Branch Retirement Messages

RETIREMENT - Warrant Officer Chris Bailey CTC HQ 00329

1. WARRANT OFFICER CHRIS BAILEY WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN FORCES ON 2 NOVEMBER 2009 AFTER 22 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADAIN FORCES, THE C AND E BRANCH AND MOST NOTABLY THE RAD OP (SIG OP) TRADE.

2. CHRIS BAILEY ENROLLED IN THE CF ON 5 FEBRUARY 1987 IN CORNERBROOK, NFLD. AFTER BOOT CAMP AND TQ3 TRAINING, CHRIS WAS POSTED TO 2 CMBG HQ AND SIG SQN PETAWAWA WHERE HE COMPLETED A TOUR OF DUTY WITH 88 CDN SIG SQN IN IRAN/IRAQ. UPON RETURN TO CANADA HE WAS POSTED TO 702 COMM SQN PETAWAWA WHERE HE WAS PROMOTED TO CPL AND REMAINED UNTIL JULY 1992. HE THEN SPENT THE NEXT THREE YEARS IN THE EXOTIC SEMI-ISOLATED STATION IN MILL COVE, NOVA SCOTIA. FROM JULY 1995 UNTIL JUNE 1996 CHRIS ATTENDED THE FRENCH LANGUAGE COURSE IN VALCARTIER, QUEBEC, AFTER WHICH HE WAS JUSTLY REWARDED WITH A POSTING TO 5 CMBG HQ AND SIG SQN. CHRIS WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL IN JULY 1996. DURING HIS TIME THERE HE DEPLOYED WITH THE CAN UTTH SQN IN PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1997. UPON REDEPLOYMENT, CHRIS WAS POSTED TO 430 TAC HEL SQN, QUEBEC UNTIL AUGUST 2002. DURING HIS TIME WITH THE HELOS, CHRIS DEPLOYED TO VELIKA KLADUSA, BOSNIA JUNE AND JULY 1999 AND AGAIN FROM SEPTEMBER 2001 TO MARCH 2002, THIS TIME AS A SGT (WSE). HE ALSO DEPLOYED TO PRISTINA, KOSOVO FROM DECEMBER 1999 TO JUNE 2000. IN AUGUST 2002, AFTER BECOMING A SIG OP (THROUGH NO FAULT OF HIS OWN), CHRIS WAS POSTED TO 1 CMBG HQ AND SIG SQN EDMONTON UNTIL JULY 2005, DURING WHICH TIME HE WAS PROMOTED TO SGT. CHRIS ENDED UP AT CTC HQ GAGETOWN IN JULY 2005 WHERE HE SERVED THE G3 BRANCH AS PRODUCTION NCO AND FINALLY TRAINING PLAN MANAGER FOR ALL SIGNAL OPERATOR TRAINING. HE WAS PROMOTED TO WARRANT OFFICER IN JULY 2008.

3. CHRIS HAS TWO DAUGHTERS, AMELIA AND HEATHER. HE HAS LANDED A POSITION WITH THE RCMP AND WILL BE REMAINING IN THE FREDERICTON AREA WHERE HE IS ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF HIS FIRST GRANDCHILD SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER 2009.

4. MEMBER HAS REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE A FORMAL EVENT TO CELEBRATE HIS TRANSISTION FROM MILITARY TO CIVILIAN LIVE. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, ANECDOTES (TRUE OR NOT) AND OTHER OFFERINGS CAN BE FAXED (506-422-1241) OR EMAILED TO MWO LOVETT, CTCHQ GAGETOWN (STEPHEN.LOVETT AT FORCES.GC.CA) BY 30 OCT 2009