Pete Fedak sends: Hello one and all! On 9 May 14 3CFFTS will be hosting the mug-out/DWD of Maj Janin Blanchet and the mug-out/retirement of Capt JP Turcotte. I am including the notification messages below for everyones information. Please pass the news around and be sure to send in your stories/attend this event. These two gentlemen deserve to have the best farewell possible! 01 01 151855Z APR 14 RR GGGG FTS OR 018 3 CFFTS PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE//CMDT// AIG 1704 AIG 1705 PROTECTED A FTS OR 018 SUBJ: RETIREMENT - CAPT JEAN-PIERRE (JP) TURCOTTE, PILOT 00183 1. AFTER 29 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, CAPT JP TURCOTTE IS RETIRING FROM THE CF ON THE 9 JUN 2014, WITH TERMINAL LEAVE COMMENCING 28 MAY 2014. 2. CAPT TURCOTTE SPENT HIS FIRST TOUR OF DUTY WITH 430 ETAH IN VALCARTIER, AND BEGAN FLYING THE CH-135 IROQUOIS HELICOPTER, OR AS IT WAS SIMPLY KNOWN AS THE TWIN-HUEY. AFTER SERVING TWO YEARS AS A TACTICAL AVIATOR, NEWLY PROMOTED CAPT TURCOTTE DECIDED THAT A CHANGE OF SCENERY WAS REQUIRED, SO HE MADE THE SWITCH TO MARITIME AVIATION. CAPT TURCOTTE SPENT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS FLYING THE CH-124 SEA KING HELICOPTER AS PART OF 423 MH SQUADRON. DURING THIS TIME, CAPT TURCOTTE WOULD SPEND A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME ON BOARD WITH THE EAST COAST FLEET, VISITING MANY PARTS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ADRIATIC SEAS. WITH HIS FEET BACK ON DRY LAND, CAPT TURCOTTE DECIDED THAT HE MISSED MUDDY FIELDS AND IMPS AND REQUESTED TRANSFER BACK TO 430 ETAH IN 1996. AFTER A SHORT RETURN TO 430 ETAH, CAPT TURCOTTE PURSUED THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL A LIFELONG DREAM AND WAS SELECTED TO THE SNOWBIRD DEMONSTRATION TEAM AS SNOWBIRD NO. 10. DURING HIS TIME AS A SNOWBIRD, CAPT TURCOTTE HONED HIS SKILLS AS AN OFFICER THROUGH HIS REMARKABLE DISPLAY OF PROFESSIONALISM, AND A TALENT FOR PUBLIC INTERACTION. CAPT TURCOTTE REALIZED THIS POTENTIAL WHEN HE DECIDED TO GIVE FLYING A BREAK AND PURSE AN OCCUPATION IN THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS TRADE. IN THE SPRING OF 2005, CAPT TURCOTTE ACCEPTED THE POSITION AND WOULD GO ON TO WORK AS PA OFFICER AT 14 WING GREENWOOD AS WELL AS WITH THE NAVAL RESERVE IN QUEBEC. FROM DECEMBER 2009 TO JUNE 2014, CAPT TURCOTTE HAS SPENT HIS FINAL, BUT PERHAPS MOST MEMORABLE POSTING, AT 3CFFTS PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE. HE WOULD GO ON TO BECOME A QFI FOR PHASE III ROTARY WING TRAINING, A COURSE DIRECTOR, AND EVENTUALLY, THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STANDARDS. CAPT TURCOTTE POSSESSES AN IMMEASURABLE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN AVIATION, AND HIS SERVICES WILL SURELY BE MISSED HERE AT 3CFFTS. CAPT TURCOTTE IS BEST KNOWN FOR BEING AN EXCELLENT OFFICER, A DEPENDABLE MENTOR TO STUDENTS, AND A GOOD FRIEND WITH THE NUMEROUS PEOPLE HE HAS MET OVER THE YEARS. 3. AFTER 29 YEARS OF HONORABLE SERVICE TO THE RCAF, CAPT TURCOTTE IS RELEASING FROM THE REGULAR FORCE AND IS JOINING THE RESERVE. HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS WIFE ANICK, AND THEIR CHILDREN MELISSANDRE (FIVE), AND ALEXIS (THREE), FOR THEIR SUPPORT DURING HIS REGULAR SERVICE. CAPT TURCOTTE AND HIS FAMILY PLAN TO SETTLE DOWN BACK WHERE THE JOURNEY BEGAN BACK IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. 