Royal Canadian Logistics Service Association

1. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS LARRY DESLAURIERS WILL FINALLY RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 31 MAY 2022 AFTER 39 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE.

2. CPO2 DESLAURIERS ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN HALIFAX ON 11 JUL 84 AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CFRC CORNWALLIS AND PROCEEDED TO CFSAL, WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS TQ3 COURSE AND WAS POSTED BACK TO HALIFAX SCREAMING AND SHOUTING AS HE JOINED THE CAF TO GET AWAY FROM HIS HOME TOWN. CPO2 DESLAURIERS SPENT ONLY SPENT A YEAR AND A HALF AT CF HOSPITAL HALIFAX AS THE SEA WAS CALLING. CPO2 DESLAURIERS SPENT TWO YEARS SAILING ONBOARD OF HMCS ASSISSIBOINE, WHERE HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF A 3 MONTH STANFORLANT DEPLOYMENT. WHILE ONBOARD HMCS ASSISSIBOINE CPO2 DESLAURIERS HAD THE OPPORUNITY TO VIST MUCH OF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. IN 1988 CPO2 DESLAURIERS WAS POSTED TO THE FIRST CANADIAN SUBMARINE SQUADRON AND PROMOTED TO LEADING SEAMAN. IN 1990 CPO2 DESLAURIERS WAS APPOINTED TO THE RANK OF MASTER SEAMAN AND POSTED TO THE NEWLY FORMED 1ST CANADIAN DIVISIONAL HQ AND SIGNALS REGTIMENT. DURING HIS TIME THERE HE WAS BLESSED TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN TWO FALL EXS AND DEPLOYED TO MONGADISCIO, SOMALIA AS PART OF CCUNOSOM JOINT FORCES HEADQUARTERS..

3. IN AUGUST 1994 CPO2 DESLAURIERS WAS POSTED TO CFS DEBERT WHICH LASTED FOR ONLY A YEAR, AS CFS DEBERT WAS CLOSING AND IN JUNE 1995 HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF PO2 AND POSTED TO CFSU OTTAWA AS THE CHIEF CLERK FOR THE CFSU(O) MP COY UNTIL FEBURARY 1999 WHEN HE WAS POSTED TO CFEWC AS THE CHIEF CLERK. AFTER SPENDING THE NEXT 4 1⁄2 YEARS AT CFEWC CPO2 DESLAURIERS WAS SELECTED FOR THE CDAAA IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, HOWEVER HE FIRST HAD TO COMPLETE A ONE YEAR HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE COURSE IN CFLS OTTAWA.

4. IN JULY 2004 CPO2 DESLAURIERS AND HIS FAMILLY MOVED TO BUDAPEST, HUNGARY FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, HE WAS PROMOTED TO PO1 DURING HIS FIRST YEAR AT THIS POST. LARRY CAN STILL BE HEARD TELLING EVERYONE THAT WILL LISTEN TO HIS STORIES DURING THIS TIME AND WHAT AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS TIME IN BUDAPEST, CPO2 DESLAURIERS WAS RETURNED TO OTTAWA IN JULY 2007, WHEN HE WAS POSTED TO CF H SVCS GP HQ AS THE SUPT CLK. IN JUN 2009 CPO2 DESLAURIERS RELEASED FROM THE REGULAR FORCE AND JOINED THE PRIMARY RESERVES UNTIL AUGUST 2015. DURING HIS TIME IN THE PRIMARY

RESERVES HE WAS EMPLOYED AT CF H SVCS GP HQ, DGCB AND WITH ASST CMP WITH THE DIRECTOR OF RESERVE SERVICE MANAGEMENT (DRSM). WHEN HE RE- ENROLLED BACK TO THE REGULAR FORCE HE REMAINED AT DRSM UNTIL JULY 2018 WHEN HE WAS POSTED TO HIS CURRENT POSITION AT COS(MAT) AS J1 PERS MGT 3.

