1. MASTER CORPORAL (MCPL) MULLINS WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 14 JANUARY 2024 WITH OVER 18 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE.

2. MCPL MULLINS JOINED THE CAF IN 2005 AS A SIGNAL OPERATOR. UPON COMPLETION OF HER TRAINING AT CFSCE, SHE WAS POSTED TO TIS FLT, CFB BORDEN, WHERE SHE WORKED IN THE COMMCEN AND DESKTOP SUPPORT.

IN 2007, MCPL MULLINS WAS POSTED TO 3 SQN, CFJSR, WHICH INCLUDED MULTIPLE TAVS AND EXERCISES.

MARLANT HQ IN SHEARWATER, NS WAS THE NEXT CAREER MOVE IN 2012. MCPL MULLINS WORKED IN DESKTOP SUPPORT WITH TIS FLT. AN OCCUPATION CHANGE TO INFORMATION SYSTEM TECHNICIAN CAME IN 2014.

NEXT, PETAWAWA CALLED AND IN 2016 MCPL MULLINS MOVED TO 1 CDN FLD HOSP AS A NETWORK TECH. 2017 BROUGHT A MOVE TO 4 CDSG SIG SQN, PETAWAWA, AS A C2 SPECIALIST.

A 2019 POSTING TO COLD LAKE, AB ALLOWED MCPL MULLINS TO BRING THE ARMY WORK ETHIC TO HER NEW POSTING WITH THE AIR FORCE.  MCPL MULLINS WORKED IN CIS FLT C4 MISSION SYSTEMS AND LATER MOVED TO OPS AND TRAINING.

3. MCPL MULLINS DEPLOYED THREE TIMES. 2008 – OP ATHENA, AFGHANISTAN; 2010 – OP PODIUM, CANADA; AND 2022-23 – TF EL GORAH, OP CALUMET.

4. MCPL MULLINS WAS AWARDED A CJOC INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR DEMONSTRATING REMARKABLE LEADERSHIP SKILLS UNDER CHALLENGING CONDITIONS WHILE DEPLOYED TO OP CALUMET.

5. MCPL MULLINS WILL BE SWITCHING OVER TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND CONTINUING TO SUPPORT DND AND THE CAF. SHE PLANS TO STAY IN THE COLD LAKE AREA FOR NOW.

6. ANYONE WISHING TO SEND WELL WISHES OR ANECDOTES CAN DO SO BY EMAILING TANYA MULLINS DIRECTLY AT [email protected].