4. A MUG OUT CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE 3CFFTS MESS, IN SOUTHPORT, MB ON 9 MAY 14 COMMENCING AT 1600 HRS AT NO COST. 5. WELL WISHES, CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, AMUSING ANECDOTES AND TALES MAY BE SENT NLT 7 MAY 14 TO CAPT JONATHAN SARAWANSKI BY E-MAIL AT SARAWANSKI.JM AT ALLIEDWINGS.CA, OR BY PHONE AT 204-428-4220. 01 01 151856Z APR 14 RR GGGG FTS OR 017 3 CFFTS PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE//CMDT// AIG 1704 AIG 1705 PROTECTED A FTS OR 017 SUBJ: RETIREMENT - MAJ JANIN BLANCHET, PILOT 00183 1. AFTER 23 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE, MAJ JANIN BLANCHET IS RETIRING FROM THE CF ON THE 6 JUL 2014, WITH TERMINAL LEAVE COMMENCING 17 JUN 2014 2. MAJOR JANIN BLANCHET JOINED THE CANADIAN FORCES IN 1991. AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE IN KINGSTON IN 1996 WITH A BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING, HE WENT ON TO UNDERTAKE IS PILOT TRAINING IN MOOSE JAW, SASKATCHEWAN AND PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, MANITOBA. UPON RECEIVING HIS WINGS IN DECEMBER 1997, HE WAS POSTED TO 430E ESCADRON TACTIQUE DíH…LICOPT»RES (ETAH) AT CFB VALCARTIER, QC. IN HIS 6 YEARS AT 430 ETAH, MAJOR JANIN BLANCHET FLEW THE CH146 GRIFFON HELICOPTER AND DEPLOYED 3 TIMES ON NATO PEACEKEEPING TOUR IN BOSNIA AND PARTICIPATED IN MANY DOMESTIC OPERATIONS SUCH AS THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS IN QU…BEC CITY AND THE G8 SUMMIT IN KANANASKIS, ALBERTA. IN 2003, HE WAS POSTED TO 403 OPERATIONAL TRAINING SQUADRON, GAGETOWN WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON THE GRIFFON HELICOPTER AND AS THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE FLIGHT SIMULATOR TRAINING PROGRAM. PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK IN 2007, HE MOVED ON TO THE NATIONAL DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS IN OTTAWA AND WORKED IN THE AIR STAFF UNDER THE DIRECTORATE OF AIR STRATEGIC PLANS AS THE TACTICAL HELICOPTER STRATEGIC PLANS ANALYST. IN 2010 HE WAS POSTED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES COLLEGE IN TORONTO. IN THE FALL OF 2011, AFTER A SHORT TOUR IN 2 CAD HQ, MAJ BLANCHET WAS POSTED TO 3CFFTS IN SOUTHPORT MANITOBA AS THE CHIEF HELICOPTER INSTRUCTOR WHERE HE OVERSAW THE TRAINING OF ALL HELICOPTER PILOTS JOINING THE RCAF 3. HE IS MARRIED TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JAMIE SPEISER-BLANCHET, ALSO A TACTICAL HELICOPTER PILOT, AND THEY HAVE THREE YOUNG CHILDREN, EMMA, ZACHARY AND SAMUEL. 4. A MUG OUT CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE 3CFFTS MESS, IN SOUTHPORT, MB ON 9 MAY 14 COMMENCING AT 1600 HRS AT NO COST. 5. WELL WISHES, CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, AMUSING ANECDOTES AND TALES MAY BE SENT NLT 7 MAY 14 TO JEAN-PIERRE TURCOTTE BY E-MAIL AT TURCOTTE.JP AT ALLIEDWINGS.CA, OR BY PHONE AT 204-428-4030. PFedak
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 18:13:20 +0000
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