1. AFTER 20 WILDLY SUCCESSFUL YET SOMEWHAT UNEVENTFUL YEARS IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, CAPT TIMOTHY CARY WILL RETIRE ON 15 OCTOBER 2022.

2. CAPTAIN CARY JOINED THE CAF IN 2002 AS A LAND COMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN. AFTER COMPLETING OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING IN 2004 AT CFSCE, TIM WAS POSTED TO BASE INFORMATION SERVICES AT CFB ESQUIMALT. IN 2007, HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE UTPNCM PROGRAM AS A CELE OFFICER AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA. UPON COMPLETION OF OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING IN 2012 HE WAS POSTED TO WTIS AT 14 WING GREENWOOD. AFTER FOUR YEARS IN GREENWOOD, TIM JOINED ATESS AT 8 WING TRENTON IN 2016 SUPPORTING AIRFIELD COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS CANADA. FOLLOWING TWO YEARS AT ATESS HE LEFT FOR JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON (JBER) IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA TO SUPPORT THE NORAD MISSION WHILE EMPLOYED WITHIN THE USAF 611 AIR COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON. TIM SPENT A FINAL YEAR CLOSER TO HOME AT CFB BORDEN WITHIN TECHNICAL SERVICES.

3. TIM AND HIS FAMILY HAVE DECIDED TO SETTLE DOWN IN NOVA SCOTIA’S SOUTH SHORE WHERE HE WILL SPEND HIS SUMMERS WRESTLING GREAT WHITE SHARKS AND WINTERS COMPETING IN AN UNDERGROUND CAGE-FIGHTING CIRCUIT. SHOULD NEITHER OF THOSE VENTURES PROVE LUCRATIVE, TIM WILL PURSUE HIS CHILDHOOD DREAM OF PURCHASING A COLOURFULLY PAINTED PANEL VAN AND DRIVE AROUND THE COUNTRY SOLVING MYSTERIES.

4. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO PLANS FOR ANY SORT OF FAREWELL FUNCTION. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES AND EXPRESSIONS OF DISBELIEF MAY BE SENT BY E-MAIL TO MAJ SHEN ZHANG AT [email protected]