Branch Retirement Messages

RETIREMENT - Sergeant Marco Pelletier 00110

1. SGT MARCO PELLETIER WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN FORCES ON THE 9 JANUNARY 2009, AFTER 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE.

2. SGT PELLETIER JOINED THE CF ON THE 28 SEPTEMBER 1988 IN RIMOUSKI, QUEBEC, AND WENT OFF TO SAINT JEAN SUR RICHELIEU, QC. FOR HIS BASIC RECRUIT TRAINING AND LANGUAGE COURSE. MARCO STARTED HIS CAREER AS A NAVAL WEAPONS TECH IN HALIFAX UNTIL JULY 1989, WHEN HE BRIEFLY RETURNED TO ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU FOR PART OF HIS TQ3 TRAINING, THEN BACK TO HALILFAX 10 NOVEMBER 1989, WHERE HE WAS IMMEDIALTY POSTED TO ESQUIMALT, BC TO SERVE ON THE HMCS YUKON.

3. IN DECEMBER 1992, HE WAS POSTED BACK TO HALIFAX AT THE NAVEL FLEET SCHOOL FOR HIS TQ 5 UNTIL APRIL 1994, AFTER WHICH MARCO WENT TO SERVE ON THE HMCS NIPIGON. IN JULY 1997, IT WAS BACK AGAIN TO THE RECRUIT SCHOOL IN ST-JEAN SUR RICHELIEU UNTIL JULY 1999, AT THAT TIME LEADING SEAMAN PELLETIERWAS POSTED TO 711 COMMUNICATIONS SQN IN VALCARTIER QC, WHERE HE WORKED IN THE TELEPHONE SECTION.

4. MARCO DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME TO GET HIS FEET ON DRY LAND AND IN APRIL 2001 REMUSTERED TO LCIS TECH. HE STAYED WITH 711 COMMS SQN UNTIL APRIL 2003 ,WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL AN WITH THAT A POSTING TO QGET FOR A PERIOD OF 4 YEARS. MARCO WORKED MOSTLY IN THE CCMSE SECTION. PROMOTED TO SGT HE WAS POSTED BACK AGAIN TO SIGNALS SQN EAST VALCARTIER IN THE TELEPPHONE SECTION, AND FINALLY ENDING HIS CAREER AS THE PROJECT SGT FOR THE SQN.

5. DURING MARCO,S SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN FORCES HE PARTICIPATED IN ROTO 10 BOSNIA FROM APRIL 2002 TO SEPT 2002.

6. MARCO HIS SPOUSE ISABELLA GIGUERE AND CHILDREN CHARLES-ANTOINE AND ROSANNE WILL BE STAYING IN BEAUPORT, QUEBEC WHERE MARCO HAS BEEN RECRUITEDBY TELUS AS TELECOM TECH.

7. TO MARK THIS OCCASION A RETIREMENT DINNER WILL HELD IN MARCO`S HONOUR AT THE CAGE AUX SPORTS IN ANCIENNE LORETTE AT THE CORNER OF BOUL HAMEL AND DUPLESSIS. THE DATE AND TIME WILL BE CONFIMED AFTER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, CAREER ANECDOTES AND BEST WISHES CAN BE FORWARDED TO SGT GASTON BLANCHARD AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS, GASTON BLANCHARD@FORCES.GC.CA OR BY FAX 418-844-6888

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