After 13 years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and the Canadian Military Engineer Branch, Sergeant Paul MacMillan will retire 15 Sept 2018.  A Depart with Dignity Ceremony will take place at the CFB Edmonton Golf and Curling Club, on 28 Jun 2018 at 1300 hrs.   Attendees are requested to advise the OPI of their planned attendance NLT 08 June 2018.  Anecdotes or retirement wishes may be sent to the OPI by e-mail. OPI:  SGT John Whelan, email at John.Whelan@forces.gc.ca or by phone at 780-956-4081.

Sgt Paul MacMillan was recruited Sep 2005 in Montreal QC. He attended recruit training at CFLRS in Saint-Jean QC and QL3 at CFSME in Gagetown NB. Upon completion of QL3, he was posted to 1 CER in Edmonton on 1 Sep 2006. He deployed to Afghanistan Feb to Sep 2008 as part of TF 1-08. On returning, he was employed as a Sect 2IC.

In 2010, he attended IEDD Operator training at CFSME in Gagetown NB. Sgt MacMillan was employed as an IEDD team member at 1 CER until Jul of 2012 when he was posted to 4 ESR Gagetown NB. He was promoted to Sgt in Jan 2013 and posted back to 1 CER Jul 2013.

Sgt MacMillan will be released on 15 Sep 2018. After release, he will be attending the Emergency Management program at NAIT.