1. WITH OVER 43 YEARS OF SERVICE, CAPTAIN (CAPT) TIMOTHY (TIM) HOLLAND WILL RETIRE FROM THE MILITARY ON 28 MARCH 2025.

2. A WELL-RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE ATESS TEAM AS THE LESSONS LEARNED OFFICER, DURING HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH ATESS HE HAS ENABLED THE AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN (ATIS) TRADES TRAINING PROGRAM, THE TRAINING FLIGHT COMMAND STRUCTURE AND THE LESSONS LEARNED PROCESS AT ATESS IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH STANDING ROUTINES AND PRACTICES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSFER KNOWLEDGE IN AREAS OF LEADERSHIP, VISION AND DELIVERY OF INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS EFFECTS.

3. DURING CAPT HOLLANDS CAREER HE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS. FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HIS EXPERIENCE:

A. IN NOVEMBER 1981 HE REPORTED TO BASIC TRAINING AT CANADIAN FORCES BASE (CFB) CORNWALLIS;

B. GRADUATING BASIC TRAINING FEBRUARY 1982 AND RECEIVING THE COMMANDANTS SHIELD AS TOP RECRUIT THE NEXT STOP WAS AT CFB KINGSTON TO COMPLETE BASIC TRADES TRAINING AS A RADAR TECHNICIAN (CW). WHILE ATTACHED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS (CFSCE) PRIVATE HOLLAND SUCCEEDED IN THE PROGRAM ORIENTED ELECTRONICS TRAINING (POET) AS TOP STUDENT AND COMPLETED THE AN/FPS 507 RADAR COURSE. ADDITIONALLY HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF A NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) AIRLIFT OPERATION ALLOY EXPRESS IN SOLA NORWAY;

C. FIRST POSTING APRIL 1983 WAS TO 43 RADAR SQUADRON AT CFB PENHOLD ALBERTA AND SUBSEQUENTLY IN JULY 1986 CORPORAL (CPL) HOLLAND WAS POSTED TO CANADIAN FORCES STATION (CFS) DANA SASKATCHEWAN. CPL HOLLAND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT THE FINAL SHUT DOWN OF THE AN/FPS 27 RADAR TRANSMITTER.

D. AFTER THE DECISION TO CLOSE ALL THE PINETREE RADAR STATIONS, HE OPTED FOR A TRADE CHANGE TO TERMINAL EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN AND WAS POSTED TO CFS CARP ONTARIO JULY 1987. ANOTHER ATTENDANCE AT CFSCE FOR TERMINAL EQUIPMENT TRADES TRAINING WHERE HE WAS AWARDED TOP STUDENT AND WHILE POSTED TO CFS CARP ATTENDED EXERCISE RENDEZVOUS 92 AS A MEMBER OF 791 COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON AT CFB WAINWRIGHT.

E. MASTER CORPORAL (MCPL) HOLLAND WAS THEN POSTED JULY 1992 TO 76 COMMUNICATIONS GROUP HEADQUARTERS OTTAWA, AND IN JUNE 1993 WAS POSTED TO 727 COMMUNICATIONS DETACHMENT GOOSEBAY WHICH WAS CONVERTED TO 5 WING (WG) GOOSEBAY AFTER THE REDUCTION OF COMMUNICATIONS COMMAND AND DISBANDING OF 727 COMM DET. WHEN 5 WG GOOSEBAY WAS REDUCED TO AN ALTERNATE SERVICES DELIVERY AGENCY MCPL HOLLAND ATTENDED FRENCH LANGUAGE TRAINING STARTING JULY 1998 AT 14 WG GREENWOOD TO FOLLOW ON WITH A POSTING JUNE 1999 TO 14 WG GREENWOOD WING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS SQUADRON (WTIS). WHILE SERVING AT WTIS MCPL HOLLAND ATTENDED EXERCISE BLUE FOUNDATION AT CFB GAGETOWN TRIALING A NEW DEPLOYABLE COMMUNICATIONS SUITE THAT WAS PURPOSE BUILT AT WTIS.

