1. AFTER 22 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, CPL KENNETH WELLS WILL RETIRE 1 APRIL 2025.

2. CPL WELLS BEGAN HIS SERVICE IN OCTOBER 2002 AS A LAND COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (LCIS) TECHNICIAN. AFTER COMPLETING THE PERFORMANCE ORIENTED ELECTRONICS TRAINING (POET) COURSE AND THE LCIS QL3 IN 2004, HE ENJOYED POSTINGS TO VALCARTIER AND KINGSTON. IN 2007 HE LEFT THE ARMY TO JOIN THE NAVY AS NAVAL ELECTRONICS (NE) TECH. WHILE IN THE NAVY, HE SPENT TIME ABOARD SEVERAL SHIPS INCLUDING: THE HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC, THE HMCS ST. JOHN’S, THE HMCS CALGARY, THE HMCS OTTAWA, AND THE HMCS WHITEHORSE. CONCLUDING HIS FINAL STINT ONBOARD THE HMCS WHITEHORSE IN 2016, HE RETURNED TO CFB ESQUIMALT WHERE HE THEN REMUSTERED TO AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ATIS) TECH. GIVEN HIS EXPERIENCE AS BOTH A NE TECH AND LCIS TECH, CPL WELLS WAS EXEMPT FROM POET, THE ATIS QL3, AND THE ATIS QL5 COURSE. AS AN ATIS TECH, CPL WELLS WAS FIRST STATIONED AT 8 AIR COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL SQUADRON (ACCS) UNTIL 2020. HE WAS THEN POSTED TO HIS CURRENT POSITION AND FINAL POSITION AS A WORKSHOPS TECH AT 8 COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (CIS) FLIGHT.

3. CPL WELLS INTENDS ON RETURNING TO QUEBEC UPON HIS RETIREMENT IN ORDER TO BE CLOSER TO HIS FAMILY.