Branch Retirement Messages

RETIREMENT - Sergeant Roger Andersen CDI 00120

1. SGT ROGER ANDERSEN WILL BE RETIRING ON 13 JULY 12, AFTER MORE THAN 27 YEARS OF SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CF.

2. SGT ANDERSEN FIRST BECAME A MEMBER OF THE CF AS A RESERVIST WITH THE GREY AND SIMCOE FORESTERS (G AND SF) IN OWEN SOUND, ON. AFTER THREE YEARS WITH THE RESERVES SGT ANDERSEN TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE, AS COMM RSCH, IN THE SPRING OF 1988. AFTER CONDUCTING BASIC AND TRADES TRAINING, IN SEPTEMBER OF 1989 HE WAS POSTED TO CFS LEITRIM, AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL THE SUMMER OF 1994. WHILE IN CFS LEITRIM, HE EXPERIENCED A TOUR IN CFS ALERT, IN 1991.

3. AFTER CFS LEITRIM SGT ANDERSEN WAS POSTED TO 770 COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH SQUADRON IN GANDER, NFLD. IN 1995, WHILE IN GANDER, HE ATTENDED THE SIX MONTH SIGNALS DEVELOPMENT (SIGDEV) COURSE IN KINGSTON, AFTER WHICH HE RETURNED TO CFS ALERT FOR A SECOND TOUR IN 1996. RETURNING TO CFS LEITRIM IN 1997, SGT ANDERSEN CARRIED ON TRADE RELATED TASKS UNTIL HE ATTENDED THE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS COURSE IN 2000. AFTER WORKING IN THE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS (SATCOM) CENTRE HE WAS SELECTED FOR OVERSEAS DUTIES IN 2002-03, DEPLOYING AS A PEACE KEEPER TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AT CAMP MAPLE LEAF, ZGON.

4. IN 2008 HE DEPLOYED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE (ISAF) TO AFGHANISTAN INTO A LIAISON BILLET, EMBEDDED WITH THE US 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION AT BAGRAM AIR FIELD, TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO KANDAHAR AIR FIELD. ON RETURN TO CANADA, IN 2009, HE WAS POSTED TO CDI IN NDHQ. THIS PARTICULAR POSTING INTRODUCED SGT ANDERSEN TO HIS FIRST EXPERIENCES WORKING WITH CIVILIAN STAFF AND SCIENTISTS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WAS INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST. ROGER WILL BE REMAINING IN THE OTTAWA AREA WITH HIS WIFE AND SON WHERE THEY PLAN TO TAKE UP A BUSINESS ADVENTURE AS AMERICAN REAL ESTATE INVESTORS.

5. DEPART WITH DIGNITY CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE NDHQ WO'S & SGTS'/ C & POS' MESS, 4 QUEEN ELIZABETH DRIVE, OTTAWA ON, K2P 2H9, 5 JULY, 1230-1600. COST OF THE EVENT WILL BE $22.00 / PERSON, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH MEAL AND CONTRIBUTION TO DEPARTURE GIFT. PLEASE FORWARD ATTENDANCE AND OR ANECDOTES OR OTHER WELL WISHES TO THE FUNCTION COORDINATOR, MWO BYRON MACKENZIE VIA EMAIL (MACKENZIE MWO BK AT CDI DGIP AT OTTAWA-HULL) OR MR JOHN WEAVER (WEAVER JT AT CDI DGIP AT OTTAWA-HULL) OR FAX (613) 613 945-5255).