5. CPO2 DESLAURIERS WILL BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU THAT HE HAS HAD AN AMAZING AND FULFILLING CAREER AND WILL DEPART FROM THE CAF WITHOUT REGRET. HE DEPARTS KNOWING THAT HE HAS GIVEN EVERYTHING TO CAF WHICH IN RETURN HAS AFFORDED HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE THINGS THAT MOST CAN ONLY IMAGINE, HE TAKES WITH HIM MANY, MANY FOND MEMORIES. CPO2 DESLAURIERS WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS HIS GRATITUDE TO THE MANY PEOPLE HE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH, SUPERVISE AND MENTOR THROUGHOUT HIS LONG CAREER. AS WELL A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO HIS BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER EMILY AND HIS SON JONATHAN, AS WELL TO HIS EX-WIFE FOR SUPPORTING HIM THOUGHOUT HIS CAREER AND TO HIS PARTNER JACQUELINE, FOR HER CONTINUED SUPPORT IN THEIR FUTURE.

6. UPON RELEASE FROM THE CAF, CPO2 DESLAURIERS WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY AND CAF AS HE HAS ACCEPTED EMPLOYMENT WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE AT ADM(MAT).

9. CPO2 DESLAURIERS WISHES TO DEPART THE CAF THE SAME WAY AS HE ARRIVED, VERY QUIETLY AND HAS REQUESTED THAT NO DWD BE HELP FOR HIS RETIREMENT.