F. SERGEANT (SGT) HOLLAND WAS POSTED IN AUGUST 2001 TO 552 AIR CONTROL WING CANADIAN COMPONENT TINKER AIR FORCE BASE OKLAHOMA USA TO BE A CREW MEMBER ABOARD THE BOEING 707 AIRBORNE WARNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM AS A COMPUTER DISPLAY MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN (CDMT) BEING AWARDED DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE FROM THE CDMT TRAINING PROGRAM. SGT HOLLAND LOGGED 1168HRS OF FLIGHT TIME. DURING THIS POSTING SGT HOLLAND WAS ALSO PROMOTED TO WARRANT OFFICER (WO) AND WAS DEPLOYED TO OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE, OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AND OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. WO HOLLAND WAS AWARDED THE AMERICAN AIR MEDAL WITH TWO OAK LEAF CLUSTERS FOR MORE THAN 30 CLASS 1 AND 28 CLASS 2 AIR COMBAT MISSIONS IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY.

G. WO HOLLAND WAS RETURNED TO 14 WG GREENWOOD JULY 2005 AND IN JULY 2008 WAS PROMOTED TO MASTER WARRANT OFFICER (MWO) AND POSTED TO 8 WG TRENTON WTIS. IN 2010 MWO HOLLAND WAS DEPLOYED WITH 8 MISSION SUPPORT SQUADRON (8MSS) CONDUCTING SUPPORT TO EXERCISE OSONS HAMMER AT CFB PETAWAWA, REAR LINK SUPPORT TO OPERATION HESTIA AND THEATER SUPPORT ELEMENT AFGHANISTAN OPERATION ATHENA CAMP MIRAGE ROTO 10. THIS WAS THE FINAL ROTO FOR THIS MISSION AND THE CAMP WAS CLOSED OUT NOVEMBER 2010. MWO HOLLAND WAS COINED BY THE COMMANDER OF EXPEDITIONARY FORCES FOR EXEMPLARY DUTY DURING THE CLOSEOUT OF THE CAMP. IN MAY 2012 WITH THE REDUCTION OF CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERS MWO HOLLAND WAS APPOINTED AS THE SQUADRON WARRANT OFFICER TO 8WTIS AND DECEMBER 2012 WAS AWARDED A MEMBER TO THE ORDER OF MILITARY MERIT.

H. MWO HOLLAND WAS POSTED IN JULY 2014 TO 1 CANADIAN AIR DIVISION (1CAD) A6 DIRECTORATE AND WAS APPOINTED AS THE A6 DIRECTORATE CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER (CWO). IN OCTOBER 2015 CWO HOLLAND DEPLOYED TO 5WG GOOSEBAY AS AIR TASK FORCE CWO SUPPORTING NORAD EXERCISE VIGILANT SHIELD FIGHTER EXERCISE, RECEIVING A 1CAD COMMANDERS COMMENDATION.

H. LIEUTENANT COLONEL GUY PARISIEN AS THE A6 DIRECTORATE COMMANDER, MENTOR AND VISIONARY OFFERED CWO HOLLAND THE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS COMMISSIONING FROM THE RANKS PROGRAM AND CAPTAIN HOLLAND WAS THEN POSTED TO ATESS JULY 2017.

4. CAPT HOLLAND IS MARRIED TO PHYLLIS PARSONS AND HAVE 5 SONS, SHAWN, DWAYNE, JOSEPH, RYAN AND DAVID (DECEASED) AND 5 GRANDCHILDREN, SCARLET, NOLAN, KORA, MATTHIAS AND KIRA. TIM AND PHYLLIS INTEND TO SPEND TIME RELAXING AND TRAVELLING WHEN THE GRANDCHILDREN ALLOW.

5. TIM WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND AN EXTREMELY HUMBLE THANK YOU TO ALL THE VERY PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM PARTNERS FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING DURING TRUSTED CONVERSATION, ALL THE WONDERFUL TEAM MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS FOR THEIR MENTORSHIP, STEWARDSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP AND TO HIS FAMILY FOR THEIR SIGNIFICANT AND FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

6. A DEPART WITH DIGNITY CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT A LATER DATE TO RECOGNIZE THE LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER OF CAPTAIN TIMOTHY HOLLAND. EXACT TIME, PLACE AND COST WILL BE PROMULGATED. PLEASE FORWARD ATTENDANCE OR MESSAGES NOTES AND ANECDOTES TO MR DAVID LOWERISON OPI CSN 827-2844 OR EMAIL [email protected].CA OR [email protected].