1. AFTER MORE THAN 42 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADAIN ARMED FORCES (CAF), MWO DANYLO STEFAN DENKOWYCZ WILL BE RETIRING ON 8 NOVEMBER 2023.
2. MWO DENKOWYCZ ENROLLED INTO THE CAF AT THE AGE OF 17 AS AN INFANTEER IN HAMILTON, ONT, ON 12 FEBRUARY 1981. AFTER COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING IN CORNWALLIS, NS AND BASIC INFANTRY TRAINING AS A MEMBER OF THE PRINCESS PATRICIA’S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY (PPCLI) IN WAINWRIGHT, AB WITH THE 1ST CANADIAN MECHANIZED BRIGADE OPERATIONAL TRAINING DETACHMENT (OTD), HE FOUND HIMSELF POSTED TO 1 PPCLI LOCATED AT CURRIE BARRACKS, CALGARY, AB.
3. MWO DENKOWYCZ COMPLETED HIS BASIC JUMP COURSE IN DECEMBER 1982 AND WAS THEN POSTED TO 2 COMMANDO, CANADIAN AIRBORNE REGIMENT IN PETAWAWA, ONT. HE SERVED WITH 2 COMMANDO FROM 1983 TO 1988 AND IN THAT TIME HE COMPLETED HIS INFANTRY SECTION COMMANDER COURSE AND WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL. HE ALSO COMPLETED TWO OF HIS MOST DESIRED COURSES, THE PARACHUTE INSTRUCTOR COURSE AND THE MOUNTAIN OPERATIONS INSTRUCTOR COURSE.
4. MWO DENKOWYCZ WAS THEN POSTED BACK TO 1 PPCLI IN CALGARY, AB WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS FIRST OPERATIONAL TOUR TO CYPRUS. IN JULY 1991 HE WAS PROMOTED TO SGT AND IN THE SPRING OF 1992, WHILE STILL SERVING WITH 1 PPCLI, HE ASCENDED MOUNT LOGAN LOCATED IN KLUANE NATIONAL PARK, YT AS PART OF A CAF CLIMBING TEAM.
5. IN 1992 MWO DENKOWYCZ WAS POSTED TO THE CANADIAN AIRBORNE CENTRE IN EDMONTON, AB WHERE HE TRAINED FUTURE JUMPERS AND MOUNTAINEERS. MWO DENKOWYCZ WAS THEN POSTED TO 3 PPCLI IN 1996 WHEN IT ONCE AGAIN BECAME A REGULAR FORCE LIGHT INFANTRY BN IN EDMONTON, AB. WHILE WITH 3 PPCLI HE TOOK PART IN THE QUEENS GUARD AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE IN 1998 AND A TOUR TO BOSNIA-HERZAGOVINA IN 2000.
6. IN 2000 MWO DENKOWYCZ WAS PROMOTED TO WO AND POSTED TO LEADERSHIP COY AT LAND FORCES WESTERN TRAINING CENTRE (LFWA TC), WAINWRIGHT AB. IN 2004 HE WAS ONCE AGAIN POSTED TO 3 PPCLI WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A PL WO IN THE PARA COY. IN 2005 MWO DENKOWYCZ WAS POSTED BACK TO WAINWRIGHT TO THE NEWLY FORMED CANADIAN MANOEUVRE TRAING CENTRE WHERE HE WAS
PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK OF MASTER WARRANT OFFICER IN 2008.
7. MWO DENKOWYCZ WAS ONCE AGAIN POSTED TO 3 PPCLI WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED AS THE CSM OF THE PARA COY. FROM 2010-2012. WHILE WITH 3 PPCLI HE COMPLETED A TOUR TO AFGHANISTAN
8. IN 2012 MWO DENKOWYCZ WAS ONCE AGAIN POSTED TO WAINWRIGHT AB, TO LFWA TC AS B COY CSM AND WAS EMPLOYED WITH THEM AS THEY BECAME THE 3RD CANADIAN DIVISION TRAINING CENTRE (3 CDTC) IN 2013. HE WAS APPOINTED AS THE 3 CDTC QUARTER MASTER SENIOR INSTRUCTOR (QMSI) FROM 2016 TO 2018. MWO DENKOWYCZ THEN HELD THE POSITION OF LOGISTIC SUPPORT CSM FROM 2018 UNTIL HIS HANDOVER ON 7 SEPTEMBER 2023.
9. MWO DENKOWYCZ LAST DAY IN UNIFORM WILL BE 8 NOVEMBER 2023 AS HE WILL REACH CRA 60. HE PLANS TO SPEND HIS RETIREMENT WITH HIS WIFE DIAN OF 31 YEARS FOCUSING ON FAMILY AND THE MAINTENCE OF HIS LAND.
10. A DEPARTURE WITH DIGNITY CEREMONY FOR MWO DENKOWYCZ WILL BE HELD AT THE JUNIOR RANKS’ MESS ON 5 OCTOBER 2023 FROM 1130-1500 IN WAINWRIGHT, AB. DRESS WILL BE CIVILIAN ATTIRE
11. PLEASE SEND CONFIRMATION OF ATTENDENCE TO MWO SD AMBROSE AT, STEPHEN.AMBROSE@FORCES.GC.CA
12. PLEASE SEND ANECDOTES AND WELL WISHES TO MWO SD AMBROSE AT, STEPHEN.AMBROSE@FORCES.GC.CA
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