1. AFTER 30 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, CWO GLEN PHINNEY WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF IN JUNE 2025.

2. CWO PHINNEY BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE ARTILLERY RESERVE, JOINING THE REGULAR FORCE IN 1999 AS A SIGNALS OPERATOR. IN 2012, CWO PHINNEY BECAME AN INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN. THEN IN 2018, AFTER HELPING TO STAND UP THE CYBER OPERATOR OCCUPATION, HE ACCEPTED A COT OFFER TO CYBER OP. CWO PHINNEY WILL BE FINISHING HIS CAREER AS THE OUTGOING UNIT CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER OF CFNOC WHERE HE HAS ADDED TO HIS PENSION WITH A SIZEABLE COLLECTION OF PP&S – OUR DCO IS INVESTIGATING.

3. DURING HIS CAREER, CWO PHINNEY HAS SERVED WITH 5 BC FLD AND 748 COMM SQN IN NANAIMO BC, 79 COMM REGIMENT AND CFJSR IN KINGSTON ON, 76 COMM REGIMENT IN OTTAWA, CFSU(E) DETACHMENT UNITED KINGDOM AND CFNOC IN OTTAWA. HIS SUPPORT ON CAF OPERATIONS INCLUDED DEPLOYMENTS TO ERITREA, GOLAN HEIGHTS, AFGHANISTAN, UAE, QATAR, AND IRAQ.

4. GLEN AND HIS WIFE AMY WILL BE TAKING SOME TIME AFTER RETIREMENT TO MOTORCYCLE TRAVEL WITH PLANS TO EVENTUALLY SETTLE ON THE EAST COAST.

5. GLEN WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE HE SERVED WITH DURING HIS TIME IN THE CAF.

6. A DWD IN SUPPORT OF CWO PHINNEY WILL BE HELD ON 06 JUNE 2025, 1300, AT THE CFS LEITRIM ALL RANKS MESS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND OR FORWARD ON CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, ANECDOTES OR PHOTOS, PLEASE RSVP OR SEND TO [email protected]