RETIREMENT - SGT ANDERSEN, ROGER, COMM RSCH 00120

1. SGT ROGER ANDERSEN WILL BE RETIRING ON 13 JUL 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 IN OWEN SOUND, ON. AFTER THREE YEARS
WITH THE RES F SGT ANDERSEN TRANSFERRED TO THE REG F, AS COMM RSCH IN
THE SPRING OF 88. AFTER CONDUCTING BASIC AND TRADES TRAINING, IN
SEP 89, HE WAS POSTED TO CFS LEITRIM AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL THE
SUMMER OF 94. WHILE IN CFS LEITRIM, HE COMPLETED A TOUR IN CFS ALERT
IN 91
3. AFTER CFS LEITRIM SGT ANDERSEN WAS POSTED TO 770 COMM RSCH SQN IN
GANDER, NF IN 95. WHILE IN GANDER, HE ATTENDED THE SIX MONTH SIGNALS
DEVELOPMENT COURSE IN KINGSTON, AFTER WHICH HE RETURNED TO CFS ALERT
FOR A SECOND TOUR IN 96. RETURNING TO CFS LEITRIM IN 97, SGT ANDERSEN
CARRIED ON TRADE RELATED TASKS UNTIL HE ATTENDED THE SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS COURSE IN 00. AFTER WORKING IN THE SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE, HE WAS SELECTED FOR OVERSEAS DUTIES IN 02-03,
DEPLOYING AS A PEACEKEEPER TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AT CAMP MAPLE LEAF,
ZGON
4. IN 08 HE DEPLOYED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE
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 09, 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. A DEPART WITH DIGNITY CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE NDHQ WO S AND
SGTS C AND PO S MESS, 4 QUEEN ELIZABETH DRIVE, OTTAWA ON. K2P 2H9, 5
JUL 12, 1230-1600. COST OF THE EVENT WILL BE 22.00 PER PERSON, WHICH
INCLUDES BOTH MEAL AND CONTRIBUTION TO A DEPARTURE GIFT. PLEASE
FORWARD ATTENDANCE AND/OR ANECDOTES OR OTHER WELL WISHES TO THE
FUNCTION COORDINATOR, MWO BYRON MACKENZIE VIA EMAIL (MACKENZIE MWO BK OR MR JOHN WEAVER (WEAVER JT AT CDI DGIP
AT OTTAWA-HULL)