1. AFTER OVER 28 YEARS PLUS OF SERVICE IN THE REGULAR FORCE OF THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, MAJOR HALDEAN “DEAN” CLARK WILL RETIRE FROM THE REGULAR FORCE ON 13 FEBRUARY 2025.

2. DEAN ENROLLED AT 89TH BATTERY 3RCA (WOODSTOCK, N.B.) IN OCT 1994 IN THE PRIMARY RESERVE. AFTER ALMOST 2 YEARS IN THE RESERVE ARTILLERY, HE COMPONENT TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE ARTILLERY TO 1 RCHA IN SHILO, MB. WHILE POSTED AT 1 RCHA GUNNER AND BOMBADIER CLARK WAS EMPLOYED AS A GUN DET MEMBER ON THE M109 AND A DRIVER ON THE SAME PLATFORM AND WAS DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF OP PALADIUM IN BOSNIA IN FEB 2000.

3. IN 2001, DEAN CONDUCTED A VOLUNTARY OCCUPATIONAL TRANSFER TO COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH (NOW SIGINT SPECIALIST) AND COMPLETED TRAINING IN KINGSTON, ON. UPON COMPLETION OF TRAINING, CPL CLARK WAS POSTED TO CFS LEITRIM IN OTTAWA AND WORKED SEVERAL POSITIONS IN THE SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE REALM AND WAS DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN AS A SIGINT ANALYST IN 2004 AND AGAIN IN 2005.

4. IN 2006, DEAN (NOW A MCPL) WAS GRANTED A “HARDSHIP” POSTING TO SAN ANTONIO TEXAS WHERE HE WORKED CLOSELY WITH HIS AMERICAN ALLIES AND WORKED DILIGENTLY TO BE THE GOOD CANADIAN AMBASSADOR. IN 2010, UPON PROMOTION TO SERGEANT HE RETURNED TO CANADA AND WAS EMPLOYED AT CFSCE AS THE ELECTRONIC WAREFARE COURSE DIRECTOR.

5. IN 2014, HE SAW THE LIGHT OR THE DARKNESS DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK AND RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION TO THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT AS A SIGNALS OFFICER. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE BASIC SIGNAL OFFICER COURSE, HE WAS POSTED TO 36 SIGNAL REGIMENT IN HALIFAX IN THE ADJUTANT POSITION AS REGIMENTAL SUPPORT STAFF. AFTER 2 YEARS IN HALIFAX, HE WAS POSTED BACK TO THE SIGS CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE IN KINGSTON ON AS THE SIG OFFICER FOR THE CANADIAN ARMY INTELLIGENCE REGIMENT. BEING THE SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE WITHOUT ANY SIGNALS SUPPORT STAFF, CAPT CLARK SPENT MANY DAYS KEEPING COMPUTER TERMINALS AND NETWORKS OPERATIONAL FOR THE INTELLIGENCE REGIMENT.

6. IN 2021, BECAUSE ONCE AS AN ADJUTANT WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM, DEAN WAS POSTED AS THE ADJUTANT FOR 77 LINE REGIMENT. THIS POSTING ONLY LASTED FOR A YEAR BUT PROVED CHALLENGING DUE TO THE DISPERSED NATURE OF 77 LINE REGIMENT AND LIMITED SUPPORT STAFF AT GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED SQUADRONS

7. IN 2022, CAPT CLARK SERVED A BRIEF TIME PERIOD AT RMC WORKING ON FINALIZING HIS DEGREE.

8. PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK OF MAJOR IN JULY 2023, DEAN WAS POSTED TO HIS CURRENT POSITION AS THE A6 AT 1 WING HQ IN KINGSTON AND BEGAN THE PROCESS OF RE-EDUCATION FOR AN OLD SCHOOL ARMY GUY WHO HAD NEVER BEEN POSTED INTO AN AIRFORCE UNIT. HE WAS APPRECIATIVE OF THE PEOPLE HE MET OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF AND HAS A NEW APPRECIATION OF THE AIRFORCE AND IN PARTICULAR, TACHEL.

9. DEAN HAS ENJOYED A LIFE OF VOLUNTEERING IN HIS COMMUNITIES AND WITHIN DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO VETERANS EMERGENCY TRANSITION SERVICES AND OPERATIONAL STRESS INJURY SOCIAL SUPPORT.

10. DEAN WILL CONTINUE TO RESIDE IN THE GREATER KINGSTON AREA. DEAN IS AN EXTREMELY PROUD FATHER OF HIS THREE CHILDREN, OLIVER CLARK, KALE CLARK AND AMELIA CLARK.

11. CANCELLED – DEAN INVITES ALL WHO CAN ATTEND TO ATTEND A LOW KEY DEPART WITH DIGNITY EVENT THAT WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY 14 JANUARY 2025 AT 1300 TO 1600 HRS AT RAXX (665 DEVELOPMENT DRIVE, KINGSTON, ONTARIO K7M 4W6). PRESENTATIONS START AT 1400. PLEASE RSVP TO MWO JIM MCBRIDE, [email protected] OR MWO SYLVIANNE HUMBER, [email protected] ALONG WITH ANY WELL WISHES, ANECDOTES, STORIES, ETC.