1. CWO CARLISLE MASON JOINED THE CANADIAN FORCES IN 1987 AFTER SERVING 6 YEARS AS AN AIR CADET. AFTER ENROLLMENT, HE COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CFB CORNWALLIS, NS AND THEN PROCEEDED TO CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS AT CFB KINGSTON, ONTARIO FOR POET (PERFORMANCE ORIENTATED ELECTRONICS TRAINING) FOLLOWED BY RADAR (NAV AIDS) TECHNICIAN QL3 TRAINING.

2. IN 1989, FIRST POSTING WAS TO BASE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CFB COMOX, BC AS AN APPRENTICE RADAR TECHNICIAN. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED NUMEROUS RADAR MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT COURSES INCLUDING PAR (PRECISION APPROACH RADAR), TACAN (TACTICAL AIR NAVIGATION), C&P (COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS), RPDS (RADAR PROCESSING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM) AND NAMS (NAVIGATION AND METEOROLOGICAL DISPLAY SYSTEM). PROMOTED TO CORPORAL IN 1991 AND COMPLETED THE COMET (COMMON ELECTRONICS TRAINING) QL5 TRAINING AT CFSCE KINGSTON, ON THAT SAME YEAR.

3. IN 1996, WAS POSTED TO 15 WING MOOSE JAW AS A NAV AIDS/RADAR MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN. RETURNED TO 19 WING COMOX, IN 1999, WAS PROMOTED TO MASTER CORPORAL IN 2002 AND COMPLETED PLQ AT ACPDTC BORDEN, ON IN 2003. WHILE IN COMOX COMPLETED ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT COURSES INCLUDING SSR (SECONDARY SURVEILLANCE RADAR), ASR (AREA SURVEILLANCE RADAR), RPDS II, AND ARM (ADVANCED RADAR MAINTENANCE). HAD THE FORTUNATE OPPORTUNITIES TO COMPLETE NUMEROUS ADVENTURE TRAINING INCLUDING THE JUAN DE FUCA TRAIL, COMOX GLACIER ASCENT, CAPE SCOTT TRAIL AND CLAYQUOT SOUND KAYAKING. WAS OPI FOR ADVENTURE TRAINING ABOARD HMCS ORIOLE SAILING AS A TEAM IN THE GEORGIA STRAIT WITH PORT VISITS IN WASHINGTON STATE AND BRITISH COLUMBIA.

4. DEPLOYED TO TASK FORCE AFGHANISTAN THEATRE SUPPORT UNIT CAMP MIRAGE, SOUTH WEST ASIA (SWA) FOR SEVEN MONTHS (OP ARCHER) IN 2005. AS NCO I/.C CAMP COMMUNICATIONS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR VARIOUS COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS. SHORTLY AFTER RETURN FROM SWA IN 2006, WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT AND POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES RECRUITING CENTRE VANCOUVER, BC AS INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CENTRE IN VANCOUVER, A DETACHMENT IN VICTORIA AND TO PROVIDE IT AND COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT TO RECRUITERS ON INFORMATIONAL ROAD SHOWS THROUGHOUT BRITISH COLUMBIA. IN 2009 POSTED TO BASE INFORMATION SERVICES, CFB ESQUIMALT, BC AS THE BASE INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGE MANAGER. RESPONSIBLE TO ENSURE MARPAC HAD ROBUST IT/IS CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITY AND IM GROUP DIRECTIVES AND ORDERS, AND TO PROVIDE COMMAND ADVICE WITH REGARDS TO JOINT COMMUNICATIONS.

5. IN 2012 WAS PROMOTED TO WARRANT OFFICER AND POSTED TO CANADIAN DETACHMENT ELMENDORF, AK AS AN AIRBORNE RADAR TECHNICIAN (ART) ONBOARD THE E-3 SENTRY. COMPLETED AWACS ART TRAINING AT TINKER AFB, OKLAHOMA. OVER FIVE YEARS, CONDUCTED NUMEROUS SURVEILLANCE AND TRAINING MISSIONS CULMINATING IN OVER 800 FLYING HOURS AND COMPLETING FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING FOR THE ART POSITION. PARTICIPATED IN EX RED FLAG ALASKA AND EX COPE NORTH NUMEROUS TIMES. COMPLETED BOTH THE BASIC AND ADVANCED ELECTRONIC WARFARE COURSES.

6. PROMOTED TO MASTER WARRANT OFFICER 2016 AND POSTED TO 42 RADAR SQUADRON AT 4 WING COLD LAKE AS THE SWO IN 2017. TOOK PART IN EX IRON RAM AND EX MAPLE RESOLVE IN WAINWRIGHT AB AND NATO EX TRIDENT JUNCTURE IN BODO, NORWAY. A SIGNIFICANT CAREER HIGHLIGHT WAS THE HONOUR OF BEING 4 WING TEAM LEAD FOR THE 4 DAY NIJMEGEN MARCH (OP NIJMEGEN) 2018. DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF OP REASSURANCE IN 2019 TO ATF-ROMANIA. PROMOTED TO CURRENT RANK IN 2020 AND POSTED TO 4 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT SQUADRON AS THE SCWO.

7. HAPPILY MARRIED TO WIFE AND BEST FRIEND RICHELLE FOR OVER 27 YEARS AND HAVE TWO CHILDREN, CHADWICK AND VERONICA. CHADWICK JOINED THE RCN AND IS CURRENTLY SERVING AT CANADIAN FLEET PACIFIC AT CFB ESQUIMALT AS AN NCIOP AND VERONICA IS IN THE RCAF ANTICIPATING A POSTING TO 409 TFS AT CFB COLD LAKE AS AN ACS TECH. CWO MASON ENJOYS THE GREAT CANADIAN SPORT OF HOCKEY AND PLAYS ON UNIT TEAMS WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND HAS ALSO BEEN A MINOR HOCKEY CANADA COACH PROVIDING INSTRUCTION AND LEADERSHIP FOR YOUNG HOCKEY PLAYERS AT NOVICE, ATOM, PEEWEE, AND BANTAM LEVELS. ENJOYS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, HIKING AND IS AN AVID GEOCACHING ENTHUSIAST. HAS ENDEAVOURED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO PLAY GUITAR AND ENJOYS IT WITH PLENTY OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT!

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