1. LE PREMIER MAITRE DE DEUXIEME CLASSE LARRY DESLAURIERS PRENDRA ENFIN SA RETRAITE DES FORCES ARMEES CANADIENNES LE 31 MAI 2022 APRES PLUS DE 39 ANS DE LOYAUX ET DEVOUES SERVICES.
2. LE PM 2 S ENROLE DANS LES FAC A HALIFAX LE 11 JUILLET 1984 A TITRE DE COMMIS D’ADMINISTRATION. IL COMPLETE SON INSTRUCTION DE BASE AU CRFC CORNWALLIS ET SE REND ENSUITE A L EALFC POUR COMPLETER SON COURS DE NQ3. IL EST AFFECTE DE NOUVEAU A HALIFAX ET N EST PAS TRES HEUREUX PUISQU IL A JOINT LES FAC POUR S ELOIGNER DE SA VILLE NATALE. LE PM 2 DESLAURIERS NE PASSE QU UN AN ET DEMI A L HOPITAL DES FC HALIFAX PUISQUE LA MER L APPELLE. IL NAVIGUE ENSUITE PENDANT DEUX ANS A BORD DU NCSM ASSISSIBOINE OU IL A L OCCASION DE FAIRE PARTIE D UN DEPLOIEMENT DE TROIS MOIS DE LA STANAVFORLANT. A BORD DU NCSM ASSISSIBOINE, LE PM 2 DESLAURIERS A L OCCASION DE VISITER UNE GRANDE
PARTIE DE LA COTE EST DES ETATS-UNIS AINSI QUE QUELQUES PAYS EUROPEENS. EN 1988, LE PM 2 DESLAURIERS EST AFFECTE A LA PREMIERE ESCADRE DE SOUS-MARINS DU CANADA ET EST PROMU MATELOT DE PREMIERE CLASSE. EN 1990, LE PM 2 DESLAURIERS EST NOMME MATELOT-CHEF ET AFFECTE AU QUARTIER GENERAL DE LA 1RE DIVISION CANADIENNE NOUVELLEMENT FORMEE ET REGIMENT DES TRANSMISSION. PENDANT CETTE PERIODE, IL A LE PRIVILEGE DE PARTICIPER A DEUX EXERCICES A L AUTOMNE ET D ETRE DEPLOYE A MONGADISCIO, EN SOMALIE, AVEC LE QUARTIER GENERAL DES FORCES INTERARMEES DU CC ONUSOM.
3. EN AOUT 1994, LE PM 2 DESLAURIERS EST AFFECTE A LA SFC DEBERT PENDANT SEULEMENT UN AN, PUISQUE LA SFC DEBERT FERME EN JUIN 1995. IL EST PROMU AU GRADE DE M 2 ET AFFECTE A L USFC OTTAWA COMME COMMIS-CHEF DE LA CIE PM DE L USFC(O) JUSQU EN FEVRIER 1999. IL EST ALORS AFFECTE AU CGEFC COMME COMMIS-CHEF. APRES AVOIR PASSE QUATRE ANS ET DEMI AU CGEFC, LE PM 2 DESLAURIERS EST SELECTIONNE COMME AAADC A BUDAPEST, EN HONGRIE, MAIS IL DOIT D ABORD COMPLETE UN COURS DE HONGROIS D UNE ANNEE A L ELFC OTTAWA.
4. EN JUILLET 2004, LE PM 2 DESLAURIERS ET SA FAMILLE DEMENAGENT A BUDAPEST EN HONGRIE POUR LES QUATRE ANNEES SUIVANTES. IL EST PROMU M1 PENDANT SA PREMIERE ANNEE DANS CETTE AFFECTATION. ON PEUT ENCORE ENTENDRE LARRY RACONTER LES HISTOIRES QU IL A VECUES PENDANT CETTE PERIODE ET L EXPERIENCE INCROYABLE QUE CE FUT POUR LUI-MEME ET SA FAMILLE. LE PM 2 DESLAURIERS REVIENT ENSUITE A OTTAWA EN JUILLET 2007, POUR SON AFFECTATION AU GP SVC S FC COMME COMMIS SURV. EN JUIN 2009, IL EST LIBERE DE LA FORCE REGULIERE ET SE JOINT A LA PREMIERE RESERVE JUSQU EN AOUT 2015. PENDANT LE TEMPS QU IL PASSE A LA PREMIERE RESERVE, IL EST EMPLOYE AU QG GP SVC S FC, DGRAS, ET L ACPM AVEC LE DIRECTEUR – GESTION DU SOUTIEN DE LA RESERVE (D GEST SR). LORSQU IL S ENROLE DE NOUVEAU DANS LA FORCE REGULIERE, IL DEMEURE AU D GEST SR JUSQU EN JUILLET 2018. IL EST ENSUITE AFFECTE A SON POSTE ACTUEL AU CEM(MAT) COMME J1 GEST PERS 3.
5. LE PM 2 DESLAURIERS SERA LE PREMIER A VOUS DIRE QU IL A EU UNE CARRIERE ETONNANTE ET EPANOUISSANTE ET QU IL QUITTE LES FAC SANS REGRET. IL PART EN SACHANT QU IL A TOUT DONNE AUX FAC QUI, EN RETOUR, LUI ONT OFFERT LA POSSIBILITE DE VOIR ET D EXPERIMENTER DES CHOSES QUE LA PLUPART DES PERSONNES NE PEUVENT QU IMAGINER. IL CONSERVE BEAUCOUP DE BONS SOUVENIRS. LE PM 2 DESLAURIERS TIENT A EXPRIMER SA GRATITUDE AUX NOMBREUSES PERSONNES AVEC QUI IL A EU L OCCASION DE TRAVAILLER, DE SUPERVISER ET D ENCADRER TOUT AU LONG DE SA LONGUE CARRIERE. IL OFFRE UN MERCI SPECIAL A SON FILS JONATHAN ET SA BRUE EMILY, AINSI QU A SON EX FEMME POUR LE SOUTIEN QU ILS LUI ONT OFFERT TOUT AU LONG DE SA CARRIERE, AINSI QU A SA PARTENAIRE JACQUELINE POUR SON SOUTIEN CONTINU POUR LEUR AVENIR.

6. APRES SA LIBERATION DES FAC, LE PM 2 DESLAURIERS CONTINUERA DE SERVIR SON PAYS ET LES FAC; IL A ACCEPTE UN EMPLOI DANS LA FONCTION PUBLIQUE AU SMA(MAT).
9. LE PM2 DESLAURIERS SOUHAITE QUITTER LES FAC DE LA MÊME FACON QU IL EST ARRIVE, TRES SILENCIEUSEMENT. IL A DEMANDE QU AUCUN DD NE SOIT ORGANISE POUR SA RETRAITE.