Lieutenant-General Guy R Thibault retired from the Canadian Armed Forces in August 2016 after 38 years of loyal and dedicated service to Canada, the CAF, and the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. He joined the Canadian Forces in 1978 and completed a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and physics at the Royal Military College. Upon completion of Army Signal Officer training in Kingston, he served in various operational capacities within the Special Service Force in Petawawa, as well as 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, and Canadian Forces Europe in Lahr, West Germany.