED IN THE FORCES IN DEC 1981. HE INITIALLY JOINED THE COMMUNICATIONS BRANCH AS A COMM RESEARCH TECH AND REMUSTERED TO THE PLUMBER/GAS FITTER TRADE AND BEGAN HIS TRAINING AT THE CF SCHOOL OF MILITARY ENGINEERING AT CHILLIWACK IN 1982. CAPT ADAMS WAS POSTED TO CFB BORDEN UPON COMPLETION OF INITIAL TRADES TRAINING WHERE HE COMPLETED A TOUR…

Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, He enrolled in the CF as a direct entry Construction Electrician on 24 April 1979. Upon completion of Basic Training at CFB Cornwallis, He was posted to CFB Portage La Prairie, Manitoba where he remained from 13 July 1979 until 3 May 1982. During his time he completed a tour of CFS Alert, NWT 16 April -16 October 1980. Upon his return from Alert, he was off to CFB Chilliwack for his QL5 and subsequently Greg was promoted to Cpl. Posted to 1…

1. AFTER 26 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN FORCES AND THE ENGINEER BRANCH, MAJOR JOHN ROSE WILL RETIRE FROM THE MILITARY ON 18 SEP 07.

2. JOHN ENROLLED IN THE CF IN JUL OF 1981 AS AN AIR WEAPONS SYSTEMS (AWS) TECHNICIAN. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS BASIC TRADES TRAINING IN BORDEN ONTARIO HE WAS POSTED TO CFB GREENWOOD IN THE HEART OF NOVA SCOTIA'S ANNAPOLIS VALLEY WHERE HE SPENT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS REFINING HIS NEWLY ACQUIRED TRADE SKILLS. IN 1987…

LCol André Corriveau enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces in August 1971. After completing his studies at CMR and RMC, he served as a Mechanized Troop Commander in the 5ième Régiment de Génie de Combat in Valcartier, in various positions in the BCE section at CFB Borden, as the SCEO at CFS Sioux Lookout and, following his promotion to Major, as the BCEO at CFB Comox. He also served as the first Director of Physical Plant at RMC in Kingston and, following his promotion to…

 ADM(IE) would like to announce the upcoming retirement of Major Joel Higgs after almost 34 years in the CF.

Maj Higgs joined the Canadian Forces on 03 Jan 1973. He has served in several posts within Canada and overseas. These included CE Requirement Officer at North Bay, Kingston and Lahr Germany, Staff Officer in Training Systems HQ in Trenton, and Base Construction Engineering Officer in Greenwood and Ottawa. He has spent the past 12 years in NDHQ serving…

Le Major Egglefield reçoit un baccalauréat en génie civil de l’Université Carleton à Ottawa en 1984 et se joint au 51 Bn S du C en fév 1985 où elle servira comme commis en administration. Le 11 déc 1985, elle transfert à la Force régulière et obtient son brevet d’officier en mars 1986.

Elle complète sa formation d’ingénieur militaire à la BFC Chilliwack en 1988. Pendant cette période, elle fait un stage d’un an au Génie construction à la BFC Esquimalt.

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After 34 years and 9 months of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Forces, Captain Lonnie Kean has decided to retire as of 21 July 2007.

Less than a month after his 17th birthday, Pte Kean entered the Canadian Forces on 13 October 1972 at CFRC St. John’s, NL. Off to CFRS Cornwallis, he started his initiation into the “No Life Like It “ world on 21 October. After recruit school he was on his way to Combat Arms School at CFB Gagetown for basic training as an…

After more than 21 years of loyal and dedicated service, Captain Jim Reeves has chosen a new career direction. Throughout his colourful career to date, (always service before self) Jim has excelled in a broad and challenge filled array of posts and locations. These have included: 1 CER (in the wild west, aka Chilliwack), 2 CER in Pettawawa, the CFJHQ in Kingston, an undergrad degree at UNB and a post grad degree and teaching assignment at RMC. Overseas he seized…

MAJOR CARLOS MARQUES WILL RETIRE FROM THE CF ON 14 MAY 2007 AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF SERVICE TO CANADA, THE CF, THE NAVY AND THE ENGR BRANCH.

MAJOR MARQUES ENROLLED IN THE CF ON JUNE 25 1986 AS A DEO in MONTREAL. FOLLOWING BASIC OFFICER TRAINING IN CFB CHILLIWACK IN OCTOBER 1986 HE SPENT 18 MONTHS WITH THE CANADIAN NAVY. UPON COMPLETION OF MARE TRAINING, HE SERVED ON HMCS SASKATCHEWAN AND HMCS MACKENZIE. IN 1989, MAJ MARQUES DECIDED TO 'DROP THE ANCHOR' TO…