1. AFTER 31+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALISTS (SIGINT SPEC) OCCUPATION, CPO1 JONES WILL HANG UP HER NAVAL UNIFORM FOR THE LAST TIME ON 30 JUNE 2023.

2. SHERRI, HAILS FROM CORNER BROOK, NL AND JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AS A SIGINT SPEC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS COMMUNICATOR RESEARCH OPERATOR IN ST. JOHN’S NL ON 25 OCT 1991. SHE COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CANADIAN FORCES RECRUIT SCHOOL CORNWALLIS, NS IN JANUARY 1992. SHE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN CHASING DITS AND DAHS AT CANADIAN FORCES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS AT CANADIAN FORCES BASE KINGSTON, COMPLETING HER TRADES TRAINING IN DECEMBER 1992.

THROUGHOUT HER CAREER SHE HAS ENJOYED POSTINGS TO 770 COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH SQUADRON, CFS LEITRIM (X3), 9 WING GANDER TIS, MARPAC ATHENA CFB ESQUIMALT, AND CFIOG (X2) WITH HER FINAL TASKING AS THE SIGINT SPEC SENIOR OCCUPATIONAL ADVISOR.

SHERRI’S DEPLOYMENTS INCLUDE ONE OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT AND ONE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE VISIT TO CANADIAN FORCES STATION (CFS) ALERT. SHE’S SAILED EXTENSIVELY WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY ONBOARD HIS MAJESTY’S CANADIAN SHIPS (HMCS) OTTAWA, REGINA AND WINNIPEG PARTICIPATING IN OP ALTAIR, OP ARTEMIS, OP CARRIBE, OP ACTIVE ENDEARVOUR, OP REASSURANCE AND OP POSEIDON, AS WELL AS THE SEA TRAINING PACIFIC CRYPTOLOGIC DIRECT SUPPORT ELEMENT CHIEF. SHE CONSIDERS IT A HIGHLIGHT TO HAVE CIRCUMNAVIGATED THE GLOBE ONBOARD HMCS WINNIPEG 2015 – 2016. SHE’S ALSO HAD THE HONOUR TO PARTICIPATE IN OP NIJMEGEN IN 2004.

SHERRI IS EXCEPTIONALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE MULITUDE OF FRIENDSHIPS FORGED DURING HER TIME IN UNIFORM, FOR THE LEADERSHIP, GUIDANCE AND MUTUAL EXPERIENCES WITH HER FELLOW SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND AVIATORS. THE MEMORIES OF TIMES SHARED TOGETHER WILL REMAIN WITH HER WELL INTO HER RETIREMENT YEARS.

RECOGNIZING THAT HER CAREER WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF HER FAMILY, SHE IS INDEBTED TO HER HUSBAND CHRIS MCDERMAND, AND HER CHILDREN ZACHARY AND ALYSON, AS WELL AS THEIR DAD WHO SACRIFICED SO MUCH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND FOR THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT.

3. FOR THE TIME BEING, SHERRI WILL REMAIN IN OTTAWA WITH HER HUSBAND, CHRIS UNTIL SUCH A TIME WHEN THEY BOTH DECIDE TO DROP ANCHOR IN A NEW FOREIGN PORT.

4. A DEPART WITH DIGNITY IN THE FORM OF AN INFORMAL BEER CALL WILL BE HELD AT THE CFS LEITRIM ALL RANKS MESS 28 JUNE 2023 AT 1300HRS, ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, TALL TALES AND ANECDOTES MAY BE SENT TO [email protected]. QUESTIONS MAY BE DIRECTED TO CWO GAIL ROBERTS AT [email protected] OR MWO MARIO LEGNARO AT [email protected].